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Greece is concerned about the increase of refugees and migrants inflow especially through the natural border of Evros river in North-East. Briefing the parliamentary committee on Tuesday, Mgration Minister, Dimitris Vitsas, said that that refugees and migrants arrivals from Turkey have dramatically increased after the Varna EU-Turkey Summit on March …

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Museums and archaeological sites in Greece saw an impressive increase of visitors in November 2017 when compared to the previous year. Museums saw an increase of 7.2 percent, while the number of visitors at archaeological sites went up by 18.4 percent. In November 2017 compared with the corresponding month of …

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An extraordinary social handout from 500 to 2,100 euros, depending on the family size and economic criteria, will be given to islanders in 2018 as a readjustment offset for the abolition of lower VAT scale applied on transactions on the Greek islands. On Tuesday, the government announced that VAT rates …

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Five islands in the Eastern Aegean Sea will be exempted from the increase of the Value Added Tax that will go into effect as of 1.1.2018. The V.A.T. will remain at the same levels for the islands of  Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Kos and Leros as they have received the main …

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More than 1,880 refugees and migrants arrived on the Greek islands in the first half of October, setting local authorities on alert. At the same time, Berlin accuses Athens of tricking with the numbers in order to hide that thousands of migrants illegally cross the Balkan route and reach Germany. …

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Foreign investors have brought more than one billion euros in Greece in the last seven months, deputy Economy and Development Minister Alexis Charitsis said. In the equivalent time period in 2016, the amount was €200 million. Another 5 to 6 billion euros are expected to come through the package of …

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Private sector bank deposits increased for a third consecutive month in July 2017, according to the Bank of Greece (BoG), with the total reaching 121.25 billion euros during that month, nearly a billion euros above the figure for the previous month of May 2017. “Nevertheless, deposits in the still bailout-dependent …

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“The disposable income of Greek households has increased in the last two year,” Panagiotis Rigas said on Friday. Who is P. Rigas? The General Secretary of Greece’s governing SYRIZA. In an interview with Athens 984 radio, Rigas claimed the disposable income of Greek households has increased in the past two …

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Does President Recep Tayyip Erdogan let the EU-Turkey deal on migration go burst? A significant increase in the number of refugees and migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey has been recorded in the last six days. A total of 1,196 people arrived in the Greek islands of northern and eastern …

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For the Greek Public Power Company (DEH) and the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) the solution is simple: it will get 100million euros either from the state budget or from the power consumers. The amount comes together from a 50% refund of the special consumption tax (SCT) in the fuel …

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Fourteen provincial airports around Greece now managed by a Fraport-led consortium continue to post higher passenger traffic in the first six months of the year, with the overall increase put at 11.9 percent, compared with the same period of 2016. Specifically, between January and June 2016, 9.64 million passengers passed …

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Refugees and migrants flow from Turkey to Greece started to rise again. In last five days, a total of 566 people arrived to the Greek islands on boat coming form Turkey. Most affected are the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos. It is unclear whether the flow increase is due …

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The cost for energy has not increased during the last year. Greek Public Power Company (PPC/DEH) did not dare to increase the price for electricity consumption amid the deep economic crisis in the country. However, electricity bills have turned unpayable for thousands of households due to the additional fees and …

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A man jumped to death from the roof of his home in Ayia near Patras on Thursday. He has left a hand-written note saying “In the end, I wasn’t worth for anything.” According to local media, the 45-year-old man had a loan that he was not able to serve as …

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A total of 261 refugees and migrants arrived in the eastern Aegean islands in the last 24 hours, that is from Thursday to Friday morning. According to the Greek Migration Coordination body 139 people arrived in Lesvos, 61 in Chios, 18 in Samos, 15 in Leros and 28 in Karpathos. …

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Refugees and migrants flow has intensified after the failed coup in Turkey. According to official data from the Greek Migration Ministry and the Coast Guard. Since the failed coup attempt on July 15th, new arrivals from Turkey to Greece have increased with the daily average to reach 100 people. July …

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Greece’s ruling party SYRIZA condemned a decision of the SYRIZA-Indepenten Greeks government to have police raid and evacuate three buildings in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. The buildings were occupied by anti-authoritarians and members of Solidarity movement who had settled refugees and migrants there. “Criminalizing solidarity projects is a method that has …

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After the terror attacks in Brussels this morning, Greece decided to increase security and surveillance measures at airport and embassies of countries involved in war against the Islamic State. Security measures have rather a ‘preventive character” as there was no specific information about threats on potential upcoming attacks,” , Greek …

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The major of Stylida city and a lawyer filed lawsuits against former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. The two blame the ex FinMin for “actions that led to economic measures” and “high treason”. A third complaint has been filed for the “hacking of taxpayers’ registration numbers (AFMs). A fourth lawsuit has been …

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“The European Central Bank will increase Emergency Liquidity Assistance for Greek banks today,” chief Mario Draghi said during a press conference on Thursday. The much expected decision comes after the ECB froze ELA on June 26th 2015 enforcing the Greek government and the Bank of Greece to impose  bank holiday …

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