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A legacy of weakness, concessions, and economic disasters

Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis, who led the country into the European Union’s single currency in 2001, died on Sunday aged 88 at his summer house in the Peloponnese. While most mainstream media are reporting the death of Costas Simitis as…

7 January, 2025

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Greece bans imported pork from Bulgaria amid African swine fever outbreak

Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva said on Friday that Greece has decided to ban imported pork from her country, due to an outbreak of African Swine Fever disease that has been detected in thousands of animals in Bulgaria over the last several days.…

30 July, 2019

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Major archaeological discoveries made in Neolithic site in Central Greece

Greece’s Ministry of Culture issued a statement on Friday afternoon, regarding recent discoveries in a neolithic settlement that is located in Phthiotis region and dates back to 6,000 – 5,800 BC. The settlement, known to archaeologists as Koutroulou Magoula, from a local…

30 July, 2019

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EU prepares sanctions as Turkey presses on with drilling off Cyprus coast

The EU has agreed to bring financial and political sanctions against Turkey after repeat warnings over the past weeks. European Union officials on Mon-day agreed political and financial sanctions against Turkey after Ankara went ahead with drilling operations off Cyprus despite re-peated…

28 July, 2019

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Mitsotakis unveils reform-heavy, pro-market policy statements in Parliament address

New Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to practically every reform promised by him and his conservative New Democracy (ND) party over the past four years – and then some – expressing a pro-market, meritocracy-based and “rule of law” thread in practically…

25 July, 2019

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Exquisite ancient statuettes of Apollo, Artemis unveiled for first time in Chania next week

A pair of small statuettes, depicting mythical Apollo and his twin sister, Artemis, will be presented on Today at the archaeological museum in the west Cretan city of Chania (Hania), the product of excavations at the well-known Aptera site on the large…

23 July, 2019

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Athens municipality: Most quake-damaged buildings are abandoned structures

The city of Athens, the biggest municipality in the greater Athens agglomeration, so far announced that 15 buildings in its boundaries were significantly damaged from the 5.1 on the Richter scale earthquake that struck the area hours earlier. Most of the buildings…

23 July, 2019

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Tears at the Mati victims memorial service one year after deadly fires

Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis attended the memorial service held on Sunday in memory of the 102 victims of the deadly fire in Mati a year ago. “I can assure you that such a tragedy must not and will not happen again.…

23 July, 2019

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PM Mitsotakis announces generous tax cuts incl. properties ENFIA

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has set as his top priority to implement his pre-election program and proceed with taxation cuts as soon as possible. In his policy statement late on Saturday, he announced several tax cuts with one of them to be…

23 July, 2019

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PIPES: Kastelorizo: Mediterranean flash point

That Athens controls this wisp of land implies it could (but does not yet) claim an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Mediterranean Sea extending 200 nautical miles to Kastelorizo. This would reduce the Turkish EEZ to a fraction of what it…

20 July, 2019

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EU agrees to sanction turkey for drilling in Cypriot water

A surprisingly muscular response beyond mere threatening rhetoric out of the European Union over Turkey’s violations of Cypriot territorial waters related to offshore drilling operations: the EU has agreed to bring financial and political sanctions against Turkey after repeat warnings of the…

17 July, 2019

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Archaeology Piece of skull found in Greece ‘is oldest human fossil outside Africa’

A broken skull chiselled from a lump of rock in a cave in Greece is the oldest modern human fossil ever found outside Africa, researchers claim. The partial skull was discovered in the Apidima cave on the Mani peninsula of the southern…

17 July, 2019

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Athens-Piraeus again in ‘top 10’ in terms of global shipping hubs

The Athens-Piraeus area has returned to the world’s top 10 shipping hubs, according to a recent study by Baltic Exchange. The Greek capital bumped Korea’s Pusan from the “top 10” list, while Singapore remained first, for the sixth straight year on the…

16 July, 2019

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GREECE- Page 23

A legacy of weakness, concessions, and economic disasters

Greece bans imported pork from Bulgaria amid African swine fever outbreak

Major archaeological discoveries made in Neolithic site in Central Greece

EU prepares sanctions as Turkey presses on with drilling off Cyprus coast

Mitsotakis unveils reform-heavy, pro-market policy statements in Parliament address

Exquisite ancient statuettes of Apollo, Artemis unveiled for first time in Chania next week

Athens municipality: Most quake-damaged buildings are abandoned structures

Tears at the Mati victims memorial service one year after deadly fires

PM Mitsotakis announces generous tax cuts incl. properties ENFIA

PIPES: Kastelorizo: Mediterranean flash point

EU agrees to sanction turkey for drilling in Cypriot water

Archaeology Piece of skull found in Greece ‘is oldest human fossil outside Africa’

Athens-Piraeus again in ‘top 10’ in terms of global shipping hubs

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