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Additional funding of 10.3 million euros for the completion of two missile craft and the completion of submarine work

The allocation of an additional sum of 10.3 million euros for the completion of additional work and the full operational performance of Hellenic Navy submarines, the rectification of damage resulting from ongoing tests and the maintenance of escort ships required for the completion of the submarine tests, is included in an amendment of the Ministry of National Defense to the draft law of the Ministry of Justice entitled "Code of Judicial Officers".

April 22, 2021
Written by E.Tsiliopoulos

Malliotakis, GOP Colleagues Call on DOJ to Declassify Documents Relating to 9/11 Attacks

Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today led Congressman Brian Mast (R-FL), Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on the Department of Justice to immediately declassify and publish FBI and CIA documents that may implicate Saudi Arabian officials in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

April 21, 2021
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The cave of Pan and Davelis on Penteli mountain (vid)

Penteli Cave or Amomon Cave is located at an altitude of 700 meters on the southwest side of Mount Pentelikon. However, its most famous name is Davelis' Cave and it is inextricably linked to Davelis, the famous robber of the 19th century. Mar;inos Charalampopoulos takes us on a tour.

April 21, 2021
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INIOCHOS 2021 exercise spans all of Greek airspace (video)

The multinational interdisciplinary exercise "ΙNIOCHOS 21" is in full swing, which takes place throughout the Athens FIR range with the participation of Rafale and Mirage 2000D fighters from France, F-16 from the United Arab Emirates, F / A 18 Hornet from Spain, and F-15s and F-16s from Israel.

The United States has sent F-16s, MQ-9 drones and KC-135 flying tankers. Canada is participates with the CGI - Air Weapon Managers system, while Cyprus has sent an AW 139 helicopter. Five more countries are participating as observers: Austria, Egypt, Jordan, Romania and Slovenia.

April 21, 2021
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The game's afoot for airlines ahead of Greece's tourism opening

Positive signals for this summer are being sent by airlines that are taking up well-prepared positions at Greek airports.

April 21, 2021
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Fashion as a "weapon" for the promotion of Greek tourism

With the aim of highlighting and promoting thematic forms of tourism in Greece and especially cultural tourism with a focus on modern design based on sustainable productive and commercial practices, Hellenic Tourism Organization EOT has taken under its auspices three important international fashion events, which will take place next year during "Fashion Revolution Week 2021".

April 20, 2021
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Foreign and Defense Ministers in Riyadh

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias and the Minister of National Defense, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, are visiting Saudi Arabia today, Tuesday, April 20th.

April 20, 2021
Written by E.Tsiliopoulos

United Airlines to begin direct flights to Athens from Washington

United Airlines announced yesterday that in its effort to expand its network worldwide, it has, for the first time, added to its routes daily flights that will connect Washington with Athens from July 1.

April 20, 2021
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INIOCHOS 2021 exercise brought together fighters from six nations to Greek skies (vid)

Impressive and perhaps more impressive "elephant walks" have definitely taken place around the world and especially in the USA. The rarity of the event that took place in the framework of the INIOCHOS 2021 exercise, consists in the fact that in addition to the large number of fighters that participated (30 aircraft), it also included nine different types.

April 19, 2021
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Corinth Pipeworks S.A.: New submarine pipeline project in the Eastern Mediterranean

Corinth Pipeworks, a subsidiary of Cenergy Holdings, has signed an agreement to manufacture and supply steel pipes for Israeli State Gas Distribution Company (Israel Natural Gas Lines) (INGL) for the subsea section of a new high-pressure gas pipeline between Ashdod and Ashkelon.

April 19, 2021
Written by E.Tsiliopoulos

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The "Rhodes experiment" and the bet on tourism

"To salvage the tourist season, Greece started an experiment under scientific guidance. 189 Dutch people were allowed to spend paid vacations in Rhodes," according to a report in Austrian newspaper Der Standard, which notes that "the Greek government wants to save the tourist season despite the high number of coronavirus cases." It is interesting that 25,000 people applied for participation in this pilot program.

April 19, 2021
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What now after Dendias' clash with Cavusoglu

Although the "hot incident" between Foreign Ministers Dendias and Cavusoglu was surprising in terms of its intensity, it is not an exception in terms of the way in which the public debate between states is sometimes conducted.

April 18, 2021
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Greek, Turkish ministers clash at heated news event

The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey on Thursday clashed on a wide range of issues during a heated news conference that underscored the trouble the two historic rivals will have at mending their broken ties, Agence France-Presse reported.

April 16, 2021
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Will the government get enough votes to pass the bill on Greek expat vote?

Intense political fermentation procedures are activated by the bill of the Ministry of Interior to facilitate the voting of expatriates. The government is called upon to face the difficult constitutional equation and get a majority of at least 200 deputies to approve the proposed regulations. Based on the starting positions of the parties, the promoted provisions can so far count on 190 positive votes from New Democracy, Movement for Change and Greek Solution. This means that the positive vote of SYRIZA or the KKE is required - since the 9 deputies of MeRA25 are not enough to pass the threshold foreseen by the constitution.

April 16, 2021
Written by E.Tsiliopoulos