Greece
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International survey shows Greece needs do better to attract the talented
Greece ranks just below the top third of 132 countries in the world that attract professional talent to their shores. The latest Global Talent Competitive Index (GTCI), which focuses on …
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10 bridges that span time and place in Greece
1. Rio-Antirio Bridge(officially the Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge) is one of the world’s longest multispan cable-stayed bridges of the fully suspended type. The bridge spans the western end of the Gulf …
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Greek tourism has found alternatives since the collapse of Thomas Cook
The collapse of the venerable British travel group Thomas Cook in 2019 will not affect tourism to Greece this year, said Greece’s Tourism Minister Haris Theocharis on Thursday. The minister …
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Turkish hackers launch fresh wave of attacks on Greek government targets
A number of Greek government websites, including those of the foreign ministry and prime minister, are suspected to have been the target of another hacking attack on Thursday evening. The …
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Greek police find over a thousand kilos of processed cannabis in ship
Greek authorities have reported finding more than a thousand kilos of processed cannabis (hashish) in a ship that had docked at Pireaus on its way from Lebanon to Libya – …
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Katerina Sakellaropoulou elected as Greece’s first female president
Greece has elected its first female president. High court judge and human rights advocate Katerina Sakellaropoulou was elected by parliament on Wednesday. Nominated by New Democracy, the 63-year-old also secured …
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Greek company to provide cables for big US offshore wind power project
Greece’s Hellenic Cables has won the contract to supply 300km of inter-array cabling for an offshore wind-generation project off the southern coast of Massachusetts in the United States. The Greek …
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Mohegan-led consortium wins casino licence for Hellinikon project in Athens
US-based Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment and Greek construction company GEK TERNA have been been granted the initial right to develop a casino resort within the former Hellinikon International Airport in …
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Foreign journalist attacked by gang during far-right demo in Athens
An independent organisation promoting worldwide press freedom has called on Greek authorities to investigate the attack on a journalist during a demonstration by far-right supporters at Syntagma Square in Athens …
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Athens hospitals to receive upgrades thanks to shipowners agreement
A referendum signed by the Greek union of shipowners will see several state hospitals in Athens and the general Attica area receive much-needed renovations. These will be in the form …