Greece
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Volunteers rescue birds trapped in the frozen Kastoria lake
Following the extreme cold wave for Greek standards that hit the country this week, Kastoria Lake in Northern Greece froze over completely within a few hours trapping local fauna in …
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Tesla takes interest in Greek islands
Greek Minister of Environment and Energy Giorgios Stathakis, has had a very productive meeting with executives of the gigantic American motor and energy company, Tesla. According to an Athens News …
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Athens International Airport services all-time high of 24.1m passengers
Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos has exceeded all expectations marking an overall increase of 11 per cent in passenger growth. The 2018 passenger traffic is a historic record for Greece, …
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Tsipras regards the Prespes Accord as his historic legacy
In an exclusive interview with reporter Elli Stai on Open TV, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that he takes pride in the signing of the Prespes Agreement, an issue …
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Stunning snow storm blankets Greek beaches and monuments [WATCH]
Athens awakened to blankets of snow on Tuesday thanks to a storm system penetrating the south Mediterranean. Meteorologists have named the weather pattern causing the extreme weather conditions as “Telemachos” …
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Large ‘Jihadist’ pills cargo seized in Athens
A container ship that had docked at the Greek capital’s main port, Piraeus, docked on its way from Syria to Dubai was stopped by authorities and its cargo was seized. …
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Tax evasion in property sales has reached 70 billion euros in Greece
According to data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority, over 800,000 properties were sold between 2001-2010 at prices well above their objective value. Meanwhile, a conservative estimate of the difference between …
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Minimum wage in Greece to increase in 2019
According to government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, the SYRIZA administration plans to increase the Greek minimum wage as part of a series of measures discussed during the party’s first 2019 secretariat …
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Prespes accord has enough votes to go through, SYRIZA says
SYRIZA’s Political Secretariat held its first meeting for 2019 at the party’s headquarters in downtown Athens presided by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. With the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia …
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Tsipras responds to Erdogan’s ‘I will throw the Greeks into the sea’ comment
Following Holy Epiphany celebrations, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who attended the blessing of the waters on the northeast Greek island of Samothrace, responded to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s …