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Private helicopters flights temporarily banned on Santorini

A recent public prosecutor’s intervention temporarily banned the flights of private helicopters to the island of Santorini, one of the most popular travel destinations in the Aegean Sea. Reason for the ban are reportedly deficiencies in the licenses of the helipad, in both the landing and take off areas. “Until …

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Green light for first Private Medical School in Greece

The first private medical school in Athens has been approved by Greece’s Competition Committee. The school is in cooperation of a newly established  company based in Cyprus and the CVC Capital Partners, the Luxembourg-based private equity and investment advisory Corporate Venture Capital that has bought several companies in the country. …

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Education minister unveils criteria for private universities in Greece, students’ entrance criteria

tion, they will also have to meet any additional criteria imposed by the parent foreign university, he said. On Wednesday, the minister presented the draft bill allowing the founding of non-state, non-profit universities in the country, which is to be posted for public consultation as of layer today, in the …

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Clashes between police and students protesting “private universities”

Clashes between students and police broke out in Athens and Thessaloniki on Thursday, when students took to the streets to protest government plans to legislate in favor of private universities in Greece. The students chanted slogans “Degrees free of charge!” and “Free public education for all!” pictures via @lolosmarios The …

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Private sector deposits down in November

Deposits placed by the private sector decreased by 904 million euros in November 2023, after a decrease of 2,143 million in the previous month, with the annual growth rate stood at 2.4% compared with 2.5% in the previous month, the Bank of Greece said on Tuesday. More specifically, the central …

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Legislation for private universities imminent, says minister

Education, Religion and Sports Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis, said on Friday that legislation ending the “state monopoly” on university education was imminent. in an interview with state broadcaster ERT, Pierrakakis underlined that “the state university remains the flagship of university education in Greece but it needs to be further reinforced and …

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Non-banking mortgages are coming to Greece

Part of the housing credit financing deficit, estimated at 6 billion euros per year, is to be claimed by mortgage credit companies, whose are now being licensed at the initiative of the Ministry of National Economy and Finance. These are companies financed mainly by funds, but also by other entities, …

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Policemen arrested for working as “private security guards” in Mykonos villas

Three police officers were arrested on the island of Mykonos for providing private security service to villas even during their shift hours at the local police station. Citing police sources, media report on Monday that the officers were providing the private security service for 12 euros per hour to the …

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Thessaloniki: Patients, staff evacuated after fire in private clinic (videos)

Some 40 patients, among them a woman in labor and a patient on a surgery table,  as well as staff members were evacuated when a fire broke out in a private clinic in Thessaloniki on Tuesday morning. The Fire Service responded immediately and ambulances rushed to the clinic to transfer …

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Greece public, private sector unions declare another 24h strike

Public and private sector unions ADEDY and GSEE have announced another 24-hour nationwide strike on Thursday, March 16, 2023. The strike aims to demand justice for the victims of the train collision on February 28, no cover-up and immediate measures for safe transport. With an unanimous decision, the 38th Congress …

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FinMin urges speed up efforts to resolve private debt problem

Addressing the problem of private debt is one of the government’s priorities since the beginning of its term Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Thursday. Speaking in Parliament, the FinMin said that private debt arrears fell to 63.6% in the first half of 2022 from 70% in 2018, while the …

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