Greece announced it will begin training the Libyan Coast Guard on Monday, as part of a broader effort to expand its ties with the north African country. This announcement comes just a day after the Libyan Investment Authority signed a memorandum of understanding with Enterprise Greece, the nation’s official investment agency. “The MoU also aims […]
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The Bank of Greece announced on Friday that more than 8.6 million tourists visited Greece from January to August this year. The bank reported that this is a 79% jump from last year’s visitors in the same time frame. The tourism industry in Greece is on the upswing with a 135 % increase in earnings […]
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Greek police shot and killed a 20-year-old Roma man early Saturday morning. The shooting took place following a car chase in the suburb of Perama, west of Athens. A 15-year-old was also injured, and another teenager ran from the scene. Seven police officers have been arrested in connection with the death. The same officers were […]
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Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias co-signed a bilateral cooperation agreement with the UK’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in London on Monday. The new framework is meant to bolster many areas between the two nations, including security and trade. Truss said that: “The framework we’ve signed with Greece will open up new opportunities for trade and […]
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The Hellenic Council of State banned kosher and halal slaughter on Tuesday. Kosher and halal preparations of animals are central to Jewish and Muslim religious practices. Both practices require animals to be killed without being anesthetized. The Panhellenic Animal Welfare and Environmental Federation requested that the court annul an exemption in a law that allowed […]
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The British travel group Jet2 will massively expand its airline offerings for Greece in 2022, adding 600,000 seats for a total of 1.44 million seats in the coming year. Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias announced the planned expansion from Jet2, which operates Jet2.com and Jet2Holidays, on Monday from the World Travel Market 2021 conference in […]
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Greece has moved up 10 spots in the Climate Change Performance Index’s 2022 ranking released last week. Greece went from the 24th to 34th place in the CCPI’s 2022 report. The authors note that Greece was able to rise the ranks of the index partially because of its plan to eliminate lignite, a form of […]
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A rescue team recovered the body of a missing woman in northern Greece on Sunday. The woman was driving in her car when she got caught amidst the rushing waters of the Zliana stream in Katerini, Macedonia. Her body was discovered roughly a mile apart from her car. The tragedy was the result of severe […]
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Greece will start fining citizens aged 60 and over who are unvaccinated against Covid-19 on Monday. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis introduced the new mandate to try to sway the unvaccinated population and alleviate the burden on the nation’s healthcare system. Mitsotakis said on Saturday that “the few of our fellow citizens over 60 who are […]
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Humanitarian groups are sounding the alarm over a rapidly escalating hunger crisis in Greece’s migrant camps. Aid workers say that the camps have been lacking sufficient food for months, with children crying over their extreme hunger. The UN’s migration agency, The International Organization for Migration (IOM), reports that there are roughly 16,560 people now in […]
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