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Thursday, September 6, 2018

Cryptocurrency ATMs Set to Multiply in Greece

According to the Greek Reporter, a local company wants to increase Greece’s total number of cryptocurrency ATMs. Stefanos Getsopoulos, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, says his company has plans ...


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Arrest of Syrian 'hero swimmer' puts Lesbos refugees back in spotlight

Sara Mardini’s case adds to fears that rescue work is being criminalised and raises questions about NGO Greece’s high-security Korydallos prison acknowledges that Sara Mardini is one of its rarer inmates. For a week, the Syrian refugee, a hero among human rights defenders, has been detained in its women’s wing on charges so serious they have elicited baffled dismay. The 23-year-old, who saved 18 refugees in 2015 by swimming their waterlogged dingy to the shores of Lesbos with her Olympian sister, is accused of people smuggling, espionage and membership of a criminal organisation – crimes allegedly committed since returning to work with an NGO on the island. Under Greek law, Mardini can be held in custody pending trial for up to 18 months. Continue reading...


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British and Greek police smash Crete people smuggling gang

The National Crime Agency (NCA) says it has helped dismantle an organised crime gang responsible for people smuggling between Egypt and Crete. Greek police, supported by officers from the NCA-led ...


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OECD report 2018: Greece keeps No 1 place in tax increases

The latest report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on tax policy clearly shows that Greece continues to be a champion in taxation. The report practically confirms what Greek taxpayers and business owners have been knowing and pay in the last couple of years. that the moment take a financial breath, they … The post OECD report 2018: Greece keeps No 1 place in tax increases appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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20 people lose their lives in 363 traffic accidents in Attica in August

Twenty people lost their lives in 363 road accidents alone in the Prefecture of Attica only in the month of August, traffic police said on Wednesday. In the same month, 425 people were injured, 13 of them. The main causes of these accidents was a failure to drive with due caution, violation of traffic signs … The post 20 people lose their lives in 363 traffic accidents in Attica in August appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Police arrests smuggler with Aphrodite statue stolen from Santorini Museum

Greek authorities have arrested an antiquities smuggler who was about to sell a 2,000-year-old marble statue of  ancient goddess of love Aphrodite and other antiquities stolen from the Museum of Santorini island. Police arrested the 43-year-old Greek in the seaside town of Loutraki in the Gulf of Corinth on Tuesday morning. He had the antiquities … The post Police arrests smuggler with Aphrodite statue stolen from Santorini Museum appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Sinead McNamara’s Parents reveal “she called us crying short before” the tragedy

The parents of  20-year-old Australian instagram influencer Sinead McNamara are intensively looking to the causes of their daughter’s death on a luxury yacht anchored off the island of Kefalonia last week. They reveal that Sinead called them short before she was found and she was crying. Sinead’s desperate family is looking for answers and asks … The post Sinead McNamara’s Parents reveal “she called us crying short before” the tragedy appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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