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More than 4 million taxpayers owe to the Greek state a total of 104.365 billion euros. Just 79 of them have debts amounting 34.156 billion euros. According to the data of the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE), out of a total of 4,064,750 debtors, 54.6% owe amounts of less than …

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras commented on the result of the elections in Spain praising the victory of the socialist party and the progressive forces. “The prevalence of progressive forces in Spain and the collapse of the right-wing People’s Party is a message of hope,” he said in a tweet. …

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Major disruptions are expected on Wednesday, May 1st 2019, as main public transport mean, ferries and trains are either on 24-hour strike or on work stoppage. Strike schedule On 24-hour strike Buses, Trolley buses Urban train ISAP Proastiakos TRAINOSE trains Ferries On Work stoppage Athens METRO Line 2 & 3 …

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A 53-year-old cameraman was killed by a flare on Easter Sunday while he was filming the custom of flares war in Kalamata, south Peloponnese. Kostas Theodorakakis was filming the event when a flare hit him on the head. He was immediately transferred to the local hospital when he passed away …

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Happy Easter and may the Light of Jesus Resurrection brighten your life and gives you health, love and peace of mind. Orthodox Christians around the world celebrate the biggest feast of Christianity and so does KTG. PS the weather is fair and spring is calling us to the fields.  

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Happy Greek orthodox Easter to all KTG readers! And as my grandma used to say: May the blessing of the Holy Light make out of you a decent human being.

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In an atmosphere of religious devoutness and magnificence, the Holy Fire marking Jesus Resurrection appeared again in the Church of Holy Supulchre in Jerusalem on Great Saturday. Thousands of people had gathered in the church to get the Holy Fire directly from the hands of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of …

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Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has affirmed ‘B+/B’ sovereign credit ratings on Greece and projects an economy grow by 2.8% on average over 2019-2022. Furthermore, the agency said that “Greece has one of the most advantageous debt profiles of all our rated sovereigns in terms of maturity and average interest …

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Did you always want to know how Greek Easter wishes could be translated in the Morse code? Captain Morgan has the solution. In a post on twitter he sent his Easter wishes in Morse Code. Σε ολους σας κ με την γλώσσα του Μορς στέλνω τις ευχές μου.Η μετάφραση σ …

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Good Friday is the day of mourning for Orthodox Christians as the Passion Week reaches its peak. Highlight of the day is the Epitaphios procession with the icon of the body of Jesus inside. Typically the icon is a large, embroidered and rich adorned cloth. It is placed inside the …

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Greek consumers pay the seventh highest charges in the world to buy a gigabyte of data to surf the internet on their phone, according to a survey conducted by British company Cable in 230 countries. The nominal price of 1 GB in Greece reaches up to 28.93 euros, while the …

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