The Greek economy benefited from Airbnb, the online rental platform, by 1.4 billion US dollars in 2018, it said in statistics released for over 30 countries. According to the platform, the rentals benefit directly the local society where owners live,

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The ferry line connecting the ports of Lavrio in Greece and Cesme in Turkey was launched on Monday in the presence of Greek Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Christos Spirtzis and Turkish Ambassador to Greece Burak Ozugergin. Spirtzi

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The prosecutor of Volos, the area where November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas is held in a farm jail, will propose to the judicial council the rejection of another furlough to the convict, it was made known on Monday. Koufodinas has already recei

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Deposits placed by the private sector in Greek banks grew by 562 million euros in May, after an increase of 1.542 billion in April with the annual growth rate slowing to 5.7 pct from 6.0 pct, respectively, the Bank of Greece said in a report on Monda

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The Council of State (CoS) approved on Monday the payout of supplementary pensions for the first seven months of 2019 of retired National Bank of Greece (NBG) staff, rejecting an injunction filed by the bank. The bank had filed for a temporary stop o

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Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Terens Quick on Monday announced that the Youth Mobility Program between Greece and Australia entered into force officially on July 1. This program provides for simplified procedures so that 500 young Greek and Austral

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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday accused main opposition New Democracy President Kyriakos Mitsotakis of "great hypocrisy" concerning the Prespes Agreement with North Macedonia, in a press conference for regional television channels to be broad

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"New Democracy's plan puts a bomb at the foundations of the public social security system," State Minister Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said late on Monday in an interview with public broadcaster ERT. "If there are unfavourable credit events, social securi

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The long-standing friendship of Canada and Greece within a shared value system and the prospects of deeper collaboration between the two countries were highlighted at the special event hosted by the Canadian Embassy at the Acropolis Museum's Atrium o

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Greek economic sentiment index rose slightly to 101 points in June from 100.8 pct in May, but was down from 102.1 points in the same period last year, the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) said on Monday. The Foundation said that

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