Iliopoulos: The people embraced the message for political change
Iliopoulos: The people embraced the message for political change Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance spokesperson Nassos Iliopoulos spoke of a different day in SYRIZA-PA with “172,000 members and a new strong boost to the fight for political change” while speaking late Monday to BlueSky TV. Iliopoulos said that there was now a majority progressive democratic current […]
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Corinth gang unraveled
Corinth gang unraveled Eight people, aged between 18 and 58, were charged on Saturday as suspected members of a criminal gang linked to 256 cases of fraud in the southern city of Corinth between March 2020 and May 2021. Three of those charged are already serving prison sentences for similar offenses. Police said the gang […]
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Ancient Greek Jar From 2,300 Years Ago Holds Curse Against 55 People
Ancient Greek Jar From 2,300 Years Ago Holds Curse Against 55 People The “Curse Jar” found at the Athens Agora in 2006 has only recently been deciphered. Credit: Facebook/American School of Classical Studies in Athens Archaeologists believe that a 2,300-year-old jar from Ancient Greece containing the bones of a dismembered chicken was likely used as […]
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Three arrests in scuffles at Aristotle University
Three arrests in scuffles at Aristotle University Three people were arrested on Tuesday afternoon during skirmishes with police at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. A group of people hurled stones and other projectiles at construction workers on the site where work is being carried out to create a library on the ground floor that was occupied […]
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Foreign ministry expresses deepest sympathies to the people and government of Cuba
Foreign ministry expresses deepest sympathies to the people and government of Cuba “Deeply saddened by the tragic news of the explosion at a hotel in Havana. Our heartfelt condolences to the victims’ families and wishes for a swift recovery to the injured,” the Greek foreign ministry posted on Monday on Twitter. “We express our deepest […]
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Visitors return to Greek capital in droves
Visitors return to Greek capital in droves The sight of so many people queuing at the Acropolis ticket box office calls to mind images of the pre-pandemic years. Tourists are returning to Athens, Plaka, Monastiraki and the city’s monuments and museums in droves. With them come the challenges of mass tourism and the proper management […]
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Three hurl sticks at patrol car in Athens
Three hurl sticks at patrol car in Athens Three people attacked a police patrol car with sticks outside the Athens University of Economics and Business, on Patission Street on Thursday afternoon. According to police, the incident occurred shortly before 3 p.m. as the patrol car was passing the university. The perpetrators caused damage to the […]
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Online platform for fuel subsidy now open
Online platform for fuel subsidy now open More than 3 million people in Greece are eligible for the fuel pass, which is available from vouchers.gov.gr platform. Launched on April 26, the platform is now open to all tax identification numbers (AFMs), the government announced on Saturday. The amount of the subsidy ranges from €30 to […]
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Electronic platform for fuel subsidy now fully open in Greece
Electronic platform for fuel subsidy now fully open in Greece Over 3 million people in Greece are eligible for the Fuel Pass, available at the vouchers.gov.gr platform, which launched on April 26 and is now fully open for all tax identification numbers (AFMs), the government said on Saturday, ANA reports. The state subsidy for fuel […]
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Electronic platform for fuel subsidy now fully open
Electronic platform for fuel subsidy now fully open More than 3 million people in Greece are eligible for the Fuel Pass, available at the vouchers.gov.gr platform, which launched on April 26 and is now fully open for all tax identification numbers (AFMs), the government said on Saturday. The state subsidy for fuel consumption concerns the […]
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Three injured in house break-in in Crete
Three injured in house break-in in Crete Three people were injured during a break-in at a house in the area of Tavronitis, western Crete, shortly after midnight on Wednesday. According to the ongoing police investigation two people who had covered their faces entered the house and tied up a 62-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman, […]
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Teen arrested for beating up two people in Thessaloniki
Teen arrested for beating up two people in Thessaloniki Police in Thessaloniki arrested a 17-year-old boy who beat up two other teens during a scuffle in the district of Evosmos on Monday night. The suspect was among a group of youngsters who attacked three teens with whom they had previously quarrelled. Two of the victims […]
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Small town burns effigy to mark Orthodox Good Friday
Small town burns effigy to mark Orthodox Good Friday People prepare an effigy of Barabbas – a figure in the Bible’s New Testament whom Pontius Pilate freed instead of Jesus Christ – for its customary burning, in the town of Nea Kios, in Argolida in the Peloponnese, which is re-enacted on Orthodox Christian Good Friday. […]
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People Trust Computers More Than Humans, Study Says
People Trust Computers More Than Humans, Study Says Computers are now trusted more than human beings. Credit: SimonWaldherr, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 A recent study reveals that people may be more willing to trust computers than their fellow human beings, especially if a task becomes too challenging. The findings by scientists at the University of […]
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The cream of the crop
The cream of the crop I’ve heard people discuss or dream of “a cream of the crop government,” meaning a government above and beyond politics that would come up with magical solutions to Greece’s problems. I do not know whether I should laugh or cry. Such reasoning is deployed as escapism from the harsh reality; […]
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Officer injured, two detained in clashes outside Thessaloniki university
