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Keep Talking Greece brings Greek News to you in English. Hard news mostly from politics, economy and society, mostly garnished with a personal note and comment on our Greek reality.
How do you say 'Merry Christmas' in Greek? Καλά Χριστούγεννα
Dec 24, 2016 · How do you wish ‘Merry Christmas’ to Greeks? Read below, an older post by KTG. A bit of love. A word of kindness. A smile. A tiny gift. These make a Merry Christmas.
Christmas shopping 2024: Stores extended hours in Greece
Dec 11, 2024 · The Christmas Holidays 2024 extended shop hours in Greece, ware scheduled to start on upcoming Thursday, December 12, and run until the end of the year, December 31.
Students protest “anti-educational” measures, demand education …
Nov 4, 2024 · Thousands of middle and high school students as well as university organizations filled the streets in downtown Athens and Thessaloniki on Monday to protest the situation in public education and the “anti-educational measures” imposed by the conservative government.
Two metro stations to close in downtown Athens on Dec 6
Dec 5, 2024 · Two Metro stations in downtown Athens will be closed to public for several hours on Friday, December 6, due to students’ gatherings and rallies to commemorate the killing of teenager by Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a police officer in 2008.
Inflation in Greece at 2.4% in Nov; food prices further up
Dec 10, 2024 · Greece's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in November 2024 increased by 2.4% compared with November 2023,
Gov’t in Greece to intervene into banks’ fees and charges
Dec 11, 2024 · According to what now government officials claim is that there will be a reduction in bank fees that may reach 50%. Of particular importance for citizens will be the reduction in fees for direct money transfers from account to account.
Investigation launched into torture and sexual assault of teenager ...
Dec 12, 2024 · The assault is said to have taken place in a container home reserved for minors but lacking protection from intruders and trespassers. The 16-year-old boy, also an Egyptian national, said he was attacked by a group of around seven men, who tied him up, burned and beat him, and raped him over the course of several hours.
“Tsipras saved Greece” writes Angela Merkel in her memoirs
Nov 27, 2024 · “Greece was now saved,” Merkel notes about summer 2015 and the referendum of July 5. The opponent and hardcore austerity-supporter Merkel admits in essence that Tsipras “saved Greece” and completely overturns the “myth” that the left-wing Premier cost Greece “tens of billions of euros” with his policies in the first half year of …
SYRIZA left with 26 MPs after one more resignation
Dec 10, 2024 · One more MP of SYRIZA left the party bringing its seats in the Parliament down to 26. MP Rania Thraskia, a former TV persona, announced on Tuesday she is leaving the party to become an independent lawmaker.