Greece
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Omnibus bill for prior actions voted in Greek parliament
It includes legislation for the privatisation of public assets.
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A digital platform for the Greek Diaspora
Petros Kouroublis: “The aim is to keep contact with the motherland and activate this manpower, putting it to use for the development of the country.”
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‘We aspired to recreate the ancient Greek agoras’
Achilles Tsaltas, vice-president of the International New York Times Conferences, shares the backstory of the Athens Democracy Forum.
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Numbers don’t lie: the sorry state of the Greek economy
Greece has a lot of ground to cover in order to escape the never-ending crisis − and that is 100 per cent accurate.
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2,000-yo skeleton discovered off Antikythera
Scientists say the discovery is rare, the skeleton found to be very well preserved.
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Fire destroys migrant camp on Lesvos
The blaze took place on the same night as a rally organised by locals protesting the presence of migrants on the island.
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‘Athens has less freedom than Melbourne and Sydney’
Yanis Varoufakis talks to Neos Kosmos about Greece, Europe and his full-time career in politics.
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4th Athens Democracy Forum draws to a close
Executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth presented with the first City of Athens Democracy Award.
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Athens named UNESCO World Book Capital for 2018
Irina Bokova, the Director General of UNESCO, has named Athens World Book Capital for 2018 on the recommendation of the programme’s Advisory Committee.