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Two bills ratifying two military agreements between Greece and Saudi Arabia were approved in Parliament on Wednesday evening by ruling New Democracy, main opposition SYRIZA, and PASOK.

The publication of the daily edition of the newspaper “Avgi” is being suspended, citing financial problems from SYRIZA‘s HQ at Koumoundourou.

A bill to protect consumers against high prices passed its first reading at committee level on Monday by majority, based on ruling New Democracy (ND) votes.

The draft law was tabled by the Development Ministry and was named "Regulations to strengthen consumer protection, development, and the smooth operation of the market, regulations to strengthen businesses affected by disasters."

The Communist Party of Greece has announced a boycott of the Delphi Economic Forum over the presence of 'reactionary' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The separate exit poll conducted jointly by six polling agencies, after Sunday's general elections, presents a range expected to be reached by each party. The poll again shows Kyriakos Mitsotakis and New Democracy achieving a comfortable win over the main opposition.

The first exit poll by Kapa Research after Sunday's general elections, shows that Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his party have likely secured a safe outright majority to form a single-party government.

The remains of Mikis Theodorakis will be lie in state during a three-day popular pilgrimage in the Cathedral of Athens, from next Tuesday until Thursday.

According to information at the popular pilgrimage, all the necessary health safety measures will be observed.

So far, however, the place where the leading Greek composer will be buried has not been announced.

Twenty-one lawmakers, doctors by training, volunteered to help overwhelmed hospitals during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Greece.

Unions in Greece gathered up for their annual Labor Day rallies in central Athens though events were scaled back due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Ahead of the rallies, organisers wearing red scarves placed road markings pointing to the correct distances that protesters should keep.

Resistance fighter, lawyer and writer Vardis Vardinoyiannis died on Wednesday, aged 97.

Vardinoyiannis had joined and played a leading role at the Cretan Resistance in the Second World War, fought in the Greek Civil War and joined the resistance during the military dictatorship of 1967-1974.