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A technical problem in the “Themes Bank” of the Education Ministry has triggered an outrage among thousands of high-school students and teachers on Monday morning. Due to the collapse of the themes bank, the exams for the 1st and 2nd Lyceum-grade have been delayed or postponed to another time. According …

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MP for one day: 300 deputies elected to Parliament in the May 21 general elections were sworn in on Sunday, in the presence of President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou. Their term will be extremely short, however, as the present Parliament will be dissolved by presidential decree on Monday, …

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New cases of both the coronavirus and the flu slightly increased over the week of May 15-21, according to the weekly report by Greece’s National Public Health Organization (EODY), published on Thursday. Hospital admissions for coronavirus also went up last week, yet dropping 7% overall compared to the average weekly …

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Court of Audit President Ioannis Sarmas was sworn in as prime minister of a caretaker government that will lead Greece to the second round of elections on June 25. Shortly after 4 o’ clock Thursday afternoon, 66-year-old Sarmas was sworn in at the Presidential Mansion in the presence of President …

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More than six million taxpayers in Greece, a total of approximately nine million (a ratio of 7 out of 10), declare to the Tax Office annual incomes of less than 10,000 euros, with the total amount amounting to 18.3 billion euros. € However, due to the fact that approximately two …

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A rare ancient Greek coin fetched a record-breaking six million dollars at an auction held on May 19 at the Numismatica Ars Classica auction house in Zurich. The 2,400-year-old gold stater, minted around 340–25 B.C.E., was bought by a private collector, Artnet Magazine reported. Known as a Panticapaeum stater, after …

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Greece continues to experience excessive imbalances but its vulnerabilities appear to be receding due to policy progress, according to fiscal policy recommendations given by the European Commission in the context of the European Semester. The European Commission recommends that Greece: Wind down the energy support measures in force by the …

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Ιoannis Sarmas, the president of the Court of Audit, has been appointed as the caretaker Prime Minister to form a government that will lead the country to a second round of general elections on June 25, after last weekend’s inconclusive vote and unwillingness of the political parties to form a …

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The United States’ defense cooperation with Greece is at a historically high level and makes the wider region safer, the State Department noted regarding the imminent sale of F-35 fighter jets to Greece. During the regular briefing, the spokesperson for the US State Department reiterated the long-standing position that the …

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On the weekend of May 27-28, the Acropolis Museum is to take part in the nationwide anniversary action “Green Cultural Routes” organized by the culture and sports ministry, with four presentations on “Walking in the ancient neighborhood of the Acropolis Museum.” With museum archaeologists as a guide, visitors will be …

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For one more time. Greek pollsters failed to catch the voters’ pulse ahead of general elections on May 21 and did not come even close to the 21% difference between ruling New Democracy and main opposition SYRIZA. In an effort to justify the unjustifiable, that is they “misled clients and …

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Demosthenis Vergis, founder of Greek Ecologists party, has been surprised to find out that one single voter cast a ballot for his party in his own constituency of Athens A in the North. “I’m looking for my only voter in order to thank him and buy him a dinner,” Vergis …

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Leader of left-wing SYRIZA and main loser of the Sunday elections Alexis Tsipras said “I am not giving up the fight, I am here!” leader of left-wing SYRIZA and main loser of the Sunday elections Alexis Tsipras said on Monday after a meeting of the party’s Executive Office. Instead of …

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Share prices at Athens Stock Exchange spiked on Monday, in the wake of the resounding victory of the ruling party in Sunday’s elections. The market sees the election result as the best possible scenario, an outcome that reduces political risk, paving the way for an independent government in the next …

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Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said that he will return a three-day mandate to form a coalition government on Monday afternoon just hours after receiving it from the president at Monday noon. There are no options for a coalition government, Mitsotakis reportedly said as he expects to secure an outright …

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A 36-year-old man shot and killed his 39-year-old wife and then put an end in his own life in Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece on Monday morning. The tragedy took place in the couple’s home and in front their 8-year-old child that suffered injuries. With injuries in the eyes, the …

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  Sunday’s national elections in Greece resulted in a sweeping victory for ruling conservative New Democracy and unexpected low results for main opposition left-wing SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, which lost all but one of 59 electoral regions in Greece. Five parties managed to pass the 3% threshold and enter the Parliament. ND-SYRIZA …

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Polling centers in Greece closed at 7 p.m. sharp on Sunday, May 21, and the results of Exit Polls conducted in collaboration of six pollsters were released right afterward. EXIT POLLS: ND 36-40% SYR 25-29% PASOK 9.5-12.5% KKE 6-8% Greek Solution 3.5 – 5.5% MeRA25 2.5-4.5% PLEYSH 2.2-4.2% Seat projection …

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Greece Says It Doesn’t Ditch Migrants at Sea. It Was Caught in the Act. Video evidence shows asylum seekers, among them young children, being rounded up, taken to sea and abandoned on a raft by the Greek Coast Guard. According to an exclusive report by New York Times: On the …

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The Bank of Greece has has seen a major increase in electronic fraud in Greece during 2022, as transactions with payment cards worth 16.2 million euros  compared to 13.4 million euros in 2021 an increase by 21% compared to a year earlier. Attacks on cardholders via e-mails, SMS and phones …

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