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8 EU members say conditions in Syria should be reassessed to allow voluntary refugee returns
The governments of eight European Union member states said Friday the situation in Syria should be re-evaluated to allow for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees back to their homeland.
Child death linked to parvovirus outbreak in Thessaloniki kindergarten
The National Public Health Organization (EODY) alerted medical associations throughout Greece about a spike in parvovirus cases among children at a kindergarten in Thessaloniki, after a 3.5-year-old child passed away after developing acute myocarditis due to parvovirus B19.
Greece rescues 42 migrants off Crete, searches for three missing
Greece rescued 42 migrants off the island of Crete and was looking for three believed to be missing after their boat sent a distress signal while at sea, the Greek coastguard said on Thursday.
A coastguard official said the migrants were rescued by commercial vessels and a Greek navy helicopter some 27 nautical miles southwest of Crete.
Forty-two migrants rescued off Crete Island, ongoing search for 3 more
Some 42 migrants were rescued 27 miles southwest of Crete island in the early hours of Thursday, while there is an ongoing search and rescue operation for three more.
At some point on Wednesday night, the migrants' boat sent a distress call to the Italian authorities, who then informed Greece.
PM advocates AI integration for Greek healthcare reform
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized on Wednesday his government's commitment to enhancing the Greek public health system with the aid of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Mail votes from Chios to Papua New Guinea
The envelopes of the postal vote are traveling across the globe so that Greek citizens in 128 countries participate in the upcoming European elections. Destinations include a diverse mix of countries from Haiti and Saint Barthelemy in the Americas, Azerbaijan, Vietnam and Oman in Asia, Kenya and Congo in Africa to Papua New Guinea in Oceania.
Notorious people smuggler operated in Greek territory
Barzan Majeed, a recently-arrested Iraqi migrant trafficking kingpin known as "Scorpion," had been operating within Greek territory, Kathimerini understands.
Information gleaned from migrant smuggling networks suggests that Majeed resided and conducted operations in Greece from 1999 until late 2005, before relocating to the UK.
Greece ranks 5th in EU in discrimination against LGBTIQ people, survey finds
A vast survey by an EU rights body has found that 44% of LGBTIQ people in Greece have faced discrimination in at least one area of their life in the year before the survey.
Although the figure is the 5th highest in the EU, it has decreased since the previous EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) survey in 2019, where 51% of respondents in Greece had faced discrimination.
Two men accused of migrant smuggling jailed in Crete pending trial
Two men accused of migrant smuggling were sent to pretrial detention after appearing before a prosecutor in Chania, Crete, on Monday.
They were among a group of 47 migrants, who had been rescued from a boat 15 miles outside Gavdos, Greece's southernmost island, on Wednesday.
Albanian PM addresses supporters in Athens
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama addressed a gathering of Albanian migrants, party members and supporters in Athens in the indoor arena of Galatsi under stringent security measures.
Attendees began arriving early Sunday morning. Rama posted on Facebook showcasing the event in Athens.
First list of Egyptian workers presented
The first list of 2,400 Egyptian nationals who will work in Greece was received from the Egyptian government by Migration and Asylum Minister Dimitris Kairidis during his visit to the country on Friday.
Doc shines light on the overlooked Greek female Gastarbeiter
In post-civil war Greece of the 1950s and 1960s, poverty plagued the populace and migration seemed like the only path to a better life for many Greeks. Among the destinations was Germany, which had entered into an agreement with Greece to import migrant workers for its factories.
Better to talk than have finger on trigger, Mitsotakis says
Greece's relations with Turkey appear to have entered a period of relative calm, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Saturday, ahead of his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, adding that "it's better to talk than to constantly have our finger on the trigger."
A lesson in labor
It's hard to believe that the number of working pensioners in Greece has doubled in just a few months. This significant surge undoubtedly stems from workers who, dissuaded by the withholding of their pensions, previously chose to participate in the informal economy.
Greece to bring in Egyptian farm workers amid labor shortage
Greece will start bringing in workers from Egypt this summer to take on temporary farming jobs under a deal between the countries to tackle a labor shortage, the Migration Ministry said on Friday.
After a decade of pain, the Greek economy is forecast to grow nearly 3% this year, far outpacing the eurozone average of 0.8%.