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Greece Strengthens Road Safety Code with Increased Penalties and 30 km/h City Speed Limit
Greece's new Road Safety Code increases penalties for dangerous driving, introduces a 30 km/h city speed limit to improve pedestrian safety, and emphasizes seatbelt/helmet use; its success depends on enforcement and infrastructure improvements.
Greece Strengthens Road Safety Code with Increased Penalties and 30 km/h City Speed Limit
Greece's new Road Safety Code increases penalties for dangerous driving, introduces a 30 km/h city speed limit to improve pedestrian safety, and emphasizes seatbelt/helmet use; its success depends on enforcement and infrastructure improvements.
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48% Bias Score
Greek Court Annuls Election of Three "Spartans" MPs Due to Voter Fraud
Greece's Supreme Special Court nullified the election of three "Spartans" party MPs—Vasilios Stigkas, Petros Dimitriadis, and Alexandros Zervas—due to voter deception involving convicted criminal Elias Kasidiaris's concealed leadership, reducing Parliament to 297 members.
Greek Court Annuls Election of Three "Spartans" MPs Due to Voter Fraud
Greece's Supreme Special Court nullified the election of three "Spartans" party MPs—Vasilios Stigkas, Petros Dimitriadis, and Alexandros Zervas—due to voter deception involving convicted criminal Elias Kasidiaris's concealed leadership, reducing Parliament to 297 members.
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44% Bias Score
Spain's Inflation-Fighting Strategy Criticized by EU
From 2021-2024, Spain reduced VAT on essential goods and energy to combat inflation, a policy debated in Greece. The European Commission criticized Spain for reduced tax revenue and increased income inequality, while Greece opted for targeted subsidies to vulnerable groups.
Spain's Inflation-Fighting Strategy Criticized by EU
From 2021-2024, Spain reduced VAT on essential goods and energy to combat inflation, a policy debated in Greece. The European Commission criticized Spain for reduced tax revenue and increased income inequality, while Greece opted for targeted subsidies to vulnerable groups.
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44% Bias Score
Greek Islands Face Overtourism Amidst Projected Tourism Rise
Greece's air tourism is set to rise 7 percent in 2025, but popular Aegean islands face overtourism due to a lack of infrastructure and a surge in short-term rentals, prompting debates on development restrictions and calls for government investment.
Greek Islands Face Overtourism Amidst Projected Tourism Rise
Greece's air tourism is set to rise 7 percent in 2025, but popular Aegean islands face overtourism due to a lack of infrastructure and a surge in short-term rentals, prompting debates on development restrictions and calls for government investment.
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44% Bias Score
Greece to Create New Consumer Protection Agency, Following Swedish Model
Greece is establishing a new independent consumer protection agency, modeled after Sweden's Konsumentverket, combining existing units and aiming for a collaborative, less legally complex approach to consumer protection, expected to launch in the first half of 2026.
Greece to Create New Consumer Protection Agency, Following Swedish Model
Greece is establishing a new independent consumer protection agency, modeled after Sweden's Konsumentverket, combining existing units and aiming for a collaborative, less legally complex approach to consumer protection, expected to launch in the first half of 2026.
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44% Bias Score
International ATM Providers Expand in Greece Amidst Bank Network Reduction
Greece's ATM market thrives despite digital growth, with €1 billion annually withdrawn from non-bank ATMs, attracting international players like Euronet and NCR as banks reduce their networks. This creates opportunities in underserved areas, showing the enduring role of cash.
International ATM Providers Expand in Greece Amidst Bank Network Reduction
Greece's ATM market thrives despite digital growth, with €1 billion annually withdrawn from non-bank ATMs, attracting international players like Euronet and NCR as banks reduce their networks. This creates opportunities in underserved areas, showing the enduring role of cash.
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40% Bias Score
Greek Educators' Cheating Scandal Exposes Systemic Academic Dishonesty
In Aliveri, Greece, a student was caught cheating on national exams; the parents, both educators, protested, claiming that cheating is widespread, highlighting a systemic issue of academic dishonesty.
Greek Educators' Cheating Scandal Exposes Systemic Academic Dishonesty
In Aliveri, Greece, a student was caught cheating on national exams; the parents, both educators, protested, claiming that cheating is widespread, highlighting a systemic issue of academic dishonesty.
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56% Bias Score
Greece Implements Stricter Traffic Code to Combat High Traffic Fatality Rate
Greece's new traffic code, announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, introduces stricter penalties for traffic violations, differentiates between first-time and repeat offenses, and increases surveillance through the installation of 1,500 cameras to address the country's high traffic fatality...
Greece Implements Stricter Traffic Code to Combat High Traffic Fatality Rate
Greece's new traffic code, announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, introduces stricter penalties for traffic violations, differentiates between first-time and repeat offenses, and increases surveillance through the installation of 1,500 cameras to address the country's high traffic fatality...
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52% Bias Score
Greece's Stagnant Investment: Regulatory Hurdles and Systemic Issues Hamper Growth
Greece's 2024 investment rate of 15.3% of GDP significantly lags the EU average, primarily due to uncertainty, high energy costs, complex regulations, and slow justice; this underperformance threatens economic growth despite Recovery Fund allocations.
Greece's Stagnant Investment: Regulatory Hurdles and Systemic Issues Hamper Growth
Greece's 2024 investment rate of 15.3% of GDP significantly lags the EU average, primarily due to uncertainty, high energy costs, complex regulations, and slow justice; this underperformance threatens economic growth despite Recovery Fund allocations.
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52% Bias Score
Strained Greek-Egyptian Relations over Saint Catherine's Monastery
Egypt's recent withdrawal from a December agreement concerning the Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai has strained relations with Greece, raising concerns about Egypt's pattern of appropriating properties belonging to Greek Orthodox communities, despite generally positive bilateral relations.
Strained Greek-Egyptian Relations over Saint Catherine's Monastery
Egypt's recent withdrawal from a December agreement concerning the Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai has strained relations with Greece, raising concerns about Egypt's pattern of appropriating properties belonging to Greek Orthodox communities, despite generally positive bilateral relations.
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40% Bias Score
Greece Unveils Plan to Release 25,000 Properties and Build 10,000 New Homes
The Greek government is launching a dual initiative to combat housing shortages: releasing 25,000 properties held by servicers and a social counter-contribution program using 1,000 public properties to build approximately 10,000 new homes, with 30% designated for social housing.
Greece Unveils Plan to Release 25,000 Properties and Build 10,000 New Homes
The Greek government is launching a dual initiative to combat housing shortages: releasing 25,000 properties held by servicers and a social counter-contribution program using 1,000 public properties to build approximately 10,000 new homes, with 30% designated for social housing.
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40% Bias Score
14 More Civil War Graves Found in Thessaloniki Park
Fourteen unmarked graves containing the remains of prisoners executed during Greece's 1946-49 civil war were unearthed in a Thessaloniki park undergoing renovations; the bodies, likely communist sympathizers, were found near the Yedi Kule castle, a former prison where executions occurred, and their ...
14 More Civil War Graves Found in Thessaloniki Park
Fourteen unmarked graves containing the remains of prisoners executed during Greece's 1946-49 civil war were unearthed in a Thessaloniki park undergoing renovations; the bodies, likely communist sympathizers, were found near the Yedi Kule castle, a former prison where executions occurred, and their ...
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32% Bias Score
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