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91 violations of Greek air space, 27 flights over Greek islands, 6 dog fights with Greek fighter jets. In its effort to confirm its claims in the Aegean Sea, Turkish aircraft broke an all time record on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. And for the first time after a long time, …

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Greek air space violations by Turkish aircraft have reached a record high number in the first ten months of 2019. According to Greek General Staff, a total of 3,950 violations in the Aegean Sea have occurred in the time from January 1 until October 29, 2019. It is the highest …

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The yield for the Greek 10-year benchmark bond has hit a new record low, falling to 1.20% on Friday. The Bank of Greece registered transactions worth 15 million euros, of which 13 million were buy orders.  The highest-volume transaction was recorded for the three-year bond with 6 million euros. Investors …

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Digital benches: A pilot program gives residents and visitors of Athens the opportunity to record their own stories or listen to the stories of other people. Six digital benches have been installed at different spots of Pangrati district in central Athens and are in full operation since a couple of …

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Real estate property transactions recorded an increase of 42 percent 2018, totaling 26,700 compared with 18,800 in the previous year, Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenues (AADE) said in a report. The increase offers strong signs of a revival in the domestic real estate market,the report stressed. Short-term property leases …

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Non-stop rain, for 41 consecutive hours, hit the island of Crete between February 24 and 26, while a total of 15,500 bolts of lightning fell, data released by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) has shown. The unprecedented rainfall flooded mainly the West part of Crete and caused huge damages …

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The year 2018 ended with a new historical record for Greek tourism, with 33 million international arrivals and revenues of more than 16 billion euros, Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura said  in an interview with Alpha TV. € The minister stressed the enormous contribution of tourism as a whole to the …

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More than 93,500 lightning strikes have been recorded in Greece in the month of June that was hit by several bad weather fronts. The National Observatory in Athens said that the activity of the electrical phenomena recorded by the ZEUS electrical detection system was quite high in June. With the …

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Greece’s tourism industry is expected to draw 32 million visitors in 2018, in what will be a record year for the sector, said Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday. Speaking at a general meeting of the Greek Tourism Federation (SETE), Tsipras said that data indicates that tourism revenues this year …

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Bitcoin’s unprecedented rally has boosted the cryptocurrency’s market cap to almost $200 billion. That is more than the annual output of entire economies such as Greece and New Zealand. Views on bitcoin are broadly divided with some investors worried over the bubble nature of the phenomena, while others see it …

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A record number of more than 51,000 runners will compete in various running events on Sunday when the 35. Athens Marathon 2017 is taking place. 18,500 of registered participants will run the classic marathon distance of 42,195 meters, from Marathon to Athens. In addition to the classic marathon race, there …

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That’s certainly Good News! 25 million tourists visited Greece this year and brought revenues of 15.5 billion euro. It was deputy minister for Tourism Elena Kountoura who announced “the historical record” today, on the occasion of the World Tourism Day. With tourism considered to be Greece’s “national industry” in a …

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