IATA air cargo priorities: Sustainability, modernization, safety and people
IATA air cargo priorities: Sustainability, modernization, safety and people The International Air Transport Association (IATA) highlighted four priorities to build resilience and strengthen air cargo’s post-pandemic prospects. The priorities, outlined at the 15th World Cargo Symposium (WCS), which opened in London today are: 1. Achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050; 2. Continuing to modernize […]
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‘Woman, life, freedom!’
‘Woman, life, freedom!’ Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi claims that people in his country have freedom of expression. He also branded the protests that have broken out there as unacceptable “acts of chaos,” which is why the army is getting ready to intervene, certainly multiplying the number of casualties when it does: to defend freedom of […]
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MyTEKA app on auxiliary pension fund
MyTEKA app on auxiliary pension fund The 102,000 people insured with the new Hellenic Auxiliary Pensions Defined Contributions Fund (TEKA) will soon be able to obtain a complete picture of their contributions, whether they have been paid on time and where their contributions are invested, and consequently how their savings are developing. This is all […]
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Mitsotakis appeals to Turkish people: ‘We are not your enemies, we are your neighbours’
Mitsotakis appeals to Turkish people: ‘We are not your enemies, we are your neighbours’ By George Gilson With the anti-Greek rhetoric of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and top government officials long dominating headlines of the mostly pro-government Turkish press and mass media, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chose to address the Turkish people directly to […]
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Uncompromising, generous, with a vision
Uncompromising, generous, with a vision What do the people who worked with Irene Papas remember of her? What has stayed with them? What did people feel when they saw her for the first time or met her? Asked to remember something from the time she spent as a 13-year-old working with the great actress in […]
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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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Protesters clash with police over campus security force
Protesters clash with police over campus security force Two people were arrested and charged with disturbing the peace during scuffles between students and police forces at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki at noon on Friday. Police said tensions rose when people participating in a protest against the introduction of university police on campuses threw bottles, […]
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Young people to get special housing loans
Young people to get special housing loans The government is expected on Thursday to announce the details of a new loan program with almost zero interest for the purchase of a first home by young people and couples up to the age of 39, as the prime minister announced last weekend. Labor and Social Security […]
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The early battles for the environment
The early battles for the environment I know I’m going to anger a lot of people with the next sentence but some things need to be said. We owe a thank you to our insufferable, difficult, grumpy fellow citizens who fought battles many years ago to protect the environment in our country. If it weren’t […]
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Twelve detained in ongoing police operation in northwestern Attica
Twelve detained in ongoing police operation in northwestern Attica Twelve people have been detained so far in a large, ongoing police operation to tackle crime in northwestern Attica, state-run broadcaster ERT reported on Wednesday. Police officers are carrying out investigations to identify gangs or individual criminals involved in drug trafficking, thefts of car parts, and […]
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Thessaloniki court throws book at 14 people traffickers
Thessaloniki court throws book at 14 people traffickers The Thessaloniki Criminal Court of Appeal on Tuesday handed sentences of 19 to 141 years to 14 Pakistani nationals who were convicted of being members of a trafficking gang. Those convicted were found guilty, on a case-by-case basis, of transporting dozens of migrants from Turkey to Greece, […]
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Deadly 1986 Earthquake Still Haunts Greece’s Kalamata
Deadly 1986 Earthquake Still Haunts Greece’s Kalamata At least 23 people were killed in the earthquake that hit Kalamata in 1986. Public Domain On September 13th, Greece’s Kalamata marks the anniversary of the deadly earthquake of 1986 that flattened parts of the city and claimed the lives of dozens of people. A solemn ceremony at the […]
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40 people arrested in Irakleio airport over alleged counterfeit documents
40 people arrested in Irakleio airport over alleged counterfeit documents Hellenic Police officers at the “N. Kazantzakis” Irakleio airports on Crete arrested over 40 people last week on suspicion of attempting to travel with counterfeit documents. The 35 men, and five women, all displayed counterfeit documents of various countries in an attempt to travel to […]
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Two injured in sailboat fire in Alimos marina
Two injured in sailboat fire in Alimos marina Two people were injured on Monday when a fire broke out on a sailboat anchored in the Alimos marina in southern Athens. The incident took place earlier in the morning at pier E, when a fire broke out at the boat’s engine. The crew was able to extinguish […]
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Doctor’s Union prez.: Unvaccinated people cannot get the updated vaccine
Doctor’s Union prez.: Unvaccinated people cannot get the updated vaccine The president of Doctors Association of Athens-Piraeus Hospitals-EINAP, Matina Pagoni, spoke about the updated coronavirus vaccine that is expected in Greece by the end of this year. She referred to who is entitled to receive them, while also making some remarks about the unvaccinated. Available […]
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Housing, energy, pensions to take TIF center stage
