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Greeks turn their attention to the Paris Olympics

Published by Kathimerini on Fri, 07/26/2024 - 11:43

Nkos Efstathiou, an Athens-based journalist and author of a best-selling biography on Olympic Champion Pyrros Dimas, joins me to look at the buzz around the Olympics in Greece this summer, and break down whether Greek sport - which took a hit during the crisis - is bouncing back. 

Mitsotakis in Paris for Olympics opening ceremony

Published by Kathimerini on Fri, 07/26/2024 - 11:20

Thomas Bach, left, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), left, and his wife Claudia Bach, right, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki before a gala dinner hosted by the IOC and the French Presidency at the Louvre Museum, at the Paris Olympic games, Thursday, in Paris.

Georgiades: The problem with private doctors has been solved everywhere except Kos – I will not issue the E-Prescribing E-Prescription

Published by Protothema on Fri, 07/26/2024 - 09:57

The issue of participation by private doctorsin on-call duty at NHS hospitals has been resolved in all regions except Kos, the health minister said on Friday morning, Adonis Georgiadis, who, given the solution to the problem, pledged not to issue the on electronic prescribing for private doctors who will not back down.

Two arrested in connection with armed robbery at Thessaloniki nursing home in 2020

Published by Kathimerini on Fri, 07/26/2024 - 09:33

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a nursing home in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, in April 2020.

Criminal charges have been filed against the two Greek nationals, aged 35 and 31. The police investigation is ongoing to identify their accomplices.

Turkey ramps up tensions in the Aegean

Published by Kathimerini on Fri, 07/26/2024 - 08:54

This week saw tensions between Greece and Turkey reach levels we have not seen since 2022 in the Aegean as Turkey sent its warships into an area south of the Greek islands of Kassos and Karpathos. Expert Constantinos Filis joins Thanos Davelis to look into whether we are seeing a gradual return of tensions in the Aegean after more than a year of calm. 

Siblings sailing for Olympic glory

Published by Kathimerini on Fri, 07/26/2024 - 07:30

Brother and sister duo Odysseas Spanakis (front) and Ariadne Spanaki of Greece are shown during dinghy training at the Marseille Marina in the southern French port city, on Thursday, a day before the official inauguration of the Paris Games. The dinghy (or 470, from the legth of the boat in centimeters) competition starts Sunday.

Greece back in EU dock over wastewater management

Published by Kathimerini on Fri, 07/26/2024 - 07:10

Greece is being referred to the European Court for the fourth time over "widespread failures" in urban wastewater management. 

The case brought by the European Commission pertains to 153 medium-sized towns and cities (from 2,000 to 15,000 residents), where Greece continues to flout directives for protecting public health and the environment.

Turkey renews dispute over maritime zones

Published by Kathimerini on Fri, 07/26/2024 - 06:50

After the naval incident in the southeastern Aegean, where a flotilla of Turkish ships gathered near two Greek islands, Kassos and Karpathos, claiming that a research ship had violated its continental shelf, Turkey insists that it was the one that gave the ship permission to conclude its research and depart, implying that the Greek navigational warning that described the research ship's mission

Inspectors strip 22 beaches of their Blue Flag

Published by Kathimerini on Fri, 07/26/2024 - 06:38

Spot checks by teams of Greek and international inspectors saw 22 beaches in different parts of Greece stripped of their Blue Flag certification on Thursday.

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