Greece
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Tsakalotos throws cold water on changes to pension cuts
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has dashed hopes of any renegotiation of bailout measures next year, including pension cuts, ahead of a submission of a bill to Parliament on Friday which …
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Highway linking Crete’s Elafonisi to Chrisoskalitissa due for completion in 2019
Crete is getting a new highway, linking Elafonisi to Chrisoskalitissa. The Topolia highway is set to be one of the largest construction projects on the island. It is a positive …
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Fight continues for return of Cretan antiquities looted during Nazi occupation
The search continues for the numerous antiquities looted from Crete during the Nazi occupation on the island. To help commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Battle of Crete, which took …
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Impact of financial crisis in Greece continues, an obstacle to starting a family
Despite headlines being more optimistic than ever about the state of Greece’s economy in the last eight years, the effects of the financial crisis are still being felt, namely by …
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Hodgkin lymphoma worryingly common in Greece
According to a new global cancer study covering 195 countries over the period 1990-2016 published in the American Journal of Oncology JAMA Oncology this week, Greece appears to have the …
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A new museum in the works for Athens to honour Olympic history
New life is set to be breathed into the International Broadcasting Centre (IBC) in Maroussi, Athens. Built for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Greece’s Ministries of Finance and Environment have …
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More rallies in Greece over FYROM
As the FYROM naming dispute currently remains unresolved, many Greek citizens are planning to take to the streets yet again to protest against the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia receiving …
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Turkish officers freed
Greece has decided to free the last four Turkish officers of the group of eight men that fled to the country following the attempted coup in Turkey back in 2016. …
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Macedonia name dispute closer to reaching a resolution than ever
Negotiations between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) are closer to a resolution over the decades-old name dispute than ever before. But according to Greek government spokesman …
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EU’s longest sandy beach located in Preveza, Greece
Here’s a fun fact: the longest sandy beach in the European Union is found in Greece, in the Prefecture of Preveza to be exact. Stretching 25 kilometres of coastline along …