Top court ruling tackling hotelization of city center
Top court ruling tackling hotelization of city center The Council of State is reversing the way building is done in downtown Athens after ruling that construction within the Commercial Triangle will have to be checked by the Central Archaeological Council, both in terms of height and the creation of new hotels. In this way, the […]
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Blinken’s Athens visit limited to bilateral format
Blinken’s Athens visit limited to bilateral format The visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Athens on February 21 will take place in a strictly bilateral framework, despite initial suggestions from Athens for a resumption at a ministerial level of the 3+1 format (Greece, Cyprus, Israel plus the US). According to reports, the […]
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US Embassy Charge d’Affaires, State Dept Official Visit Alexandroupolis
US Embassy Charge d’Affaires, State Dept Official Visit Alexandroupolis February 1, 2023 The US Embassy in Athens. (Photo by Eurokinissi/Yiannis Panagopoulos) ATHENS – US Embassy in Athens Charge d’ Affaires Maria Olson and US State Department Director of the Office of Southern European Affairs Josh Huck paid a visit to Alexandroupolis on Tuesday, and met […]
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Greece heavily cuts down electricity subsidy in February
Greece heavily cuts down electricity subsidy in February State subsidy on household electricity tariffs for February, for 90% of consumption up to 500 KWh per month was set at 4 cents per kilowatt hour or 40 euros per megawatt hour, Greece’s Energy Minister announced on Tuesday. For higher consumption over 500 Kwh, the subsidy is […]
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Civil protection in state of high alert
Civil protection in state of high alert In view of the deterioration of the weather around the country, Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Christos Stylianides chaired a meeting on Wednesday to evaluate the meteorological data and draft a response. Stylianides stressed that the entire civil protection mechanism is already on high alert to deal […]
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Greek budget bettered its target last year
Greek budget bettered its target last year The Greek state budget recorded a deficit of 11.656 billion euros in 2022, below a budget target for a shortfall of €13.4 billion and a deficit of €14.872 billion in 2021, the Finance Ministry said in a report on Wednesday. The state budget’s primary results showed a deficit […]
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State upgrade with specialized executives
State upgrade with specialized executives As part of the effort to upgrade Greece’s civil service, a new special training program at the National Center for Public Administration and Local Government (EKDDA) will start in February aiming at training executives to fill key positions in the public sector. The program is expected to be completed by […]
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Greek State Budget Showed Primary Deficit of 6.652 Billion Euros in 2022
Greek State Budget Showed Primary Deficit of 6.652 Billion Euros in 2022 January 25, 2023 Hellenic Ministry of Finance. (Photo by EUROKINISSI/GIANNIS PANAGOPOULOS) ATHENS – The Greek state budget recorded a deficit of 11.656 billion euros in 2022, down from a budget target for a shortfall of 13.400 billion and a deficit of 14.872 billion […]
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Mexico’s Yucatán State joins global Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories
Mexico’s Yucatán State joins global Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories UNWTO has welcomed Yucatán’s Tourism Observatory into its International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO). The Yucatán Tourism Observatory was established in 2018 to generate and manage information about tourism development. This work has identified key challenges and opportunities and so led to the design […]
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Sen. Menendez Vows Not to Approve Sale of F-16s to Turkey
Sen. Menendez Vows Not to Approve Sale of F-16s to Turkey Senator Bob Menendez called on the U.S. State Department should adopt a firmer stance toward Turkey. Credit: Facebook?Bob Menendez U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez on Monday expressed his clear opposition to the sale of F-16 fighter aircraft to Turkey. Speaking to […]
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Libya in a state of isolation
Libya in a state of isolation The failure to hold a consultative meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in the Libyan capital is seen as evidence of the diplomatic isolation of the Tripoli government, even among Arab states. Indicatively, of the 22 countries in the Arab League, 15 did not attend, and neither did its […]
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Encroached land 80% cheaper
Encroached land 80% cheaper A draft law on encroached state properties will reach Parliament next month, aimed at allowing current occupiers (who exceed 70,000) to acquire the property legally at a discount of up to 80% of its taxable value. The assets will be sold at their “objective value,” however, significant discounts are foreseen which […]
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State Department Struggles to Explain Why Turkey is a Valuable Ally
State Department Struggles to Explain Why Turkey is a Valuable Ally The State Department spokesperson struggled to find more than one reason why Turkey is an important ally. Credit: Twitter/Antony Blinken The State Department spokesperson struggled to give more than one reason why the U.S. considers Turkey a valuable ally during a regular press briefing […]
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Cavusoglu to discuss F-16s and NATO during US visit
Cavusoglu to discuss F-16s and NATO during US visit US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will host Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Washington on Wednesday, a belated official visit by Turkey’s top diplomat that will focus on the potential sale of F-16 fighter jets and Ankara’s refusal to green light NATO membership for Sweden […]
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American F-16s going to Turkey
American F-16s going to Turkey As US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be hosting his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Washington on Wednesday, the Biden administration will be moving ahead with its stated intention to supply Turkey with 40 new F-16s and modernization kits to upgrade 80 of its older ones. The effort will […]
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Blinken to visit Greece Feb 20-21, report says
Blinken to visit Greece Feb 20-21, report says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Greece on February 20-21, according to a report in Hellas Journal website on Saturday, quoting diplomatic sources in Washington. According to the report, Blinken will take part in the Greece-US strategic dialogue. A tripartite conference between Greece, Cyprus and […]
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Process of privatizing large property near Porto Heli to start again
Process of privatizing large property near Porto Heli to start again State asset utilization fund TAIPED is about to launch its second attempt in the last eight years to sell a 624,000 sq.m. property in an excellent location near Porto Heli in the eastern Peloponnese. This is a piece of public land at Ververonda, which […]
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Former King Constantine: Will he lie in state? – The officials who will attend the funeral
Former King Constantine: Will he lie in state? – The officials who will attend the funeral On Monday, January 16, the funeral procession of the former King Constantine will be held in the Metropolitan Church of Athens, and then his burial will follow in Tatoi, near his ancestors. The Greek government, after an inter-ministerial meeting […]
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State credibility up in smoke?
