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Israel's Loanwise offers mortgages for Greece and Cyprus
Globes
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July 15, 2025
Two months after the war broke out in December 2023, non-bank financing (mainly loans for buying vehicles) company Mimun Yashir founder and CEO Eran Wolf stepped down after 18 years in the job. In his resignation letter to employees Wolf promised...
Arigato Travel joins DMO KYOTO to promote sustainable tourism
TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific
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July 14, 2025
Arigato Travel joins Kyoto Tourism Association, strengthening commitment to authentic, sustainable cultural and culinary tourism across Japan. Arigato Travel, Japan’s culinary and cultural tourism company, is proud to announce its official...
Status Update: Nick brings his Greek fare to Laguna Niguel; Burlington debuts in Garden Grove
Orange County Register - California
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July 14, 2025
Nick the Greek celebrates its grand opening Tuesday, July 15 in Laguna Niguel. The restaurant, which is joining the busy Home Depot-anchored Plaza de la Paz shopping center, is going big, offering free lunch from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The menu...
It’s paradise lost as climate change remakes Europe’s summers
Kathimerini
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July 15, 2025
BARCELONA, Spain – Not so long ago, families coming to the shore in Montgat, Spain, just outside Barcelona, built sand castles, played paddle games and lounged around on the broad band of sand that was the picture of the European summer vacation....
Greece Highlights Strategic Value Of Trade At EU Council In Brussels
MENAFN
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July 15, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 15. Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Haris Theocharis emphasized the strategic importance of trade during the EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting held on July 14, 2025, in Brussels, Trend...
Ancient Helike Reveals How Earthquakes Shaped a Greek City’s Rise, Fall, and Return
Greek Reporter
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July 15, 2025
Ruins of the ancient Greek city of Helike. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports The ancient Greek city of Helike (Greek: Ἑλίκη), once a thriving capital in Achaea, was destroyed by a powerful earthquake and tsunami in 373 BC. Located on...
Why the federal government is making climate data disappear
Grist Magazine
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July 14, 2025
For 25 years, a group of the country’s top experts has been fastidiously tracking the ways that climate change threatens every part of the United States. Their findings informed the National Climate Assessments, a series of congressionally...
This island in Greece is targeting wealthy travellers to curb overtourism
The Economic Times
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July 13, 2025
Corfu, one of Greece’s most popular island destinations, is taking active steps to curb overtourism by focusing on attracting wealthier travelers. Authorities on the Ionian island are pushing for sustainable tourism by investing in high-end...
Europe's heatwave: the new front line of climate change
The Week Magazine
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July 13, 2025
In Greece, beachgoers lie on the sand while wildfires rage in the forest behind them. In Italy, where the mercury soars to 40°C, hospital admissions in parts of the country jump by a fifth. In France, schools are closed and a nuclear plant is...
Ikos adds Crete resort
TPH News
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July 15, 2025
Mediterranean luxury resort specialist Ikos Resorts has revealed plans for its latest resort, to be constructed on the Greek island of Crete. The 414 room property will be developed in the Chania area of the island, overlooking Kissimos Bay. Ikos...
Greece Advances in Global Rankings for Trade Facilitation
To Vima
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July 11, 2025
Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has made notable progress in trade facilitation, according to the latest results of a biennial global survey conducted by the United Nations on digital and sustainable trade facilitation....
Greece’s Asylum Ban: ‘Violation of International Law and Political Responsibility’
Greek Reporter
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July 11, 2025
Refugees on a boat crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Many are lost at sea. Credit: Mstyslav Chernov, CC4/Wikimedia Commons Lefteris Papagiannakis, the Director of the Greek Council for Refugees, blasts Greece’s government decision to impose a...
Climate Change Turns Deadly: Europe’s Heatwave Exposes a Crisis
To Vima
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July 11, 2025
Climate change is no longer a distant threat — it is our present and our future. Ours, our children’s, and that of every generation to come. With each passing year, its impact grows more severe, more deadly, and more undeniable. A recent heatwave...
Greek parliament passes suspension of asylum claims despite international criticism
The Independent
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July 11, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Greece’s Island Communities Face Alarming Population Decline
To Vima
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July 10, 2025
The demographic crisis affecting Greece is deepening on its islands, with Lemnos and Agios Efstratios emerging as stark examples of shrinking populations, aging residents, and dwindling birth rates — trends that threaten the long-term viability of...
Travel insurance mistakes that could cost you more than £150,000
Bristol Post
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July 15, 2025
Holidaymakers could find themselves spending as much as £150,000 on medical bills for accidentally invalidating their travel insurance. When you take out travel insurance, you agree to a wide variety of terms and conditions. Many of these detail...
Athens University Lands First Dual Medical Degree with UK’s University of Exeter
Greek Reporter
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July 11, 2025
University of Athens. Credit: George Rex, CC BY SA 2.0/Wikipedia In a landmark move for Greek higher education, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom have signed a preliminary...
Greece declares 'shut down' with millions of UK tourists who have holidays booked warned
Birmingham Live
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July 11, 2025
Millions of Greece tourists from the UK have been warned as the popular holiday hotspot begins a shutdown in certain hours of the day. European Union holidaymakers are being warned over a rise in temperatures in Greece. Greece has shut the...
Domestic, Foreign Projects Display Smart Cities’ Potential
Forbes
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The Ellinikon is a smart city being created in Greece on the former site of Athens Internation ... More Airport.Lamda Development Over the years, developers have displayed innovation when turning decommissioned airports and airfields into new...
Athens Goes Green: Citywide Effort to Revitalize Urban Spaces with Trees and Flowers
Greek Travel Pages
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July 10, 2025
Photo source: Athens Municipality Athens is undergoing a vibrant transformation as city officials and residents unite to turn the city’s grey urban areas into lush, green oases. Through coordinated planting initiatives and community involvement,...