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Environmentalists say toxic emissions from cruise ships pose health risk on Santorini

Tests were carried out earlier this week on Santorini looking at the concentrations of dangerous ultrafine particles in the atmosphere, and the results are staggering. Conducted by the Hellenic Ornithological …

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Zorba the storm hits Southern Greece

Greek civil protection authorities were on high alert across the country  on Saturday, as a rare cyclone-like depression was made landfall in the extreme southwest overnight and was winding its …

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Greece to abolish capital controls

Greece seems set to leave the days of the imposed capital controls behind, as the government will lift the €5,000 limit to transactions that has been in effect for three …

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Greeks in 2018: suspicious, insecure and resistant to change

This year marks the first time that Greece participated in the World Values Survey (WVS), an international survey into human beliefs, values and motivations of people. Since 1981, the WVS …

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Greece’s Supreme court prosecutor withdraws ‘intervention’ on East Attica fire investigation

A much awaited report on the wildfire tragedy which claimed 99 lives in East Attica was allegedly expected to be delayed following an intervention by Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou. …

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Two women convicted over religiously motivated oil attack on artefacts in Athens

Two Bulgarian women, aged 51 and 48, have been handed four-year suspended prison sentences for an attack on centuries-old artefacts across three museums in Athens. The women, who are cleaners, …

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Man lynched to death in Athens after alleged theft attempt

The civil society in Athens is mourning the death of a well-known LGBTQI activist and HIV-positive human rights advocate who was lynched in the centre of Athens on Friday, after …

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All drivers, in Greece, above 74 urged to update their license

A new highway code that was introduced last week by Greek Minister of Transport Christos Spirtzis dictates that anyone above the age of 74 will have to renew their driver’s …

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2,000 refugees to be moved from Lesvos to mainland Greece

Close to 2,000 asylum seekers will be moved from Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos to the mainland where their asylum claims will be examined, said Greek …

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Aitoliko beach in Greece covered in spider web [VIDEO]

A 300-metre-long spider web that has covered the beach in Aitoliko, Greece has been making rounds on the internet, having covered everything from vegetation to the surface of the water. …

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