Officer injured, two detained in clashes outside Thessaloniki university Two people were detained and an officer was lightly injured in the head during clashes with anarchists inside the campus of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUT) in the northern port city on Tuesday. Student groups and anarchists have been trying since Monday to prevent the […]
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Έρευνα Deree-KPMG: Τα people analytics σύμμαχος στη λήψη εταιρικών αποφάσεων
Έρευνα Deree-KPMG: Τα people analytics σύμμαχος στη λήψη εταιρικών αποφάσεων Η αξιοποίηση των δεδομένων ανθρώπινου δυναμικού στις ελληνικές επιχειρήσεις αποτέλεσε το αντικείμενο της έρευνας «People Analytics Deree & KPMG», η οποία διενεργήθηκε έπειτα από συνεργασία του Deree – The American College of Greece και της KPMG στην Ελλάδα. Τα people analytics είναι η συλλογή και […]
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The War in Ukraine: A silent assault on the developing world
The War in Ukraine: A silent assault on the developing world For the people of Ukraine, the Russian invasion is a waking nightmare, and a humanitarian disaster on a terrifying scale. But the war is also fast becoming a matter of life and death for vulnerable people around the world. We have all seen the tragedy […]
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Police arrest fraudsters posing as electricians
Police arrest fraudsters posing as electricians Police arrested three people were arrested in the port city of Piraeus who they believe are members of a criminal gang that posed as electricians to rip off unsuspected customers. The three, two men aged 36 and 42 and a 42-year-old woman, have so far been linked to thirteen […]
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Health minister: Fine could be scrapped if unvaccinated elderly get jab
Health minister: Fine could be scrapped if unvaccinated elderly get jab People over 60 years or age who were slapped with a fine for not getting the mandated Covid-19 vaccinate may avoid paying it if they get the jab now, Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Thursday. “There is a thought, in case those who […]
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Δύο νέα στελέχη στο δυναμικό της People for Business
Δύο νέα στελέχη στο δυναμικό της People for Business Τις υπηρεσίες της ενισχύει η εταιρεία Στρατηγικών Λύσεων Υπηρεσιών Ανθρώπινου Δυναμικού People for Business, εντάσσοντας στην ομάδα της 2 νέα στελέχη. Πρόκειται για τη Βασιλεία Μίχου και την Ειρήνη Κουκίδου, που αναλαμβάνουν θέσεις HR Consultant on People & Culture. Η Βασιλεία Μίχου διαθέτει περισσότερα από 10 […]
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Multiple People Shot, Bombs Found in New York City Subway Station
Multiple People Shot, Bombs Found in New York City Subway Station Credit: Public Domain A shooting in a New York subway station has left multiple people injured on Tuesday morning. Undetonated bombs were also found in the 36th Street subway station in Brooklyn, New York. According to The New York Times, the police are searching […]
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The Black Death in Greece and the Byzantine Empire
The Black Death in Greece and the Byzantine Empire A depiction of people burying victims of the Black Death in Tournai by Pierart Dou Tielt in 1353. Credit: Public Domain In the fourteenth century, the Black Death spread rapidly throughout Asia and Europe, including in Greece and across the Byzantine empire. The Black Death is […]
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International Roma Day: The Stigmatized People of Greece
International Roma Day: The Stigmatized People of Greece Roma children playing. Credit: AMNA The issue of Roma people in Greece remains controversial to this day. The Council of Europe estimates that there are approximately 265,000 Roma living in Greece (2.47% of the population). Roma — or Romani or Romany, the people formerly known as Gypsies […]
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Ukrainian President Zelensky addresses Greek Parliament
Ukrainian President Zelensky addresses Greek Parliament “People of Greece, good morning….Death or Freedom, as your revolutionaries said, is what we are saying today,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday as he addressed the Hellenic Parliament via video link. Referring extensively to his country’s historic ties with Greece and to war-ravaged Mariupol, he asked for […]
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Greece Offers Second Covid-19 Booster Shot for People 60-Plus
Greece Offers Second Covid-19 Booster Shot for People 60-Plus Greece offers a fourth Covid-19 shot to those over 60. Credit: Public domain Greece will offer a second Covid-19 booster dose for people aged 60 and above, at least four months after the previous shot, Greek health officials said on Tuesday. At a briefing, the head […]
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Vaccination committee recommends 4th dose for people over 60 in Greece
Vaccination committee recommends 4th dose for people over 60 in Greece People aged 60 or over should have a second booster shot of a coronavirus vaccine, Greece’s National Vaccination Committee said on Tuesday, according to ANA. At a briefing, committee chief Maria Theodoridou added that people who have completed their inoculation with a booster shot […]
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Experts’ com’t in Greece recommends second Covid-19 booster for people above 60
Experts’ com’t in Greece recommends second Covid-19 booster for people above 60 A “blue chip” committee of public health experts and virologists in Greece on Tuesday recommended that people over the age of 60 receive a second Covid-19 booster injection. The head of the national vaccination committee, Dr. Maria Theodoridou and Health Ministry Secretary General […]
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New lifelines for people with mental health issues
New lifelines for people with mental health issues Three new programs focusing on mental health will be launched in the coming period within the context of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan – Greece 2.0. The programs, which will have a total budget of 49.4 million euros, seek to address mental health issues, which have […]
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Ukraine: “300 People Killed” in Mariupol Theater Bombing
Ukraine: “300 People Killed” in Mariupol Theater Bombing The Mariupol council published a photo of the theater after the bombing. Credit: Twitter/Mariupol Now Ukraine’s officials at the city of Mariupol said on Friday that around 300 people were killed at the bombing of a theatre last week. Petr Andryuschenko, advisor to the deputy mayor of […]
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