Greece
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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, …
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Fearless Kerkyra gran dives into 8m-deep well to rescue grandchild
A grandmother or yiayia in Kerkyra had no thought for herself when she dived into a well to rescue her four-year-old granddaughter who had fallen in on Wednesday. Greek newspaper …
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Greeks reduce energy consumption by more than a quarter on last year
Greeks are reducing their power consumption in the face of rising energy prices with power-grid operator, ADMIE, reporting a 27.5 percent a dip in medium- and low-voltage use by households …
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Greek government dismiss Erdogan 1922 comments as rewriting history
Greek government spokesman Gianni Oikonomou has dismissed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s references to the 1922 war with Greece and to “despicable Greeks” as evidence that the Turkish leaders had …
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Turkish authorities deport Greek journalist
A Greek journalist who has lived in Turkey for eight years has allegedly been expelled from that country over “public order” concerns. The Greek national daily Kathimerini, reported yesterday that …
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Thousands of Greeks already use new digital ID
Thousands of Greek citizens have downloaded and are successfully using the new app launched by the Digital Governance Ministry to put their identification cards and driving licenses on their mobile …