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Greece’s Culture Ministry has presented a new summer festival cultural events program, the “All of Greece, one Culture.” Cultural events will be performed in archaeological sites and open spaces around museums.There will be no extra charge for the events other than the ticket to enter the archaeological sites. The first …

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The General Staff of the Greek Air Force has dismissed recent media reports of snags and delays in the upgrade of its F-16 fighter jets fleet. Work to date is “in line with the scheduled time frame,” the Air Force said in a statement issued on Wednesday. The US-made aircraft …

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Meditation techniques for children to deal with stress situations? The Greek Church does not approve them. The Metropolis of Halkida reacted to the MindUp meditation and anti-stress seminars organized by Hollywood actress Goldie Hawn on the island of Skiathos. “Devotion to God” takes all stress away, the Greek clergy ruled …

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a new scheme to protect unaccompanied migrant minors reaching the country, two days after condemning other EU states for their lack of solidarity. The prime minister’s office will take charge of the new “No Child Alone” programme, which he said was designed to protect …

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An amend bill tabled by Development and Investment Minister, Adonis Georgiadis, allows investors who buy real estate in order to secure residence permit via the Golden Visa program to make their purchases via credit card or POS. The bill is to be voted today, Thursday, at the Greek Palriament. The …

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The 22nd Antiracist Festival kicks off at Goudi Park in Athens over the weekend, June 28-30, 2019. organizers are antiracist and migrants organizations. Concerts, discussions, programs for kids and playground as well as delicacies from twenty countries for three days in Athens. In a press release, organizers said: “The 22nd …

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The countdown for the general elections officially starts at 6:30 Monday afternoon, when Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visits the President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos in order to ask him to dissolve the Parliament and declare general elections for July 7, 2019. As the request demands a :national reason” the …

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A new draft bill prepared by the Economy and Development ministry will add intangible investments into Greece’s Golden Visa program for third country, that is non-EU, citizens. The draft law on harmonising Greek legislation with an EU directive on commercial secrecy includes a regulation aiming to improve and to add …

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Greece’s plans to extend the Golden Visa Program are imminent also in other sectors than in real estate.  Enterprise Greece executive Grigoris Stergioulis revealed the sector that are included into a draft bill is  to be submitted to the Parliament. Sepaking to Athens news agency, Stergioulis said plans are to …

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Τhe upgrading program for 85 F-16 fighter jets with the Block 70/72 Viper system will be formally launched on Monday, Lockheed Martin’s VP Business Development Initiatives in Europe Dennis Plessas said at a press conference in Thessaloniki. Revealing the time table of the upgrade, Plessas said that ” a great …

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“Ithaca is just the beginning,” Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in his address to the nation on the occasion of the country exiting the bailout program. He practically confused the Greeks who always believed that Ithaca in the Ionian Sea is the symbol for the end of the 10-year …

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All Greece’s creditors added their spice and herb to the August 20 celebration sauce. Except Germany. Berlin chose to keep low profile and refrained from joining  the European fanfare. Instead, the master of the eurozone and the merciless judge and ruthless accountant came forward with a statement even the technocrat …

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The Greek government is watching closely developments in neighboring Turkey, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said in statements to news website newpost.gr on Tuesday, but they are not affecting Greece’s upcoming completion of the adjustment program on August 20. Tsakalotos’ full statement as posted on newpost. gr is as follows: “The …

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The “Golden Visa” program offered to foreigners who invest in real estate worth more than 250,000 euros in the country is growing strongly, Elias Athanasiou, CEO in Enterprise Greece said last week. The Golden Visa program has been initiated since 2012. During the first years of operation, demand for visas …

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Chinese investors are lining up to take advantage of cheap real estate in Greece where prices hit bottom during the economic crisis. For Chinese buying property in Greece is of high interest due to the Golden Visa program that grants them a 5-year residence permit for them and their family. …

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Greece has completed all prior actions needed to conclude the fourth and final review of the Greek programme, according to a compliance report posted by the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs on Wednesday. This opens up the path for approving the disbursement of the final tranche of loans …

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Greece will likely get up to 15 billion euros  from its euro zone allies for stabilization after its third bailout program ends in August, a senior German government official told Reuters on Tuesday. Euro zone finance ministers will discuss debt relief for Greece on Thursday to ensure the country can …

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The visit of Prince of Wales, Charles, and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, started with laying a wreath at the Monument of  the Unknown Soldier in front of the Greek Palriament in downtown Athens. The royal airplane had arrived in Athens at 2:54 Wednesday noon. After the wreath ceremony …

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Greece has come leaps and bounds from the economic crises that blighted it earlier this century. But as the country emerges from a previously austere bail-out economy, it seeks to re-position itself. In particular, funding is being allocated to renewable energy to draw in new investment from intrigued international investors. …

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An “ecological and education program about how fur is made” for kindergarten and elementary school children? If nothing else, Greece’s government has little to not at all knowledge about animal rights or the global debate about fur. Greek Education Ministry was forced to cancel this ambitious and criminal program not …

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