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Passenger traffic in Greek airports are heading for a new record, with the numbers in the first ten months of the year already surpassing the annual total for 2023, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) chief Giorgos Saounatsos has said. Passenger traffic totaled 72.8 million from January to October, an 8.9% increase …

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More than 32.7 million tourists visited Greece in 2023, breaking another record. Receipts from tourism reached 20.5 billion euros. According to data from the Bank of Greece issued on Wednesday, February 21,  travel receipts showed an increase of 15.7% compared to 2022 and amounted to 20,459.5 billion euros. This development …

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Bakers in Peristeri, suburb of western Athens, created the largest New Year’s cake, Vasilopita: 78 meter long, 9 tons heavy and with 200 lucky coins! in a unique event, the Guild of Bakers of Athens, Suburbs & Surroundings (SAAPP) and the Municipality of Peristeri, created the biggest Vasilopita in the …

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A 55-year-old man was killed in a labor-related accident on Monday, when he fell from the machine he was on and was cleaning railway lines in Idomeni, northern Greece. The man, an employee of an engineering company. is the latest victim of workplace-related accidents in Greece that hit a record …

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The highest monthly precipitation ever recorded in Europe fell in the village of Makrynitsa on Mt Pelion during Storm Daniel, which ravaged Greece in September. Αfter the transmission of measurements by the weather stations operated by the Athens National Observatory in Thessaly was restored, it was found that the weather …

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Wildfires in Greece released a record 1 megaton of carbon emissions between July 1 and July 25, 2023, the EU Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said. That was nearly double the previous July 2007 record, with the smoke plumes fouling air quality in regions downwind. The intense wildfires burning in Greece …

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Greek alcoholic beverages exports set a historic record in 2022, with ouzo being the “flagship” of the exports According to Eurostat data processed by SEAOP, the significant increase of exports exceeded the pre-covid levels. Ouzo remains the “flagship” of the sector’s exports, while Germany is in first place in terms …

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Αpplications for the Market Pass reached 175,000 in just few hours, 12 o’ clock noon, after it opened in the early hours of Tuesday morning, February 21, 2023. This means that an average of 10 applications are being submitted per second, media report. According to state broadcaster ERT of the …

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Revenue from tourism this past June exceeded 2019 levels and has boosted predictions of a record year for the sector as far as receipts are concerned. While arrivals from abroad in June stood at 89% of those in 2019, the last full season before the coronavirus pandemic, revenue reached €2.62 …

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Greece’s annual consumer inflation jumped to its highest level in 29 years in May at 11.3% on the back of surging costs for energy, housing, transportation and foods, official data showed on Thursday. Inflation quickened from 10.2% in April, according to statistics service ELSTAT. Month-on-month consumer inflation rose 0.7%. Greece’s …

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Turkish F-16 fighter jets recorded on Wednesday  a record of 126 violations of Greek air space and 30 overflights of Greek islands some of them inhabited. Despite a demarche from Athens to Ankara earlier on Wednesday, the neighbors on the other side of the Aegean Sea ignored Greece’s diplomatic protest …

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Covid-19 infections are expected to break one more record on Tuesday as health authorities will incorporate the positive self tests carried out by thousands of students and teachers since Sunday. The new high will come as the overwhelming majority of regions across Greece have been marked with “deep red”, the …

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For fourth consecutive day, coronavirus cases in Greece broke a new all time record on Thursday and reached 35,580 confirmed infections. In Attica alone infections skyrocketed to 15,713 in the past 24 hours. Health authorities announced also 72 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours, while the number of intubated …

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For third consecutive day, coronavirus cases in Greece broke a new record on Wednesday and reached 28, 828 confirmed infections. In Attica alone infections reached 12,848 cases in the past 24 hours. Health authorities announced also 79 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours, while the number of intubated Covid-patients …

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Daily coronavirus cases broke another record on Tuesday and skyrocketed to 21,657, an unprecedented number of daily infections since the begin of the pandemic. In Attica alone a total of 9,882 infections were confirmed in past 24 hours, while the total number in the country on Monday was 9,284. Health …

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Daily coronavirus cases broke on Monday an all times negative record since the pandemic start: 9,284 infection cases confirmed in the past 24 hours. Health authorities announced also 66 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals increased further to 629. Note that due …

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Death by heating: Sunday morning thick, black smoke comes out of a two-storey house in Metaxourgeio district of downtown Athens. Parents and children run in panic to escape the flames, neighbors and passersby rush to help until the fire brigades arrive. Hand in hand they take the children out of …

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Greece hit a negative record on Covid-related deaths on Tuesday when health authorities announced 130 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. It is the second highest record since the pandemic began. The first was on May 3, 2021 when 134 people had died in 24 hours. Furthermore, authorities announced …

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Another day, another record of coronavirus infections: Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday 8,613 new coronavirus cases.  The number of Covid-related deaths recorded in past 24 hours is 46. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals has increased further to 486. It should be noted that infections are normally higher …

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For second consecutive day, coronavirus infections broke a new record since the pandemic began in Greece with 6,700 cases confirmed in the past 24 hours. 59 patients died due to Covid-19 complications also in last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals increased further 434. Next to Attica …

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