State agency to release report on Tempe railway disaster on Thursday

State agency to release report on Tempe railway disaster on Thursday

[InTime News] Greece’s National Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Organization (EODASAAM) has announced that it will release its findings on the Tempe accident on Thursday at the offices of the Journalists’ Union of Athens Daily Newspapers (ESIEA). According to public broadcaster ERT, the report will then be sent to judicial authorities to be included in …

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Athens bus driver removed from position for letting minor drive bus

Athens bus driver removed from position for letting minor drive bus

New buses. The long-suffering tender for the fleet renewal of the Athens and Thessaloniki bus companies has been completed, three years after it started, with the signing of the contract for the supply of all 200 new natural gas buses by Industria Italiana Autobus on Wednesday. In total, 550 new gas or electric buses will …

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Pyr Anapte | Athens | March 1-23

Pyr Anapte | Athens | March 1-23

The group ceramic exhibition “Pyr Anapte” (Ignite Fire) will take place from March 1 to 23 at the Industrial Gas Museum in Technopolis (100 Pireos). Curated by renowned ceramic artist Nikos Sklavenitis, the exhibition explores fire both as a natural element and as a symbol of creation, showcasing the works of 35 distinguished and emerging …

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Singer Manolis Lidakis dies | eKathimerini.com

Singer Manolis Lidakis dies | eKathimerini.com

Singer Manolis Lidakis has died at the age of 64. The singer had been facing serious health problems in recent years, and had been hospitalized. Lidakis, whose real name was Emmanouil Spyrlidakis, performed entechno and folk music. He was born in Iraklio, Crete, and began his musical career at a very young age. In 1982, …

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Accommodation revenues grew 9.2% last year

Accommodation revenues grew 9.2% last year

Rhodes posted the biggest growth in takings from the tourism-related sectors, amounting to 22.6% year on year. Rhodes and Lasithi (eastern Crete) were last year’s champions in tourism revenue growth across Greece, while Santorini and Mykonos suffered notable losses, according to official figures released on Wednesday, also showing a significant annual rise in accommodation takings …

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New deal for contractors and families

New deal for contractors and families

The government is overhauling the institutional framework of the “social consideration” program, with the aim of attracting contracting companies that will undertake the construction of social housing on public property. Source link

Greek far right drinking from the Trump trough

Greek far right drinking from the Trump trough

“The time has come to take back our homelands, to make Europe great again,” said the president of the Voice of Reason party, Afroditi Latinopoulou, on the stage of the conference of the far-right political group Patriots for Europe in Madrid, dressed in an all-white suit and a broad smile, applauded by France’s far-right leader …

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Greek community leader in Berlin voices concern over AfD’s rise in Germany

Greek community leader in Berlin voices concern over AfD’s rise in Germany

The president of the Greek community in Berlin, Panagiotis Matlis, has voiced his concern over the rise of the far right in Germany following the recent national election. Election results showed that the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, doubled its support in just four years, reaching 20.8%. The party has expanded beyond its stronghold in …

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Social investment plan by Hellas Gold

Social investment plan by Hellas Gold

Hellas Gold, the Greek subsidiary of Canada’s Eldorado Gold, on Tuesday made public an account of its social responsibility investment program last year, saying it included 130 projects and actions of a social nature with a total value of 2.47 million euros. “Continuing to invest in a responsible and multi-beneficial mining activity for the region …

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Greece and Cyprus discuss tourism cooperation

Greece and Cyprus discuss tourism cooperation

[Ministry of Tourism] Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni met with Cyprus’ Deputy Minister Kostas Koumis on Monday to discuss the strengthening and coordination of bilateral and multilateral cooperation between Greece and Cyprus in the tourism sector. Koumis assured Kefalogianni he would support Greece’s candidacy for UN Tourism, both for the position of secretary-general and for …

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