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Greek PM announces plans to boost purchasing power, tackle crises
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced a new set of policies aimed at boosting citizens’ purchasing power and tackling the country’s housing crisis. The measures include a 14 percent …
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Neuville moves to the front in the Acropolis Rally
Championship leader Thierry Neuville worked his way to the front of the field on the second full day of competition in the Acropolis Rally on Saturday as the punishing Greek …
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Sunken village emerges as Greek drought bites
Record-breaking temperatures and prolonged drought in Greece have exposed a sunken village in Athens’ main reservoir for the first time in 30 years. The village of Kallio was submerged in …
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Albania releases jailed Greek MEP
An Albanian court on Monday freed a Greek member of the European Parliament who had just weeks left to serve on his two-year sentence for vote-buying, according to a state …
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NBA star Antetokounmpo gets married in Greece: media
Greek-Nigerian basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo and his long-term partner Mariah Riddlesprigger, the mother of his three children, tied the knot in Greece on Sunday according to media reports. According to …
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Divas never die: Eternal appeal of opera singer Maria Callas
Nearly 47 years after her death, one of opera’s greatest stars, Greek soprano Maria Callas, is again taking centre stage at the Venice Film Festival played by Angelina Jolie in …
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Missing Dutch tourist found dead on Greek island
A Dutch tourist who went missing on the Aegean island of Samos has been found dead, Greek police said on Thursday, the latest holidaymaker fatality in an especially sweltering summer. …
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More fish keep washing ashore dead in Volos, Greece
Authorities in central Greece are racing to deal with an inundation of tons of dead fish at a popular port that locals say could threaten their livelihoods. It is the …
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Greece hit by ’50 percent more’ wildfires than last year
Greece has seen 50 percent more summer wildfires this year than in 2023, a government spokesman said on Monday. After its earliest-ever heatwave and warmest winter on record, Greece’s summer …
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Greek oil-tanker attacked off Yemen: Houthi rebels suspected
Three projectiles hit a merchant vessel off Yemen’s rebel-held port city of Hodeida on Wednesday, causing a fire onboard and leaving the ship without engine power, a British maritime security agency …