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French PM Barnier: Danger if we don’t pass the budget – “We are already borrowing more than Greece”
The alarm over the potential consequences for France of failing to pass the state budget for 2025 and toppling its government was raised by Prime Minister Michel Barnier, who cited the example of Greece.
Olympic flame for 2026 Games will go on 63-day journey across Italy
The Olympic flame for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics will pass through all 110 provinces in Italy on a 63-day journey before the cauldron is lit.
Women’s EuroBasket 2025 draw to be held at Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Greece is set to host the pinnacle of women’s basketball in June 2025. The countdown to the tournament’s tip-off will begin with the group draw, scheduled to take place at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Kallithea.
Gift of life from a 45-year-old woman who was hospitalized in an irreversible condition – Relatives donated her organs
Another organ donation took place at the Hospital in Chania, Crete. Relatives of a 45-year-old woman in an irreversible condition decided to give life.
Italy: General strike on Friday against the Meloni government’s budget
Two of Italy’s three largest trade unions, CGIL and UIL, have called for a general strike tomorrow, Friday (November 29), in protest against the draft budget submitted to parliament by Giorgia Meloni’s government.
What tourists thought of Greece this summer
Foreigners gave Greece a higher score than the European average at the peak of the tourism season, mainly thanks to its culture and gastronomy, the experience at sea, as well as its human resources.
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Ryanair to Launch New Direct Flight from Sofia Starting March 2025
Starting March 30, 2025, a new direct flight route will connect Sofia, Bulgaria, with Pisa, Italy, as announced by Sofia Airport. This service will be operated by Ryanair, Europe's largest low-cost carrier, with flights scheduled three times a week—on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays.
TikTok, the clock ticks for the center
Always the innovators, in 2023 we Greeks elected a complete unknown as leader of the country's main opposition party. Of course, Donald Trump had already shown how someone not in politics could rush in and overturn the "system." Before him, Silvio Berlusconi had done this in Italy.
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Intergovernmental Summit: Greece-Cyprus cooperation on Electric Interconnection – Geopolitical risks deemed manageable
The geopolitical risks associated with constructing the Great Sea Interconnector, linking Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, are considered manageable, stated Cypriot Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou during the second Greece-Cyprus Intergovernmental Summit in Nicosia.
Illegal streaming piracy: a ring serving over 22 million users in Europe was busted
The perpetrators earned more than €250 million monthly by providing illegal audiovisual content online – Over 2,500 illegal channels and servers seized.