Greece
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Greek PM visits Hagia Sophia, followed by service at the seminary of Halki
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras continued his official visit to Turkey with visits to sites of religious significance to Greeks. Mr Tsipras toured Hagia Sophia, a UNESCO world heritage site …
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Property sales in Greece spiking after stagnation
Greek property transactions spiked in the second half of 2018. The Independent Authority for Public Revenue data showing a 50.5 per cent annual growth rate in property transaction levy takings …
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Greece and Turkey vow to ease tensions through ‘dialogue’
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his visit to Ankara. During a joint press conference, the men stressed that they planned to resolve …
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The new diaspora wave can help the Greek economy flourish
More than 350,000 Greeks have left their homeland over the past decade as a result of the crisis. From 2007 to 2017, the percentage of Greeks living in other EU …
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Pronia’s education programme addresses the challenges of palliative care
Pronia has commenced it’s three-year Greek community education program “Mazi” (Together). The programme aims to inform the Greek community about palliative care, especially carers of people that are living with …
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Heating an unaffordable luxury for one in four Greek households
One in four Greek households cannot afford to provide adequate heating for their families, according to Eurostat. The findings came as part ot an annual survey the statistic agency conducts …
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Greece is “open for investments” in the cannabis sector
Greece is hoping to tap into its nascent cannabis economy following the legalisation of cannabis for medical purposes in 2017 and the lifting of the prohibition into the growing of …
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For Greek economy to fully recover, wait until 2040
Greece may have exited the bailout program amid celebrations and promises that the country’s crisis-ridden economy is on the mend, however this might still be nothing more than wishful thinking …
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Greek tax office to impose stamp duty on Airbnb contracts
Greece is about to introduce a measure to regulate short-term leasing of properties, effectively imposing a tax on Airbnb contracts. According to an announcement by the country’s Independent Public Revenue …
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Greece noted the biggest drop in unemployment, but still highest in Europe
Eurostat released its latest unemployment figures for the European Union. Greece continued its reign as the champion of joblessness with 18.6 per cent unemployment in October 2018, followed by Spain …