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Over 170,000 members of Movement for Change (KINAL) voted on Sunday that the socialist party changes its name to PASOK and the “sun” becomes again the logo symbol of the party that ruled the country for good 40 years and went under due to the Greek debt crisis. Name change …

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With very high speed a car driver in frenzy hit a motorcycle with two elderly passengers on it, dragging one of them 300 meters, leaving the other one on laying injured on the ground. After a while he returned and drove over the second man on the ground, dragged him …

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An earthquake with magnitude 4.4 on the Richter scale shook the island of Crete at 4:22 on Sunday afternoon. Its epicenter was 5 km North-East of the village Arkalochori, 27 km South-East of the city of Heraklio and its focal depth was 13.8 km. So far, there are no reports …

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“Ιn a year we would be able to know if we are at the coronavirus endemic stage,” assistant professor of Epidemiology and member of the epidemiologists’ committee of the Health Ministry Ghikas Magiorkinis said on Sunday. He determined the year after April 2022, that is April 2023, saying “I believe …

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A guide on how electricity consumers in Greece will receive the state aid for ‘inflated electricity bills in the last six months has been issued and and posted on several media. The guide refs to beneficiaries, how to apply on the special platform as well as how to calculate the …

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One hundred and six migrants, including 20 children, were located by the Greek Coast Guard in a rocky area northwest of the island of Kos late on Saturday.Kos and were transferred to the Kos Identification Center. A  sailing boat was found to have half-sunk on the shore where the migrants …

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After over a year delay, the new trains brought to Greece from Italy will finally take to the tracks on May 15 on the Athens-Thessaloniki route, rail operator TrainOSE announced on Friday. The new trains, the “Arrows”, will reduce the traveling time to 4 hours. The company said the journey …

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The European Parliament has given the green light to EU Member States to keep the EU Digital COVID-Certificate in place until next year, June 2023. In a press release issued on Thursday, May 5, the EU Parliament announced that the Plenary has supported the proposal to keep the framework running …

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After a break of whole 22 years, the maritime connection between Cyprus and Greece is to be restored again. Cyprus-flagged ferry MV DALEELA a ropax type ship managed will leave the port of Limassol on Sunday, June 9, for the port of Piraeus, expected to arrive after 30 hours. DALEELA …

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Hollywood star Emma Stone is currently in Greece for the premiere and promotion of the short, silent black and white film “Bleat” directed by Yiorgos Lanthimos. She arrived in Greek capital Athens on May 4 and her professional duties did not hinder her to watch a basketball game live in …

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Femicide in Greece: A new tragedy with a woman victim took place in a village of Kavala in northern Greece. A man strangled his wife. He called the police and attempted to commit suicide. The couple has two minor children aged 6 and 10. According the local media proininews, the …

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Thursday evening a package of relief measures for households and businesses with the aim to tackle the soaring energy prices and to calm down an increasing social anger. In his televised message the Prime Minister announced a program of four key points that includes …

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