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Greek government talks up digital transformation at Beach Summit
Digital transformation, entrepreneurship, modern skills, and financing new green tech dominated discussions at the 2nd Digital Beach Summit held on the largest beach in Europe, Monolithi in Preveza, western Greece …
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Ambitious upgrade plan for Thessaloniki
Next week the Greek government will present an ambitious plan with 30 projects to be implemented in Thessaloniki by 2030. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said the plan will cost …
Summer sales in Greece disappoint retailers
One in every two stores have reported a decline in turnover during the 2022 summer sales, a survey has found. The reduction in spending by households in Greece, combined with …
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Erdogan – bellicose threats against Greece
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ramped up the rhetoric on Greece last Saturday when he threatened to “come down suddenly one night.” Kathimerini, Greece’s biggest daily reported that Erdogan has …
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Old Ellinikon airport site touted as new mega retail mall
An Athens developer is building what will be be Greece’s largest retail mall it was reported in the Wall Street Journal. The proposed mall will be 185 million square meters. …
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Mitsotakis’ ND lead slightly down in latest opinion poll
The ruling centre-right New Democracy Party has a lead in the latest opinion poll, although its margin over left-wing opposition Syriza has been cut slightly, to 7.4 per cent, from …
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Greece’s wiretapping committee meeting held under secrecy
The Greek government has invoked confidentiality due to security reasons, as key persons in the wiretapping scandal were summoned to a special meeting of the Parliament’s Committee on Institutions and …
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Greek passports now valid for 10 years
The validity of new Greek passports has doubled from five to 10 years for all citizens aged 14 and above the Citizens’ Protection Ministry confirmed in an announcement on Thursday …
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Greece to establish quantum computing, technology and human genomics research
Greece is to establish two new research institutes, announced Christos Dimas the deputy minister for Development and Investments in parliament on Wednesday. Mr Dimas told the Greek parliament that the …
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Earthquakes hit the islands of Samos and Lefkada
Two earthquakes with magnitude 5.3 and 4.7 rocked the eastern Aegean Sea island of Samos on Wednesday (Greece time) but no injuries to people or damage to structures were reported, …