Housing, energy, pensions to take TIF center stage Housing for young people, pension increases and support for energy bills will be the focus of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ announcements at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) this weekend. The initiative concerning housing for young people will reportedly have a total cost of 1.5 billion euros with […]
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Data show toll of financial crisis on young people
Data show toll of financial crisis on young people Data from a survey published on Thursday examining the impact of the financial crisis in Greece of the previous decade showed a decline in the number of young people aged 25-29 from 2008 to 2019 (from 16,937 to 7,971). Researchers of the diaNEOsis nonprofit research organization […]
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Four people arrested over migrant trafficking charges
Four people arrested over migrant trafficking charges Police in Alexandroupoli arrested four individuals who are accused of trafficking illegal migrants across the Greek border on two occasions. They are expected to be led before the Alexandroupoli Court of First Instance prosecutor in the coming days. The individuals were arrested on Wednesday as officers on the […]
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Greece Confirms 123 Cases and 11 Deaths Related to the West Nile Virus
Greece Confirms 123 Cases and 11 Deaths Related to the West Nile Virus 74 people in Greece displayed symptoms affecting their central nervous system Credit: JJ Harrison, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0/Wikipedia Health authorities in Greece announced on Tuesday 123 confirmed cases of the West Nile virus and 11 virus-related deaths in the period from January […]
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Wiretapping: Former spy chiefs asked to attend confidential hearing
Wiretapping: Former spy chiefs asked to attend confidential hearing Nine people, including four former intelligence chiefs, have been requested to attend a closed-door hearing in Parliament on the National Intelligence Service (EYP) and its wiretapping of PASOK-Movement for Change leader Nikos Androulakis. Parliament’s Committee on Institutions and Transparency called the hearing, which is to take […]
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Tax people to get new weapon
Tax people to get new weapon The Independent Authority for Public Revenue has activated more than 80 applications in recent years to make it easier for taxpayers to submit their taxes on line and, in general, significantly reduce the need for visits to local tax offices. Now, it is poised to make it easier to […]
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Escaping the crowds
Escaping the crowds An increasing number of people are looking to avoid the crowds as inbound tourism smashes news records this year. The luxury of tranquility and isolation is becoming a much coveted prize as tourist arrivals increase. While much-needed revenues are indeed flowing this summer, existing infrastructure is also being tested. Given the proverbial […]
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The Karamanlides: Orthodox, Turkish-Speaking People Native to Anatolia
The Karamanlides: Orthodox, Turkish-Speaking People Native to Anatolia A Byzantine basilica in Karaman, the region where the Karamanlides, or Greeks who spoke Turkish, are from. Credit: Volker Hohfeld/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0 A group of people native to Anatolia, the Karamanlides, are believed by many to be Turkish speaking Greeks. The used a dialect of Turkish […]
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Drink up, Japan tells young people. I’ll pass, many reply
Drink up, Japan tells young people. I’ll pass, many reply Among the casualties of the pandemic is one that many young people in Japan say they do not miss: the drinking culture. Sobriety, they have decided after two years of less socializing and nightcrawling, has its advantages. And that’s why a new message from the […]
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Cheap housing for young people
Cheap housing for young people With the stated objectives of supporting mainly young couples, unemployed people and students living far from home, the Public Employment Service (DYPA, formerly OAED) is expected to play a central role in the implementation of the government’s plan to relaunch Greece’s housing policy. According to State Minister Akis Skertsos, the […]
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Dreams and recognition
Dreams and recognition Miltos Tentoglou is known to most most people in Greece. After all, he is an Olympic gold medalist while he was also the favorite to win in the men’s long jump event at the European Championships in Munich on Tuesday. But who knew of Antigoni Ntrismpioti? How many people had heard her […]
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Pig Collagen Cornea Gives People Who Were Blind 20/20 Vision
Pig Collagen Cornea Gives People Who Were Blind 20/20 Vision Pig Collagen Cornea Gives People Who Were Blind 20/20 Vision. Credit: Megor1 CC BY 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons Researchers from Linköping University in Sweden unveiled a medical procedure involving the use of transplanted artificial pig collagen cornea to restore 20/20 vision for patients suffering from […]
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Seventeen face electronic fraud charges
Seventeen face electronic fraud charges Seventeen people the northern cities of Katerini and Goumenissa are facing charges relating to electronic fraud, following a police investigation into two incidents that cost their victims almost €40,000. In the Katerini case, the victim had placed an online advert for the sale of an agricultural vehicle. The fraudster in […]
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Eleven dead in mass shooting in Montenegro
Eleven dead in mass shooting in Montenegro Eleven people, including two children and a gunman, were killed in a mass shooting in Montenegro on Friday, and six others were injured, a state prosecutor told Vijesti TV after an initial investigation of the crime scene. Montenegro Police director Zoran Brdjanin said that around 3.30 p.m. on […]
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Two arrested, dozens detained in Exarchia over metro construction
Two arrested, dozens detained in Exarchia over metro construction Two people were arrested and 30 were detained on Thursday during clashes between protesters who are against the construction of a metro station on Exarchia square and police forces sent in the area to guard workers. Police said a group of local residents, who had gathered […]
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