High social #security #contributions and taxes have prompted some #Greek #businesses to offer their workers #benefits instead of pay raises, such as vouchers for food, #teleworking , insurance #plans , #cell phones, and cars.

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A #European #court on Thursday upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized #Greek #statue from the #J .PaulGetty Museum in California, ruling that Italy was right to try to reclaim an important part of its #cultural #heritage and rejecting the museum’s appeal.

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If you had told #Greek #adoptee #TeresaScharf three years ago that she would find a half-sister and a #new #identity , she would have said you were crazy.

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The #former #leader of the disbanded #neo -Nazi Golden Dawn party, who was jailed along with all his lawmakers and dozens of members, is going to be released despite writing from his cell that he was a #political #prisoner .

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Skimming over miles of hills blackened by #wildfires west of #Athens , Fire Lt. Col. Ioannis Kolovos readies his elite fire crew crouched inside a helicopter.

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Neither record heat nor deadly #wildfires – nor #floods that washed over Greece’s agricultural heartland in the #summer of 2023 could keep tourists away from the country, producing a #record bonanza of arrivals.

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In a #significant #shift , southern European nations, once #economic laggards, are now leading the #Old Continent’s economic #development , even surpassing #Germany , according to a recent article in the New York Times.

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It hasn’t trickled down to many #households #struggling with high #supermarket #prices , low wages and high taxes, but Greece’s remarkable #economic comeback has now seen #Standard &Poor’s revising its outlook to positive from stable.

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The #countdown has begun for the #PortoCarras Pro-Am Aegean Mini Tour #GolfTournament which takes place May 14-18 in one of the most beautiful and idyllic #landscapes of Greece, at the Porto Carras Grand Resort, on the peninsula of Sithonia, in Halkidiki.

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Representatives #ChrisPappas (NH-01), #GusBilirakis (FL-12), #NicoleMalliotakis (NY-11), #DinaTitus (NV-01), co-chairs and vice co-chairs of the #HellenicCaucus , on May 1 introduced the End the Cyprus Embargo Act, #bipartisan #legislation .

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#Greekfamily “announced it has signed as the #official signature #sponsor for #Detroit -born #risingstar in #driving #NolanAllaer and his No. 11 HMD Motorsports car for the Indy NXT series race at the #Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, May 31-June 2.

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#DimitrisKoutsoumbas , the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece ( #KKE ), is currently on a tour of #Greek #diaspora communities in North America in view of the #European #Parliament #elections that will be held on June 9.

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A #cooperation #protocol for linking the #Greek AcademicCommunity with the #Greek #diaspora was signed by Deputy Foreign Minister #GeorgeKotsiras and the president of “Study in Greece” #ChristosMichalakelis .

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#Russia n assassins, hidden in a hotel in northern Greece, found refuge under the watch of two Russian-born Czechs who doubled as #spies for #Russia , according to #TheInsider .

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#Greek #American #Press on April 20 announced the #release of ‘ #Breaking #Ground : The Inside Story of Chicago’s Greek Nursing Home Movement’ by #JohnPsiharis .

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The #RothkoChapel announced on April 22 that it has received a $1 million grant from the #StavrosNiarchosFoundation ( #SNF ), the international #philanthropic #organization that supports a #wide variety of #projects and #nonprofits .

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#DimitrisKoutsoumbas , the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), is currently on a #tour of Greek #diaspora communities in #NorthAmerica in view of the #European #Parliament #elections that will be held on June 9.

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At least #55 #people were hurt, two seriously, when a #Metro light rail #train and a University of Southern California shuttle #bus collided Tuesday along a busy thoroughfare in downtown #LosAngeles , officials said.

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos #Mitsotakis ’ pledge to stand by #Ukraine during the ongoing #invasion by Russia won’t include missile defense systems, despite pressure from the European Union.

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You wouldn’t want to get in their way if there’s a free lunch being offered because politicians will stampede you.

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