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1. Deputy Minister offers to return 2-year salaries but he won’t resign

   Greece’s Deputy Minister of Rural Development, Makarios Lazaridis, said on Thursday that he will pay back the official payments he received when he was hired as “scientific advisor” to the Education Ministry without having a university degree, required for this position. On the contrary, he presented a “degree” from a college that was never licensed […]

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2. Mass protest on Lesvos by desperate livestock breeders as FMD outbreak destroyed local economy

   One of the biggest protests on the island of Lesvos in recent years took place on on Thursday. Thousands of people, professionals and simple citizens, took to the streets demanding immediate solutions to the suffocating effects of the measures against the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on the local economy. The protests rally was organized by livestock […]

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3. Three men arrested for the death of 19-year-old woman in Kefalonia (video)

   A 19-year-old woman was found on a square of Argostoli by ambulance rescuers early morning on Tuesday. The young woman had a very weak to non-existent pulse. They rushed her to the hospital of Kefalonia, less than one kilometer away, where she died short time later, despite the doctors’ efforts. The Ambulance service had received […]

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4. Contract for exploratory drilling for hydrocarbons in Ionian Sea signed in Athens

   The contract to carry out exploratory drilling for hydrocarbons in “Block 2”, located in the northwestern Ionian Sea, has been signed on Wednesday, at the Ministry of Environment and Energy in Athens. The signature reportedly “constitutes a significant step toward the implementation of the drilling operation, which is scheduled to begin in February 2027 and […]

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5. Inflation in Greece climbs to 3.9% in March 2026

   The rate of inflation increased significantly in March 2026, rising to 3.9% from 2.7% in February and compared to an increase of 2.4% in March last year, the Greek Statistics Authority (ELSTAT) said on Wednesday. The three main categories that primarily drove the rise in inflation were food and non-alcoholic beverages, housing costs, and transportation […]

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