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[SOOC] An inflatable speedboat with 26 migrants crashed during a chase by the Hellenic Coast Guard off Rhodes Friday, killing eight and seriously injuring three in the second fatal incident involving migrants within a week. The boat, departing Turkey, tried to evade capture with dangerous maneuvers, reaching speeds of over 30 knots. As the coast …
Registered unemployment totaled 962,050 individuals in November, down 6.4% from November 2023 and up 15.5% from October 2024, the Public Employment Service (DYPA) said in a report released on Friday. The report said that 47.9% of registered unemployed (460,387) were long-term jobless, of whom 343,209 (35.7%) were men and 618,841 (64.3%) were women. The 30-44 …
Greece on Friday submitted its fifth request to the European Commission for a disbursement under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), amounting to 3.1 billion euros. It was made by Alternate Minister of National Economy and Finance Nikos Papathanasis and is a simultaneous request for grants and loans, which concerns 32 milestones and objectives. Greece …
Online shopping platform Skroutz has obtained a temporary injunction in an Athens court against Meta Platforms over the misuse of its trademark and logo in bogus advertisements on its Facebook and Instagram sites. The company says that for almost a year, unauthorized pages on these social media platforms have been using its logo to run …
Pop superstar Robbie Williams is set to perform at the historic Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro) in Athens in October 2025, as announced by the EJEKT music festival. The concert was announced in a social media post by the organizers on Friday. The concert will take place on October 2 as part of Williams’ “Live 2025” tour. …
From left, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Antonio Costa and Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday. [AP] Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will travel to Lapland this weekend following an invitation from Finnish …
The deal concerning the Greece-Cyprus power link, between Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) and French investment fund Meridiam, reported by Bloomberg on Thursday, was on Friday confirmed by Kathimerini, citing sources from Paris. However, neither party has officially announced the agreement yet. The deal specifically involves Meridiam entering as a strategic investor in the …
[Facebook] After three years of closure, Shark Beach at Nielsen Park at Vaucluse in Sydney’s eastern suburbs and its much-loved kiosk are finally reopening, with the construction fencing coming down this month, The New Hearld says citing a report in The Sydney Morning Herald. According to the report, Shark Beach closed in March 2022 for …
Firefighters have discovered the body of an elderly man while battling a fire at a house in Kavala, northern Greece. The fire service reported that the blaze started around 4 a.m. on Friday at a residence in the city’s Chorafa neighborhood. Firefighters found the deceased man and a woman, who was taken to the hospital. …
Its recent role in mediating a deal between Ethiopia and Somalia demonstrates Ankara’s growing assertiveness on the world stage, and is a clear message to Egypt and even Washington. Mariam Wahba, a research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins Thanos Davelis to break down whether Turkey has outplayed Egypt and the US …