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Greek real estate: Eight reasons making the sector highly attractive to foreign investment

Foreign investing in Greek real estate is highly attractive for several reasons, according to Managing Director of Premier Realty Greece Corina Saias. As Saias notes, investing in Greek real estate provides a combination of affordable prices, high return potential, lifestyle advantages, and strategic benefits. As the Greek economy recovers and …

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Hagia Sophia: Turkey charges €25 entrance fee to foreigners

Foreign tourists visiting the former Orthodox Christian cathedral of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul will have to pay an entrance fee of 25 euros from Monday, January 15, 2024. This was announced by Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry already some time ago. The 1,500-year-old Byzantine cathedral, which was converted from a …

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Turkish national arrested as suspect for mafia-style shootings

Police investigation into the mafia-style execution of six foreign nationals on Monday evening is being conducted in full speed by the Attica Security headquarters. Based on an initial police assessment, the killings appear to be a settling of accounts between rival criminal gangs, most likely Turkish nationals, involved in heroin …

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Hidden cameras in Halkidiki accommodation recorded private moments of Greeks and foreigners tourists

A 34-year-old owner of an accommodation in Halkidiki is accused of installing hidden cameras, who allegedly illegally recorded the private moments of vacationers staying there. Investigation by Greek Police was initiated after a complaint by a young couple, at the end of September 2022, they found a camera in a …

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Greece will soon accept foreign cards for tax payment

Foreigners will soon be able to pay their tax obligations in Greece with credit and debit cards issued by foreign banks, state broadcaster ERT reported on Thursday. Reason for this facilitation is that the Independent Inland Revenue Authority (AADE) is launching procedures to remove the legal and technical obstacles that …

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Greek real estate in high demand by European and international investors

Τhe real estate market in Greece is at the center of European and global investment interest, according to participants in the annual Prodexpo conference in Athens that took place on October 24-25. Despite global challenges, the real estate market is showing exceptional resilience in Greece, offering opportunities to investors in …

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Germans top list of foreign home buyers in Greece

Germans have climbed to top place among foreign home buyers in Greece, spending increasing amounts on beach-side property in areas such as Crete and the Ionian islands. Data from Elxis, a leading provider of real estate services that specializes in high end holiday homes, shows that house sales to German …

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Temporary AMKA applications cleared for Covid-19 vaccination, says head of EODY (POLL)

All requests for temporary AMKA have been cleared for Covid-19 vaccination, Panagiotis Arkoumaneas, President of the National Public Health Organizationtold state broadcaster ERT TV on Thursday morning. The government had opened the online platform to provide with “temporary AMKA (social security number)” for the sole purpose of Covid-vaccination foreigners living …

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Written exams for foreigners to obtain Greek citizenship

Written exams for the naturalization of foreign residents started on Sunday with a total of 2,465 people to have registered for the first exams to obtain the Certificate of Knowledge Adequacy for Naturalization (PEGP). Most of the candidates are of Albanian descent, there are also candidates from Romania, Russia, Ukraine, …

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Foreigners arrested at Evros border for child abduction in UK

Greek authorities have arrested two foreigners wanted with a European arrest warrant for the abduction of a child in United Kingdom. A 37-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman were arrested at the Border Control point Kipoi at Evros river as they were trying to enter Turkey from Greece. When authorities …

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Three foreigners arrested for murder of student in Philopappou Hill

Greek police arrested two nationals of Pakistan and one of Iraq for the murder of 25-year-old Nikos Moustakas at Philopappou Hill next to Acropolis last week. The Pakistanis aged 17 and 28 were arrested at Idomeni border crossing as they were trying to flee Greece for FYROM Thursday noon. The  …

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Police arrests 59 foreigners trying to leave Greece on forged documents from 13 European countries

Greek police has arrested a total of 59 people who tried to leave Greek airports with fake documents. The arrests were made between 9-15 July at the airports of Herakleio and Sitia on the island of Crete. The 59 people, 39 men and 18 women were trying to reach several …

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Minister Toskas says Greek Police to recruit foreigners

Minister for Citizen Protection, Nikos Toskas, announced that Greek Police will recruit foreigners living in Greece. Citing the example of Scotland Yard, Toskas said “We are obliged to examine such an approach so that we can maintain order in the best possible way.” According to a report by daily Ta …

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