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One 16-year-old boy died, two of his sisters are intubated in ICU, while a third sister and his mother are hospitalized in a normal ward after what it seems a gas leakage in their home in village Magiko byi the city of Xanthi in north-eastern Greece. The tragedy took place …

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The Christmas Tree in Greek capital Athens was lit in Syntagma Square early Thursday evening in the presence of hundreds of Athenians and visitors, Mayor Haris Doukas and a music program. The 20-meter fir came from Taxiarhis, Halkikidi in northern Greece and is adorned with 20,000 LED lights and decoration …

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Deputy Minister of Transport, Nikos Tachiaos, filed a lawsuit for sabotage threats in the Metro of  Thessaloniki  during its inauguration scheduled on Saturday, November 30. Fans of a local football team have expressed threatening mobilizations on the day of the Metro inauguration. Nikos Tachiaos filed the lawsuit on Thursday morning, …

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Greek capital Athens was named “World’s Leading Cultural City Destination” during the Grand Final Gala Ceremony of the World Travel Awards (WTA) 2024 which took place in Madeira, Portugal on Nov. 24. Athens was awarded for its rich cultural heritage and the unique experiences it offers millions of travelers who …

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The government unveiled on Thursday a new plan to install 1,388 advanced traffic cameras nationwide to improve road safety and enforce traffic laws more effectively. The initiative seeks to reduce the number of accidents, particularly in urban areas where traffic fatalities have risen despite improvements in highway safety. The traffic, …

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MP Yiannis Sarakiotis, elected with SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance in Fthiotida, sent a letter to the Parliament speaker on Thursday announcing that he leaves the party’s parliamentary group and goes independent. SYRIZA reportedly urged him to return his seat to the party. Sarakiotis did not vote for the new SYRIZA leader on …

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Another tragedy in the Aegean Sea, again off the island of Samos: a speedboat carrying migrants crashed on a rocky beach leaving behind four dead, with the  victims being again women and children. 16 persons have been rescued, while the total number of people onboard is not known. State broadcaster …

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Greece has welcomes the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon and with quite a delayed reaction it said it rejects arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal court (ICC) for PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. “These decisions do not help. We cannot equate a state that …

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“With Alexis Tsipras, Greece was now saved,” German chancellor at the peak of the Greek economic crisis, Angela Merkel, notes in her memoirs book, entitled “Freedom.” Talking about the “Greek crisis” in 35 pages, Angela Merkel recalls the events 2010-2018, the negotiations, the referendum and the exit from bankruptcy as …

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A series of incidents regarding patients in Greece’s public hospitals as well as the promotion of a doctor convinced for manslaughter of three patients have raised serious concerns about the safety of hospitals in the country. Reports of a patient’s death and a year-long delay in communicating a cancer diagnosis …

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An Intercity train with 200 people onboard and a suburban Proastiakos narrowly escaped the head to head collision in northern Greece. The incident took place on Monday, November 25. Investigation of the signalling system has been launched. According to media reports, the Intercity train from Thessaloniki to Athens was carrying …

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“There is no way we accept fait a compli,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Turkey responding to provocative statements of Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler regarding exploration in the Aegean Sea. “We believe that the mild climate that permeates Greek-Turkish relations can favor the restart of talks on the Cyprus …

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