President of the National Health Care Organization (EODY) Panagiotis Arkoumaneas warned of a record number of new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday. Speaking to state broadcaster ERT, Arkoumaneas said that EODY is expected to report around 3,000 new cases in the Health Ministry’s daily Coronavirus bulletin. He recalled that daily infections …
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Greece’s authorities increase number of passengers in private cars, taxis, rentals
Greece’s authorities announced on Monday the increase of the number of passengers in vehicles and taxis in addition to the driver from May 24, 2021. According to a joint ministerial decision, the number of passengers in addition to the driver increases to three (3) in taxis, special rental vehicles, as …
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Greece increases number of passengers in taxis, private cars
Greece is increasing the number of passengers in taxis and private vehicles as well as in trucks from Monday, January 25, 20201. According to a joint ministerial decision “”Emergency measures to protect public health from the risk of further spread of coronavirus COVID-19,” the number of passengers is raised to …
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1,843 refugees have left Moria hotspot for the mainland in June
A total of 1,843 recognized refugees who were provided with documents of free movement in Greece have left the island of Lesvos from June 5 to June 25, officials said on Thursday. The last 56 of the total boarded a ship to Piraeus on Thursday night. The process will be …
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Attica fire: More than 20 dead, among them two little girls
The number of dead and injured in the hazardous fire in East Attica increases by each passing hour. The bodies of six people were found on a hill in the village of Mati late on Monday. The bodies of two little girls were found near the entrance door, the bodies …
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Greek humanitarian crisis in numbers
In its negotiations with the eurozone partners, the Greek government insists to address the humanitarian crisis that has hit thousands of households since the economic crisis and the implementation of austerity measures started. How do you capture the humanitarian crisis in numbers? Add together the suicides (more than 4,000 since …
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The winner in Athens and Attica is …Golden Dawn
The winner of Sunday’s municipality and regional elections is … extreme-right Golden Dawn. The party whose members face charges for establishing a criminal gang, doubled its rates from the last parliamentary elections in Athens and Attica region. Ilias Kasidiaris, GD spokesman who is free on bail, a mayor candidate for …
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More than 225K Greeks applied for “social dividend” allowance
Thousands of Greeks rushed to submit applications amid the Easter holidays in order to receive a share of 500 euro from the so-called ‘social dividends’ from the primary surplus. “225,000 people have applied so far,” Greek media reported on Tuesday noon stressing that the number of electronically submitted applications was …
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Chania: Two Men Commit Suicide on a Single Day
Society in Chania is shocked after two suicides that took place on a single day. On Friday noon, a young man jumped from the balcony of his home. The paramedics who rushed with ambulance on the spot could only find out that the man had suffered fatal head injuries. In another incident, …
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Why Do I Never See a Civil Servant When I Go to a Public Service? (video)
Greece, the well known proud but broke country, has a total number of 665,740 civil servants. According to latest data published by Minister for Administrative Refort Antonis Manitakis as of July 19th 2012 the total number of public servants was 665,740. This number referred to employees at the state, state organisations and the …
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