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The 88th Thessaloniki International Fair got off to a strong start, with people flocking to the stands and participating in the varied events programme from the first day. These include the Music Events that begin on Sunday, with a performance by the Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes at 21:30 that visitors to the fair can watch for free, displaying their TIF admission ticket.

A little earlier at 21:00, an impressive Drone Light Show will light up the skies of Thessaloniki, in place of the fireworks display traditionally organised at TIF, with roughly 500 drones carrying an "aerial choreography" for 15 minutes.

Other highlights include CERN's participation at the AKADEMIA tribute in Pavilion 17, which includes a number of interactive activities, Germany's pavilion as the honoured country, the Volkswagen Beetle parade and the Treasure Hunt, with more than 1,000 small and larger gifts for visitors and the food festivals organised by Greek regions at Pavilion 6.

Greece in 2027 will be nothing like Greece in 2010 and the country will never return to a reality of big deficits, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday, during the customary press conference given by the prime minister each year at the Thessaloniki International Fair. Replying to a question put to him at the 88th TIF about the government's goals for the next three years and whether Greece will be in a position to lift memorandum measures, he said comparisons with the pre-crisis years were a mistake.

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