Turkey Reports Positive Momentum in Greek-Turkish Relations
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan reported positive momentum in Greek-Turkish relations in 2024, maintaining high-level dialogue and aiming to continue this in 2025 while addressing existing disagreements through bilateral mechanisms.
Turkey Reports Positive Momentum in Greek-Turkish Relations
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan reported positive momentum in Greek-Turkish relations in 2024, maintaining high-level dialogue and aiming to continue this in 2025 while addressing existing disagreements through bilateral mechanisms.
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28% Bias Score
Greece, Egypt, Cyprus Strengthen Ties to Counter Turkey's Influence
The leaders of Greece, Egypt, and Cyprus agreed on closer coordination to counter Turkey's influence in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, promoting energy cooperation (including the GRETE project), and addressing migration challenges, while emphasizing international law in maritime zones.
Greece, Egypt, Cyprus Strengthen Ties to Counter Turkey's Influence
The leaders of Greece, Egypt, and Cyprus agreed on closer coordination to counter Turkey's influence in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, promoting energy cooperation (including the GRETE project), and addressing migration challenges, while emphasizing international law in maritime zones.
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44% Bias Score
Greek Audit Reveals Systemic Flaws in EU Recovery Fund Management
A Greek government audit found systematic flaws in managing the EU Recovery and Resilience Fund, causing delays in payment requests (the 4th was a year late, submitted June 2024; the 5th, submitted December 2024, was also delayed). Five issues were identified: inadequate schedules, poor monitoring, ...
Greek Audit Reveals Systemic Flaws in EU Recovery Fund Management
A Greek government audit found systematic flaws in managing the EU Recovery and Resilience Fund, causing delays in payment requests (the 4th was a year late, submitted June 2024; the 5th, submitted December 2024, was also delayed). Five issues were identified: inadequate schedules, poor monitoring, ...
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28% Bias Score
Greek Domestic Violence Reporting System Fails Victims
A social psychologist in Greece accompanied a friend to report domestic abuse, witnessing firsthand the inadequate support and insensitive handling by police, revealing systemic issues within the Anti-Domestic Violence Department.
Greek Domestic Violence Reporting System Fails Victims
A social psychologist in Greece accompanied a friend to report domestic abuse, witnessing firsthand the inadequate support and insensitive handling by police, revealing systemic issues within the Anti-Domestic Violence Department.
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52% Bias Score
Turkey's Arms Program: Implications for Greece
Turkey's new arms program, while substantial, is not unique to the region; similar initiatives exist in the EU and Greece, creating a security dilemma particularly concerning an arms race, requiring Greece to adapt its defense spending and promote its domestic defense industry.
Turkey's Arms Program: Implications for Greece
Turkey's new arms program, while substantial, is not unique to the region; similar initiatives exist in the EU and Greece, creating a security dilemma particularly concerning an arms race, requiring Greece to adapt its defense spending and promote its domestic defense industry.
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48% Bias Score
Greece Launches Unsubsidized Energy Storage Projects
Greece is launching its first 2 GW of unsubsidized energy storage projects, prioritizing grid stability, cost reduction, and preventing market monopolization through strict criteria including high performance bonds, 18-month connection deadlines, and capacity limits per investor.
Greece Launches Unsubsidized Energy Storage Projects
Greece is launching its first 2 GW of unsubsidized energy storage projects, prioritizing grid stability, cost reduction, and preventing market monopolization through strict criteria including high performance bonds, 18-month connection deadlines, and capacity limits per investor.
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36% Bias Score
Greece Tightens Short-Term Rental Rules Amid Tourism Boom
Greece's parliament is debating stricter rules for short-term rentals, banning basements and storage spaces as rentals and implementing a one-year registration ban in Athens' popular tourist districts due to rising housing costs and the strain on resources amid a surge in tourism.
Greece Tightens Short-Term Rental Rules Amid Tourism Boom
Greece's parliament is debating stricter rules for short-term rentals, banning basements and storage spaces as rentals and implementing a one-year registration ban in Athens' popular tourist districts due to rising housing costs and the strain on resources amid a surge in tourism.
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40% Bias Score
Meta Ends Fact-Checking Program, Raising Misinformation Concerns
Meta's termination of its third-party fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram, effective before the US presidential inauguration, has sparked concerns about increased misinformation, particularly impacting vulnerable populations like Greece's digital users who already face challenges with mi...
Meta Ends Fact-Checking Program, Raising Misinformation Concerns
Meta's termination of its third-party fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram, effective before the US presidential inauguration, has sparked concerns about increased misinformation, particularly impacting vulnerable populations like Greece's digital users who already face challenges with mi...
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32% Bias Score
Greece Authorizes 89,290 Foreign Worker Positions for 2025
The Greek government approved a plan to recruit 89,290 foreign workers in 2025, addressing labor shortages in agriculture (36,000 seasonal positions), construction, and tourism, following previous authorizations of 180,442 positions in 2023-2024.
Greece Authorizes 89,290 Foreign Worker Positions for 2025
The Greek government approved a plan to recruit 89,290 foreign workers in 2025, addressing labor shortages in agriculture (36,000 seasonal positions), construction, and tourism, following previous authorizations of 180,442 positions in 2023-2024.
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36% Bias Score
Greece Completes Rafale Acquisition, Bolstering Air Power
Greece's 332nd "Geraki" fighter squadron, equipped with 24 Rafale jets and Meteor missiles, achieved full operational capability on January 9th, 2025, significantly enhancing its air power in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, following a 2020 crisis.
Greece Completes Rafale Acquisition, Bolstering Air Power
Greece's 332nd "Geraki" fighter squadron, equipped with 24 Rafale jets and Meteor missiles, achieved full operational capability on January 9th, 2025, significantly enhancing its air power in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, following a 2020 crisis.
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48% Bias Score
Greece Holds State Funeral for Former Prime Minister Costas Simitis
Former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, architect of Greece's euro adoption and 2004 Olympics, received a state funeral in Athens on Thursday, attended by mourners and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, following his death at age 88.
Greece Holds State Funeral for Former Prime Minister Costas Simitis
Former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, architect of Greece's euro adoption and 2004 Olympics, received a state funeral in Athens on Thursday, attended by mourners and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, following his death at age 88.
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24% Bias Score
Greek Police Issue Dismissals in Kyriaki Griva Death Case
Following the death of 28-year-old Kyriaki Griva outside a Greek police station, three officers face dismissal, and one a fine, for disciplinary offenses; separate criminal proceedings are ongoing, and the station supervisor and officer are no longer employed.
Greek Police Issue Dismissals in Kyriaki Griva Death Case
Following the death of 28-year-old Kyriaki Griva outside a Greek police station, three officers face dismissal, and one a fine, for disciplinary offenses; separate criminal proceedings are ongoing, and the station supervisor and officer are no longer employed.
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36% Bias Score