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Following a tender process of the Greek Infrastructure and Transport Ministry, Sky Express is the exclusive carrier of the lines Thessaloniki-Skyros, Limnos-Mytilini-Chios-Samos-Rhodes and Corfu-Aktio-Kefalonia-Zakynthos for the next four years.
Protest on Zakynthos over island’s landfill problem, closed operating theatresThousands of Zakynthos islanders came out in protest in the island’s main town on Wednesday morning, demonstrating against the ongoing failure to address a months-long waste disposal problem and the continued closure of operating theatres in Zakynthos hospital, which have not reopened since the death of a woman in December 2016.
Greek militants claim parcel bomb sent to German ministryA Greek far-left group on Thursday claimed it sent a parcel bomb to the German finance ministry, over six years after waging a similar campaign against European officials. "We claim responsibility for sending a booby-trapped parcel to the German finance minister," the Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei group said in a statement posted on an anti-establishment website.A Greek police source said the claim was "most probably" authentic.German police on Wednesday said they had discovered the "explosive" package at Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble's office building.
Data show spike in people renouncing inheritance to avoid taxesAn increasing number of people are turning their backs on properties they have inherited to avoid paying the higher taxes that accompany them, according to new data from the country’s courts which show that applications for renunciation of property rose 86.4 percent last year compared to 2013.Most of those who filed documents last year to renounce their inheritance did so in the country’s major cities, with 11,655 applications recorded in Athens, 5,563 in Thessaloniki, 1,938 in Piraeus and 1,473 in Patra.People are not only giving up family houses and apartments but also plots of lands.
2 Pussy Riot members at Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens this monthTwo of the members of Russia's controversial Pussy Riot rock group will be in Athens later this month for an appearance at the Onassis Cultural Centre.The event, entitled "Who is Afraid of Pussy Riot?", offers an opportunity for the Athenian public to meet the Russian feminists and activists "who were sentenced to prison after their performance 'Punk Prayer' in Moscow’s cathedral," according to the centre's website.
Ex-porn star Julia Alexandratou is officially singleFormer Greek porn star Julia Alexandratou is officially single after signing her divorce papers in Austria. The blonde TV celebrity met with her now ex-husband Christian Karpozilos in Vienna to conclude the final details of their divorce. They separated on good terms as they later celebrated their separation with a dinner.
Tiny London house sells in Chelsea for £700,000 - £100,000 more than expected...the building is in need of complete renovation.
This whole Oregon town is up for sale for $3.8m The entire town of Tiller, in the US state of Oregon, has been put up for sale with a price tag of $3.8m (£3.1m)... Only two residents remain in Tiller itself - a former teacher who lives next to the school, and the vicar of the local church. Neither of their plots is for sale.
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Parcel bomb sent to IMF a day after similar device from Greece targets German FinMinNews of a parcel bomb going off at the International Monetary Fund’s headquarters in Paris swept through the Greek media on Thursday afternoon as it came just a day after a similar device was posted from Greece to the German Finance Ministry.
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QuoteParcel bomb sent to IMF a day after similar device from Greece targets German FinMinNews of a parcel bomb going off at the International Monetary Fund’s headquarters in Paris swept through the Greek media on Thursday afternoon as it came just a day after a similar device was posted from Greece to the German Finance Ministry.http://www.ekathimerini.com/216920/article/ekathimerini/news/parcel-bomb-sent-to-imf-a-day-after-similar-device-from-greece-targets-german-finmin