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An Israeli politician has reportedly floated the idea of purchasing Greek islands as a contingency plan for the evacuation of Israelis in case of an Iranian missile attack. Avri Steiner, a representative of the Blue and White party (Kahol Lavan) led by Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, suggested the idea …

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Greece plans to purchase a total of 40 fighter jets, including the 18 recently agreed Rafale from France, Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said late Tuesday. Speaking at the prime time news program of Alpha TV Panagiotopoulos said that the Greek national defense upgrade plan “is very ambitious and extends into …

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Greece has limited to three the number of antiseptics and disinfectants each customer can purchase at a time. The products include also ethyl alcohol. The restriction refers to purchases in supermarkets and pharmacies.These products will be sold in individual packages. The measure became essential as Greeks have been emptying shelves …

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In a deal worth up to $5 billion, Greek airline Aegean said Wednesday it will buy 30 new Airbus aircraft, with the option of an additional 12, to upgrade its fleet as the country expects to break tourism records. Aegean said it was signing a memorandum of understanding with Airbus …

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Greece’s Ministry of Rural Development plans several modifications in the Animals Protection Law of 2012. The aim of the ministry is reportedly the improved animal management especially by local municipalities and the reduction of  the number of strays. Many details about the legislation that is expected to be uploaded for …

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Greece’s government does not intend to purchase F-35 Stealth Fighters, but upgrade the F-16 jets, Deputy Defense Minister Dimitris Vitsas said on Friday. Speaking to Skai TV,  Vitsas said that one stealth costs 100 million euros. “Multiply the total cost on 5 also for maintenance, infrastructure etc…Do we have the …

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The Greek Finance Ministry allegedly considers to impose a levy for every tablet and personal compute purchase. Reason for this consideration? The levy will be imposed as a “counter-weight” to the millions of euro that were supposed to be paid for Copy Rights but they vanish in the air due …

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Only if you live in Greece and read every crap posted on mainstream websites or listen to mainstream media to realized the fear-mongering propaganda Greek voters are exposed to, just days before the parliamentary elections next Sunday. One of the striking examples we witnessed Monday morning. The news was referring …

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It’s time that we, the non-economists dealing with the Greek debt crisis, learn a new term. That’s “jobless growth” or “jobless recovery”. In short,  this term means that there is growth in an economy of a country, but people still get no jobs. Something like the phenomenon in modern Greece of …

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Hardly has been the sale of Skorpios officially announced and workers moved in to start the …move out. Trucks loaded with expensive furniture and rusty construction machines get on the ferry boat, carrying away the memories of a legend,  the myth of Aristotle Onassis – the poor boy that managed to acquire a wealth, …

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Skorpios: the small island on the Ionian Sea, where legendary tycoon Aristoteles Onassis married Jacqueline Kenndy, changes ownership. Half a century after Onassis purchased the island,  his granddaughter Athina, 28, sold it to Ekaterina Rybolovlev, 24, daughter of Russian billionaire Dmitry. After several days of scenarios circulating in the Greek press, …

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No one, not two, not three…. The Emir of Qatar purchased a whole bunch of Greek islands. Six! They all belong to Exinades island group in the Ionian Sea. The most expensive of the six is Oxia island, for which the generous investor reportedly gave 4,900,000 euro for the purchase. buying everything that …

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An Italian prime minister candidate in confusion? Sivlio Berslusconi revealed to reporters that he wanted to buy a Greek island to help the debt-ridden country. “I had discussed the issue with Papadopoulos,” Berlusconi said obviously confusing former prime minister George Papandreou with a famous or average Greek …”Papadopoulos”. ” I …

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Oh, we need some exotic in our grim and depressive Greek times. A member of Qatar’s royal family apparently bought a private Greek island located at the Ionian Sea, near Ithaca. Like a modern Odysseus, the Qatar royalty will find its Ithaca with a private island, and we will all …

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 Greek Parliament decided with a large majority to proceed to  prosecution charges against former Defense Minister, Akis Tsochatzopoulos on two offenses and to refer him to Judicial Council.  242 lawmakers accepted in a secret vote the findings of the Special Parliamentary Committee investigating the purchase of German submarines and allegedly …

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About 1,500 people gathered outside the house of former minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos and shouted slogans like  “Thieves, thieves!” and “Aki, bring the money back!”. The rest of the slogans were really …inspiring however  a translation would not bring the rhyme spirit into English. Some protesters left massages at the house entrance urging him …

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