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Greece revises EU-aided plan
The government will submit its revised plan for funding from the European Union's Recovery Fund on Thursday.
The revised plan would ditch some approved projects budgeted at €800 million deemed unnecessary or difficult to implement and replace them with others. The government aims to absorb all available EU funds by August 2026.
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Italian PM to visit Athens on Thursday
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to meet with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens on Thursday.
Greek government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis stated the two leaders will discuss bilateral, regional, and European matters with a focus on migration.
Statistics from Italy, Spain, and Greece illustrate the intensifying migratory movement in the past year.
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UEFA must take more active role in Greek football says Panathinaikos president
European soccer's governing body UEFA needs to take a more active role in efforts to fix troubled Greek football, Panathinaikos president Giannis Alafouzos said on Thursday, days after a Greek fan died in clashes with Dinamo Zagreb fans.
Heatwave putting the brakes on growth
Greece experienced an almost 1% GDP loss as a result of the consequences of climate change, such as heatwaves and natural disasters, from the beginning of May to August 4, according to Allianz Research. The fact that this number effectively "takes away" less than half of the growth that the Greek economy is predicted to experience this year makes it incredibly significant.
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FM sends stern message to Albania over mayor-elect’s continued detention
Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis sent a stern message to neighboring Albania on Tuesday, saying that it was "shooting itself in the foot" with the continued detention of the elected mayor of the ethnic Greek city of Himare, Fredi Beleri, saying that it is "unlawful" to keep him in custody pending trial for allegedly tampering with the May vote.
Marinakis: Gov’t firm in upholding law amid ‘beach-towel revolt’ protests on Aegean islands
Prompted by protests on popular Aegean Sea resort islands, dubbed the "beach-towel revolt," the Greek government said it remains firm in upholding the law and refrains from making concessions. Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis emphasized this stance on Skai TV's morning bulletin on Thursday.
Greece plans hourly caps on visitors to ancient Acropolis and will let in up to 20,000 daily
Visits to the Acropolis of Athens, Greece's most popular archaeological site, will be capped starting next month at a maximum 20,000 daily and subject to varying hourly entry limits, the Greek government said Wednesday.
Greece offers free vacation on Rhodes to tourists affected by wildfires
Greece will offer a free week of vacation on the island of Rhodes in the eastern Aegean to those tourists who were forced to interrupt their stay due to the recent wildfires, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday.
Greece starts construction of 35-km fence on Turkish border
The Greek authorities have initiated construction work for a 35-kilometer-long steel fence along the Meriç River as part of the first phase of a new 140-kilometer-long wall project on the Turkish border to prevent irregular migration.
Transparency watchdog chides government over delay in gifts list
The government, which was re-elected in June, has delayed publishing a list of the gifts its officials received in 2022, as stipulated by law, according to Vouliwatch, an independent transparency watchdog that filed a request for the list on July 18.