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Greek-Turkish foreign ministers meet in constructive talks

Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met in Athens on Monday to discuss Greece’s positions, following Mr Cavusoglu’s meeting with conservative Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos …

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Trafficking of human beings through Greece: “We need to fight the culture of impunity”

Thessaloniki-born Heracles Moskoff, 51, has been serving as National Rapporteur of Greece on Trafficking in Human Beings since 2013. Following the transposition of the European Anti-Trafficking Directive, the office  was …

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Paula Masselos unveils memorial in Waverley honouring the Battle of Crete

Mayor of Waverley, Paula Masselos joined by Archbishop Makarios Griniezakis and the Consul General of Greece in Sydney, Christos Karras, unveiled the Council’s new memorial to mark the 80th anniversary …

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Mitsotakis announces plan for Northern Crete highway

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis earlier this week, presented the key principles of the so-called National Recovery and Resilience Plan for the day after the coronavirus pandemic. As part of the …

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Greece confirms 1,585 new coronavirus infections on Friday and 40 deaths

Greece registered 1,585 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 6 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) reported on …

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Top Greek industrial steel owner of Halyvourgiki passes away, aged 76

Greek industrialist Constantinos Angelopoulos passed away in Athens on Monday, aged 76. He had suffered in the last few years of his life as a rare form of arthritis which …

Greece ‘top destination in bookings’ or on ‘should not travel’ list? – Euro Paradox

On any given – normal – year, Greek islands are magnets for tourists from the European north, with Brits and Germans famously topping the list. But Europe’s second pandemic summer …

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Greek Parliament approves bill on production and sale of medicinal cannabis

Parties voted for a draft law allowing the cultivation and sale of pharmaceutical cannabis in Parliament’s plenary session on Friday night. A roll-call vote, requested by main opposition SYRIZA, registered …

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Greece registers 2,020 new coronavirus infections on Friday, 56 deaths

Greece confirmed 2,020 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 3 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on …

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Fire situation improving near Megara but more work needed

  The fire is subsiding, but it is not yet fully contained, said Deputy Minister for Civil Protection & Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias on Friday, speaking of a fire that …

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