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With a helicopter Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan landed on drill ship “Abdulhamid Han” docked at the port of Tasucu in Mersin province early Tuesday afternoon to attend the farewell ceremony before it set sail to Yorukler-1 exploration well in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Prior of attending the ceremony, Erdogan …

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A wildfire broke out at a remote and difficult to access area on the island of Samothraki in northern Greece on Tuesday morning. The fire is burning in the area of Piges Vathras Prinos on the north side of the island. The forest is reportedly dense and land forces cannot …

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Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Plevris said that the protocol for recording deaths from coronavirus is being redefined. The National Health Care Organization EODY will record Covid-19 deaths according to some criteria such as a positive test, pneumonia and respiratory infection and calculate the pandemic deaths accordingly., Plevris said that Greece …

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A picture from the iconic shipwreck beach, the Navagio on the island of Zakynthos is stirring the spirits in Greece on Tuesday. The picture shows a pile of trash, including water bottles, beer cans and God knows what else on top of each other or next to each other is …

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A series of music and theater performances as well as events will take place on the occasion of the Full Moon in August 2022, when a total of 105 archaeological sites will open their gates to public with entry free of charge. Concerts, theater and dance performances, poetry evenings, screenings, …

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Greece’s Parliament will resume operation earlier than scheduled and before end of summer break after main opposition party SYRIZA  requested a plenary discussion on the wiretapping scandal that is shaking the conservative government of New Democracy and the Prime Minister. SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras submitted his request for a debated …

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A 57-year-old man and his 26-year-old daughter are facing charges of domestic violence on Monday after the daughter stabbed the man with a knife. Τhe daughter accuses him of sexual assault.She faces charges of possessing and using a weapon. The father is also facing charges of domestic sexual abuse. Father …

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Ιn his address to the nation following the major wiretapping scandal, Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that that bugging the mobile of PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Andoulakis was “legal” but  a mistake “politically.” In his 6-minute speech three days after the scandal broke out and a relaxed weekend in his …

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This year tourism proved that is Greece’s “heavy industry” and can not only support the national economy but also offer a substantial support in very difficult conditions” Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias stated. In an interview with state-run news agency amna,the Tourism minister said that nobody can doubt the excellent course …

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Inflation in Greece slowed to 11.6% in July compared to 12.1% in June 2022. However, housing and transport costs rose sharply, while the natural gas hit an increase of 178.9% Greece’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) remained at record high levels in July, rising by 11.6% year-on-year, though it did slow …

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“Hot-Dry-Windy” conditions prevail in several parts of Greece favor the outbreak of wild- and forest fires on Monday and Tuesday, August 8-9, 2022, the National Observatory of Athens According to latest forecast data analyzed by the team FLAME of the NOA, the Hot-Dry-Windy weather type creates unfavorable pyro-meteorological, that is …

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One in five Covid-19 cases recorded in Greece in recent weeks was a reinfection, medical experts say. This was considered rare until the end of 2021. However, with the successive prevalence of Omicron subvariants and the long time lag from vaccination for the majority of the population, reinfections have become …

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