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On the occasion of the national holiday OXI Day, the deputy mayor of Argos-Mycenae wrapped his whole house with a huge flag. The flag is 140 square meter, local media report. The flag decorates the mayor’s house in Nea Kios, a village in the Argos-Mycanae Municipality. It is a custom …
Read More »Greeks pay €100m/month to banks as “commission and fees” for services
Greeks pay more than 100 million euros per month to the banks in form of fees and commissions the lenders institutes charge for all possible kinds of services. According to published data of the four systemic banks (National, Piraeus, Eurobank and Alpha Bank) in the first half of the year, …
Read More »Standard & Poor’s upgrades Greece to BB- with “positive outlook”
Standard & Poor’s has upgraded Greece’s credit rating by one notch to BB- with a positive outlook, saying another upgrade could follow within the next year. The agency says a potential future upgrade would depend on the center-right government’s continuing to implement economic reforms and also on an improvement in …
Read More »Greeks to set their clocks to “winter” time on Oct 27
It’s time for “winter” time and for days to get shorter, no matter how much we hate that. In the night from Saturday to Sunday, October 26th to 27th 2019, clocks will be set one hour back: the change will occur at 04:00 am. Digital clocks will automatically show 03:00 …
Read More »Man survives fall from 5th floor, hospitalized with minor fractures (video)
A man fell off the fifth floor of an apartment building in Galatsi suburb of Athens and survived the fall with only minor injuries. The 45-year-old man was standing on the balcony when he fell. However, his fall was stopped on the awning of a bakery-cafe located in the ground …
Read More »Greek 10-Year Bond yield reaches new record low with 1.20%
The yield for the Greek 10-year benchmark bond has hit a new record low, falling to 1.20% on Friday. The Bank of Greece registered transactions worth 15 million euros, of which 13 million were buy orders. The highest-volume transaction was recorded for the three-year bond with 6 million euros. Investors …
Read More »65-year-old British woman dies in home fire in Glyfada, Athens
A 65-year-old British woman died in a fire in her home in Glyfada suburb of Athens, the Fire Service said in a statement. The fire broke out in the early morning hours of Friday, around 2 a.m. Fire fighters found the woman’s body after they had extinguished the fire. Χωρίς …
Read More »UNHCR expresses concern at Greece’s asylum plans
The United Nations refugees agency UNHCR expressed concern about Greek proposals to overhaul laws affecting asylum seekers, saying they could weaken the protection of refugees. Greece is proposing to streamline a lengthy asylum process and deport rejected asylum seekers. A draft law is pending in the Greek parliament. The law …
Read More »The Hour of Greece: Historic exhibition in Athens on OXI Day occassion
On the occasion of this year’s celebration of Ohi Day, Hellenic American University | Ηellenic American College and the Greek America Foundation, in collaboration with the General State Archives οf Greece, are pleased to present the exhibition “The Hour of Greece”. The exhibition is held under the aegis of the …
Read More »Tenea: Heated baths complex, spectacular findings unearthed in “lost city”
Recent excavations in the archaeological site of the ‘lost city” Tenea have brought o light spectacular findings. The hometown of Oedipus, according to the myth, revealed extensive facilities of public baths, some of them heated, from the Roman era. The entire area dates from the 1st century BC to the …
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