State credibility up in smoke? Greece’s anti-smoking law is heavy in symbolism. The law, which banned smoking in indoor public places and introduced stiff fines, was introduced several times before being finally implemented in practice. If the law were to once again become the object of ridicule, it would not only damage the image of […]
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Ex-king will not be granted a state funeral, government says
Ex-king will not be granted a state funeral, government says Greece’s former king Constantine II, who died on Tuesday aged 82, will not be granted a state funeral, the government said Wednesday. A funeral and a memorial service will be held at the former royal family’s summer palace of Tatoi, northwest of Athens, where his […]
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US Adopts Turkey’s Preferred Spelling at Ankara’s Request
US Adopts Turkey’s Preferred Spelling at Ankara’s Request The US State Department has said that it will begin referring to Turkey as Türkiye. Credit: Kafkasmurat / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 The US will start referring to the country Turkey by its preferred variation, Türkiye, the US State Department said on Thursday. Turkish President Recep […]
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US changes to Turkey’s preferred spelling at ally’s request
US changes to Turkey’s preferred spelling at ally’s request The State Department said Thursday it has adopted Turkey’s preferred spelling for the name of the country, Turkiye, acceding to a request from the NATO ally after several months of hesitation. The department has instructed that new official documents refer to Turkiye instead of Turkey, although […]
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Ιnterest rate on three-month Greek state bond issue at 2.18%
Ιnterest rate on three-month Greek state bond issue at 2.18% An auction of 13-week interest-bearing bonds was held today, amounting to 625 million euros, as the Public Debt Management Organization (PDMO) states in its announcement. The yield was 2.18% and total bids of €1,476 million were submitted, covering the asking amount by 2.36 times. The […]
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AP report: 65,000 view Benedict XVI’s body lying in State at Vatican (video)
AP report: 65,000 view Benedict XVI’s body lying in State at Vatican (video) AP reports from Vatican City that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI‘s body, his head resting on a pair of crimson pillows, lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday as tens of thousands queued to pay tribute to the pontiff who shocked […]
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Greek Minister of State: Inflation will deescalate in 2023
Greek Minister of State: Inflation will deescalate in 2023 State Minister Akis Skertsos expressed the belief that inflation will deescalate in 2023 as it has already shown the first signs during the last months of 2022, during his interview on the Mega TV station. “It has been on the decline in Greece since the middle […]
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Budget data make for even more positive reading
Budget data make for even more positive reading The final state budget execution data for the January-November period confirmed provisional estimates, showing a significantly lower-than-target primary deficit and portending a better full-year outcome than the just-passed budget forecast for a primary general government deficit of 1.6% of gross domestic product. According to the Finance Ministry […]
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Heating oil to be more expensive from January 1
Heating oil to be more expensive from January 1 Τhe state subsidy for heating oil will be valid in its entirety for just four more days, as from the New Year it will reduced by 10 cents per liter. It is quite possible that the selling price of heating oil will increase further if the […]
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Office of State Attorney in Israel drops all criminal charges against businessman Beny Steinmetz
Office of State Attorney in Israel drops all criminal charges against businessman Beny Steinmetz A decision by the Office of the State Attorney in Tel-Aviv marks the end of a judicial process against businessman Beny Steinmetz, with Israeli authorities permanently dropping a criminal investigation against the well-known entrepreneur. The decision by the Tel Aviv prosecutor’s […]
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General State Archives to scan 55 mln pages of documents
General State Archives to scan 55 mln pages of documents The General State Archives (GAK) intends to scan at least 55 million pages of documents from its holdings as part of a 29-million-euro investment that has been included in the EU Recovery Fund. The project includes the central GAK in Athens and 57 subsidiary archives […]
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Greek Council of State greenlights hydrocarbon research in Crete
Greek Council of State greenlights hydrocarbon research in Crete The ministerial decision for the environmental approval of the hydrocarbon research and exploitation program in the marine areas “southwest of Crete” and “west of Crete” based on the Strategic Environmental Impact Study (SEIS) is legal and consttutional, according to Greece’s highest costitutional judicial body, the Council […]
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