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1. Cold Snap in Greece: Snowfalls, frost, winds, temperature drop by 10°C

   After a few days of sunshine and temperatures over 15 degrees Celsius, the weather in Greece turns “winterly” again with meteorologist forecasting snowfalls also at lower altitudes, sharp temperature drop, frost and powerful northerly winds of 8 Beaufort. ° The cold snap will affect Greece as of Saturday, January 17, and for four days and […]

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2. Flu sweeping across Greece: 8 deaths in a week

   Seasonal flu is sweeping across Greece where hospitals and health authorities on alert. Health experts urge citizens to vaccinations. 817 new admissions of patients with flu to hospitals in the last week, that is the second week of 2026. To compare 722 admission in the week before. 8 people died of flu in the second […]

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3. Greece will extend “territorial waters” in the Aegean, says FM Gerapetritis

   “Extension of territorial waters [in the Aegean Sea] will come, as marine parks and spatial planning,” Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis announced on Friday. Gerapetritis’ statement on the extension of territorial waters in the Aegean Sea comes a day after his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan said that the “Aegean issue must be resolved once and […]

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4. Hi Tech Fraud with “SMS Blaster”: Chinese nationals arrested in Athens

   Greek Police arrested two Chinese nationals who with a particularly sophisticated electronic fraud method, known as “SMS Blaster Attacks”, defraud citizens with phishing. Two Chinese men, aged 29 and 31, allegedly had set up a mobile system for mass sending of misleading SMS, exploiting security gaps in mobile telephony networks. With a hi tech device […]

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5. Greece’s Budget: Primary surplus at 8 billion euros in 2025

   The 2025 central government primary surplus (on a cash basis) amounted to 8.006 billion euros, exceeding the target of 5.327 billion euros by almost 2.7 billion and turning the projected deficit of 2.586 billion into a marginal surplus of 17 million. The positive trend in tax revenues up to and including December played a decisive […]

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