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The Greek Parliament ratified the contracts for hydrocarbon exploration in four areas, off the island of Crete and the Ionian Sea. In favor of the concessions voted lawmakers from ruling New Democracy, KINAL/PASOK and Greek Solution. Main opposition party SYRIZA expressed reservations. The Communist KKE and MeRA25 voted against them. …
Read More »Free admission to archeological sites, museums, monuments Sept 27-29
Greeks and tourists will have the possibility to take advantage of the free admission to the Greece’s archaeological sites and museums in the last weekend of September 2019. The Greek Culture Ministry offers the free admission on the occasion of “World Tourism Day” and the “European Heritage Days 2019.” On …
Read More »Mitsotakis meets Erdogan at UN, talk Migration, Cyprus, bilateral issues
Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, held a 45-minute meeting at the UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday morning (local time.) The Greek-Turkish relations, the Cyprus issue, migration flows and the EU-Turkey agreement and other bilateral issues were on the agenda. It was the …
Read More »Skiathos: British woman killed when husband’s car runs over her
A British man ran over his wife with the family car on the island of Skiathos late on Tuesday night, after a night out. The 58-year-old woman, also a British national, died on the spot. The couple have been living in Panorama area on the island for quite some time, …
Read More »Lenders’ representatives in Athens for 4. post program review
Representatives of Greece’s lenders are currently in Athens for the 4th post bailout-program enhanced surveillance review. Citing sources from the Greek economic team, state-run news agency amna reports that the two sides discussed among others the prime minister’s measures presented at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) earlier this month. The …
Read More »Moria: Truck driver kills 5-year-old Afghan boy playing inside cardboard box
A 5-year-old Afghan boy was ran over by truck near the hot spot of Moria on the island of Lesvos on Tuesday. The boy was playing with a cardboard box and he was inside it when the truck came down the road and turned into a parking lot of a …
Read More »Greek National Drugs Org EOF recalls ZANTAC, RANITIDINE/MYLAN
The Greek National Drugs Organization (EOF) has decided the recall of popular stomach and heartburn drug ZANTAC and its generic drug RANITIDINE by MYLAN on September 25, 2019. EOF’s recall follows the recall of these two products from the US market, as US health officials found that they contain traces …
Read More »Finance Ministry: Thomas Cook affected hotels will not pay “stay-over tax”
The Greek Finance Ministry will exempt hotels hurt by the Thomas Cook collapse from the payment of “stay-over tax.” A relevant Legislative Act is underway and it will refer for the time period from September 23 to October 10, that is for as long as the repatriation operation by the …
Read More »Turkish actor Can Yamam shows “finger” to Greeks from the Acropolis
His fans describe him as extremely handsome and sexy. And maybe he is. Turkish actor Can Yamam is visiting Athens for some public relations reasons, probably a TV series promotion or something. The handsome and sexy Yamam played foul, though, right upon his arrival in the Greek capital. He went …
Read More »Mitsotakis tells Zaef “Greece is obliged to honor the Prespes Agreement”
“Greece is obliged to honor the Prespes Agreement,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told North Macedonia counterpart Zoran Zaev. The two leaders met in New York on Tuesday at the sidelines of the UN Climate Summit 2019. It was the very first meeting between Zaef and Mitsotakis, who was a …
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