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Event for ethnic Greeks of Istanbul at Euro-Parliament 10 Dec 2010 | 05:36 am
The restoration of the human and civil rights of the displaced ethnic Greeks of Istanbul was the main issue at an event hosted at the European Parliament on Wednesday, following an initiative by Greek...
Commission to recommend repayment extension 10 Dec 2010 | 05:34 am
The European Commission will submit in early 2011 a recommendation to the Council of Finance Ministers for extension of the repayment period for Greece’s 110 billion euro EU-IMF support loan, EU Commi...
Falkonera shipwreck anniversary 10 Dec 2010 | 05:32 am
December 8, marked the 44th anniversary of one of the worst maritime accidents in Greece, the widely known as ‘Falkonera shipwreck’ in which 217 people drowned. Ferryboat ‘Heraklion’ sailed from Souda...
Spinalonga island to reopen as tourist attraction 23 Nov 2010 | 07:55 pm
The island of Spinalonga, a one-time leper colony whose history was recently dramatised as a highly successful television series based on the book ‘The Island’ by Victoria Hislop, is to reopen as a to...
Development Minister briefs ‘troika’ 17 Nov 2010 | 05:57 am
ANA-MPA/Regional Development and Competitiveness minister Michalis Chryssohoidis on Tuesday predicted a de-escalation of inflation in Greece to 2-3 percent from the current 5.4 percent, speaking after...
Consumer spending boosts economic growth 10 Nov 2010 | 05:21 am
Consumer spending boosts economic growth – ifo Institute for Economic Research – travel industry among sectors benefiting from economic recovery Ιt is expected that in the years to come Germany’s tra...
http://news.travelling.gr/2010/11/international-tourist-arrivals-back-at-pre-crisis-peak-level/ 10 Nov 2010 | 05:18 am
Results through August 2010 prove that international tourism continues to recover from the decline of 4.2% suffered last year under the impact of the economic crisis. In the first eight months of this...
Closing the circle of their election speeches Belivanis and Doxastakis 5 Nov 2010 | 04:28 am
In a last speech in Hersonissos, today at 19.00, outside the polling center, the police road, the cycle of contacts with citizens and organizations is almost closed from Mr. Belivanis combined with ΄...
FRONTEX border guard forces launched in Evros, RABITs first activation 5 Nov 2010 | 04:18 am
The deployment of European border guard forces under Greek command has been launched in the northeast Evros region along the river border with Turkey, following an official request by the Greek govern...
Papandreou-Erdogan Meeting 24 Oct 2010 | 02:19 am
Prime-minister George Papandreou is having a long meeting with his Turkish counterpart Tayip Erdogan on the sidelines of the Mediterranean Climate Change conference, taking place in Athens suburb of B...
