October 27, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Clocks in Greece will be set an hour back in the night from Saturday to Sunday as the country abandons the Summer Daylight Saving Time and returns to ‘standard’ Winter Time. The change will take places at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning. October 29, 2023, when the automatic clocks will …
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September 6, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece’s conservative government of New Democracy is considering to change the electoral law ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections next year based on the polls-based assumptions that no party will be able to form a single party government. The change issue has been referred to on media by several government …
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April 16, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A court in western Turkish province of Izmir has approved the appeal by Yannis Vasilis Yaylalı, an ethnically Greek Turkish citizen who comes from a Muslim convert family, to abandon his Turkish last name and assume a Greek one, Mezopotamya Agency reported on Friday. Yaylalı, who emigrated to Greece in …
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April 1, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece will change the expiration period of vaccination and Covid-disease certificates, the so-called Covid-Pass, in order to comply with the European Union directives, Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Friday morning. “Expiration of the vaccination certificate after the second vaccine dose will be after 9 months and not 7as it …
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October 30, 2021
Lifestyle, Society
Greece is setting clocks back from summer to winter time in the early morning hours of Sunday, October 31, 2021. At 4 o’ clock a.m. clocks will automatically show 3 a.m. or will be set manual accordingly. It is should be recalled that the European Union was planning to end …
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October 13, 2021
Economy, FEATURED
September 5, 2021
Arts, Culture
Another change in ceremonies to honor great composer Mikis Theodorakis as his body lie in state Monday to Wednesday and not Tuesday to Thursday as originally planned. Reason for the change is that downtown Athens will be closed due to the Rally Acropolis media reported. The body will lie to …
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May 27, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on German tourists to visit Greece this summer with the “breathtaking” argument that Greece is now a different country, “it has changed” and has no relation to Greece of 2010 or 2015. He made this unbelievable claim -that he was ashamed (?) of the country …
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April 12, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The conservative Greek government plans to lift some crucial restrictions regarding the eligibility criteria allowing Diaspora Greeks to exercise their right to vote in parliamentary elections. The changes are planned despite the fact that New Democracy passed the relevant legislation a year ago. Government spokesperson Aristotelia Peloni said Monday noon …
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July 8, 2020
Tourism
Travellers to Greece will have to fill up the “Passenger Location Form” (PLF) just 24 hours prior to check-in and not 48 as it was scheduled in the beginning, the Greek Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement. The change is valid from July 9 until August 31, 2020. According …
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March 28, 2020
Very Mix
With this – the corona – and that – the virus – we forgot that time will change in the night from Saturday to Sunday, March 28 to March 29, 2020. The daylight saving change from winter time to summer time occurs at 3 o’ clock in the morning. The …
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November 8, 2019
Very Mix
TrainOSE on Friday announced changes in its suburban railway (Proastiakos) schedule due to the Athens visit of the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping on November 10-12. After Greek police directives, the following changes will affect stops related to Athens International Airport routes and times: – On …
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March 27, 2019
Turkey-GR
“Without approval by the UNESCO, the status of world heritage monuments cannot be changed,” the world cultural organization said and took the wind out of the sails of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who keeps heralding that he will turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque. “All decisions concerning the implementation …
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March 24, 2018
Lifestyle
One hour less sleep, but one hour longer day light. Clocks in Greece will need to be set one hour forward in the night from Saturday to Sunday, March 24th to 25th 2018. The change takes place occurs at 3:00 a.m which will suddenly be 04:00 a.m. The change back …
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February 8, 2018
Greece, Politics
One step forwards, two steps backwards. FYROM may rename the Skopje airport and the highway leading to the Greek border as a good will gesture. But it is not willing to take another step, which Greece considers as one of the most crucial: to change its Constitution and erase irredentist …
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January 25, 2018
Greece, Politics
A high level meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his counterpart from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Zoran Zaev on the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos showed that both sides are keen to finally solve the name dispute. In the joint press conference that …
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January 9, 2018
Economy
With this and that on the festive days we forgot European institutions that urgently need to reform. At least, the Germans did not forget the issue and for one more time the criticized the European Central Bank. Even though the former German finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble remains quiet awaiting the …
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October 28, 2017
Very Mix
The good news: one hour more sleep on Sunday, October 29th 2017. The bad news: earlier sunset and longer nights. In the night from Saturday to Sunday, clocks will be set one hour back: the change will take place at 04:00 am – the clocks will show 03:00 am. “Winter” …
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October 5, 2017
Uncategorized
In recent years, at least one in five Greek women decides to not get married because of the economic crisis and unemployment. At the same time, those getting married postpone the decision of having children for the same reasons. These are the findings of survey that will be presented at …
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June 12, 2017
Greece, Politics
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is considering to abandon “Macedonia” name claim in order to join the NATO, Financial Times reported on Monday citing an interview with FYROM Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. “The Republic of Macedonia may seek to change its name to appease Greek demands, in order to …
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