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RND: The European South leads the EU economy – Where the growth in Greece, Spain, Portugal is coming from
Last year the 27 EU member states averaged 0.4% growth. “The German economy even contracted by 0.3%, […] while France and Italy have so far failed to show any convincing growth momentum,” writes the German National Network of Journalists (RND).
Champions League: Exciting draws for the 36 teams
The journey of the new Champions League for the 2024-25 season began in Monaco, where the draw took place on Thursday afternoon with the presence of top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo and the legend Gianluigi Buffon.
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Schools Unveil New Operating Rules for the New Year: Key Changes to Absences, Suspensions, and Mobile Phones
The 11 changes that will be introduced in the new school year 2024-2025 were discussed today by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the leadership of the Education Ministry during their meeting at Megaro Maximou.
The first bell of the new teaching year will ring on Sept. 11 and with it will bring 11 major changes to all levels of school education:
Health Alert: New Monkeypox Outbreak—Transmission, Risks, and Key Symptoms to Look out for
Experts warn that it is only a matter of time before more cases of the new contagious variant of monkeypox (mpox Clade Ib) are identified in Europe. This follows the first imported case reported in Sweden a week ago.
Greek artist takes ‘Dowry’ to textile biennale in Portugal
"Come on in. Let me show you my 'Dowry,'" artist Nikos Iosif quipped as he welcomed me into his workshop just a few months after hitting one of the most important milestones of his career.
Available C-130 Hercules transport planes rises to five
The arrival on Monday of the C-130 Hercules of the Hellenic Air Force at the Elefsina Air Base has raised the number of available transport force aircraft of the 356 Tactical Transport Squadron to five.
This is one of two C-130 Hercules that joined the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NATO NSPA) support program and were transferred to Portugal to be maintained by OGMA.
The port of Piraeus is back in 4th place in Europe
Piraeus ranked 4th in 2023 – up from 5th in 2022 – among the top 15 container handling ports in Europe, from which a total of 72.5 million TEUs were handled, according to PortEconomics.eu.
It surpassed the port of Valencia, while the ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp, and Hamburg are in the top three.
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Sven-Göran Eriksson: The glorious coaching career, the scandals, and the unequal battle with cancer
On January 11, 2024, Sven-Göran Eriksson, who had suddenly resigned from his position as technical director of Karlstad 11 months earlier, shocked the global football community by announcing in a radio interview that he had not only been diagnosed with cancer but had only a few months left to live.
The Sad End
Smartphone data usage expanded 49 pct in 2023
Data usage through smartphones rose a whopping 49% in Greece in 2023, the largest such increase among 39 European and Middle Eastern countries, according to a report by Swedish consultancy and research firm Tefficient.
Other top gainers are the Czech Republic (44%), Germany (36%), Portugal (36%) and the Netherlands (28%). Bahrain is the only country where data usage declined, by 7%.
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EU: production of the new Canadair starts – Greece gets seven new aircraft, what are their characteristics
The European Commission has announced the start of production for 12 new Canadair DHC 515 firefighting aircraft, which will form the permanent European forest firefighting fleet (rescEU). These aircraft will be permanently stationed in Greece, Croatia, France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.