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The fire in the factory involved in the school lunches contaminated with staphylococcus was an arson, investigators of the fire Service have found out. The Arson Crime Squad officers have ruled that the fire was started on purpose, media report on Monday. The fire in the factory in Lamia, Central …

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Leader of main opposition SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis, visited a refuge camp near Bethlehem on Sunday as part of his 2-day visit in Palestine. “We are here to promote the two-state solution based on UN resolutions,” he said. Accompanied by the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities of Palestine, Hani Al-Hayek, Kasselakis …

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A joint ministerial decision issued on Sunday implements controlled access measures for residents and visitors in parts of  the iconic islands of Santorini and Therasia in the Aegean Sea to limit the risks of landslides. A landslide struck the volcanic island of Therasia on April 28 highlighting the need to …

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A rare gold coin from 4. century BC and the torso of a kouros are among the ancient items confiscated by police. Three people have been arrested in Megara, Pefki and Oinofyta, western Attica. The coin is a Stater of Ptolemy I of Egypt with a diameter of 18 millimeters, …

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Olympiakos and Panathinaikos basketball fans violently clashed at a metro station in Prezlauer Allee in Berlin, Germany, on Saturday, leaving 12 people injured, at least one of them in critical condition. German police has reportedly arrested 89 people and seized a big number of baseball bats, clubs and other items. …

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A sitting Member of the European Parliament, Giannis Lagos, has told an Athens appeals court that he is a NazI and asked if he was going to be judged for that. In an outburst while a witness was giving evidence about an incident involving the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn group in …

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“We do not reduce the VAT on food, because we do not want to encourage consumption.” This was said by the finance minister of the country where political nonsense has reached an unprecedented level and F*ck Logic prevails. In an interview with Mega TV on Friday, finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis …

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Determined to provide Greeks with less and less services in the public health, Greece’s Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis came up with an idea that not only will turn Greeks into “super healthy citizens” but will also increase revenues for the Ministry. The solution is “special tax”, the “sin tax” as …

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Blue Flag 2024: Greece is second in the world with 625 awarded beaches, 18 marinas an 9 touristic boats. The international Blue Flag quality award evaluates cleanness of bathing water and beaches, as well as services for the visitors. The prefecture of Halkidiki emerged as the top prefecture in Greece, …

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Greek police arrested two foreign nationals who were illegally storing and trafficking in the market expired medical masks and Covid-19 self-tests after tampering the expiration dates. The arrested were planning to market millions of masks and self-tests, which, according to health authorities were dangerous to public health. The total benefit …

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A touristic bus was engulfed in flames on Friday morning The bus was reportedly parked on Athinon Avenue in Haidari when heavy smoke and flames started to come for the engine area. Personnel of the City Hall, opposite the bus, rushed with fire extinguishers before the Fire Service arrived. The …

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The criminal indictment related to the Tempe train accident was forwarded to the Greek Parliament by the Justice Minister on Thursday. The criminal file refers to the covering with earth the area where the fatal train collision took place in February 2023. According to Parliament Speaker Odysseas Konstantinopoulos, the indictment …

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