March 20, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Tourism businesses in Greece will be able to hire employees from third countries to meet staff demands after a relevant bill was revised to include the sector, the government announced last week. According to media, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Syria and Egypt are the third countries to which Greece’s tourism can turn now to …
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November 29, 2022
Society, Very Mix
Eighty-six Pakistani nationals returned to their home country voluntarily on Tuesday, boarding a flight chartered by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The migrants’ return was organized in the framework of the Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) program, in cooperation with the Greek Migration & Asylum Ministry’s Asylum Service and the …
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March 2, 2022
Society, Very Mix
A tragedy took place in north-western Peloponnese, where a man, his wife and two underage children were brutally killed on Wednesday evening. One 10-year-old child, a boy, from the mother’s previous marriage survived the carnage because he was not at home when the tragedy took place in the family’s home …
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August 23, 2021
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Eight Turkish nationals, among them members of the Turkish Armed Forces, sought political asylum in Greece after their sailing boat was damaged due to weather conditions off the south of the island of Crete. The passengers sent an SOS signal around 10 o’ clock on Monday morning, while the boat …
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December 7, 2020
Greece, Politics
United Kingdom nationals and their family members, irrespective of nationality, who are permanent residents of Greece will have an established right of residence in the country after December 31, when the transition period under the Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union comes to an end, according to a migration and …
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May 8, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Three Swedish nationals currently visiting Greece have been tested positive to COVID-19. They were in 14-day quarantine in a hotel in Glyfada suburb of South Athens. They had arrived from Stockholm. The Swedish patients were reportedly taken to NIMITS hospital on Thursday night. According to Alpha TV, one of them, …
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February 26, 2019
Tourism
The Greek Foreign Ministry has launched a website dedicated to the rights of UK citizens in case of a Brexit with or without a deal. The side Brexit Greece Gets Prepared Q & A addresses several crucial issues, like the need for a visa for short-term and long-term visitors,, residence …
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September 4, 2018
Greece, Politics
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has announced to facilitate Greek citizenship for three foreign laborers who work as fishermen and who saved the lives of dozens of people from the sea on the horrible night during the Athens wildfires on 23. July 2018. “We consider these people already our fellow citizens,” …
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August 30, 2018
Refugees
German authorities allege that a number of Indian nationals sought residency in Germany using falsified Greek visas and fake marriage certificates claiming they had Romanian brides. The key suspect faces serious charges. Authorities allege that a number of Indian nationals sought residency in Germany using falsified Greek visas and fake …
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August 13, 2018
Very Mix
Dozens of foreign nationals have been arrested at two airports of western Greece this year while attempting to use fake passports to travel outside the country. More than 40 people traveling with counterfeit documents have been detained at the port of Kalamata in southwestern Greece since the beginning of this …
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July 23, 2018
World
The European Commission has allowed a group to launch a petition calling for permanent EU citizenship after Brexit. The proposed petition on “Permanent European Union Citizenship” is to be registered on July 23 as a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), the Commission announced. “The main objective of the proposed initiative is …
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July 20, 2018
Turkey-GR
Four Turkish nationals have been arrested and taken to prosecutor for illegally entering a forbidden military zone in the area of Evros in Northern Greece. According to their own information, two of them are journalists and two Turkish nationals who are legally in Greece as residents in Thessaloniki. The four …
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July 19, 2018
Refugees
A woman and three children are reportedly missing after a boat carrying several Turkish asylum seekers capsized in Evros river along the natural border between Greece and Turkey. the boat was reportedly carrying 9 people, all Turkish citizens fleeing purge. “A boat carrying Turkish purge victims was capsized on Evros …
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July 9, 2018
Politics, Refugees
The dream of a Europe that can meet one’s needs can turn to a nightmare and frustrate the thousands of migrants seeking a better future away from their home. Website InfoMigrants spoke with a Pakistani national a day before he returned to his home country on a ticket he bought …
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June 15, 2018
Tourism
An organized beach on the island of Lesvos has introduced new practices that stun not only swimmers but also local media. Tsamakia Beach requests from visitors to show their passport at the entrance if they are from countries outside the Schengen zone. With a notice posted at the entrance, visitors …
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April 10, 2018
Social
The number of foreign nationals granted citizenship in Greece recorded an increase of 138 percent in 2016 compared with the previous year, a Eurostat report said on Monday. A total of 33,210 individuals received Greek citizenship, of which 86 percent were Albanian nationals, 1.5 percent Ukrainians and 1.2 percent Russians. …
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October 19, 2017
Politics, World
Two FYROM nationals accused in a wiretap scandal that helped bring down the previous government in Skopje have been arrested in Greece, police said. Greek authorities on October 19 said the men were arrested the day before at the airport in Thessaloniki, traveling on fake Bulgarian documents and apparently attempting …
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March 9, 2017
Greece
Greece introduces new residence permits for EU and non-EU nationals living in the country. Adhesive labels in passports and all other kinds of paperwork relating to foreign nationals living in Greece are to be scrapped and replaced by a new, electronic residence permit that will also double up as an …
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March 1, 2017
Politics
EU citizens living in the UK have expressed panic and confusion after it was alleged that Government regulations will allow the Home Office to remove some of them from the country if they do not have a comprehensive sickness insurance (CSI). A briefing published by a barrister specialising in immigration law claims …
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