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Greek MEP savages Brexit – but implores Britons to KEEP holidaying there
A GREEK MEP has vented his anger at Britain’s decision to quit the European Union but has implored Britons to keep supporting its failing economy through tourism.
He said: "Greek people are not big on English tea and don’t particularly love beans on toast, but I guarantee to you, every Greek child knows Harry Potter and the Premier League."
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/788418/Greek-MEP-savages-Brexit-encourages-United-Kingdom-Greece-holidays
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Foreign Secretary on first official visit to Greece
The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is visiting Athens on 6 and 7 April.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-on-first-official-visit-to-greece
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Greece's dark age: how austerity turned off the lights
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-greece-poverty-electricity-idUSKBN1781IQ
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Robin Hoods of Greece stand up for the dispossessed
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/robin-hoods-of-greece-stand-up-for-the-dispossessed-ljpvbppwq
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In terms of tourism, the University of the Aegean found that the majority of beds is concentrated on a limited number of islands: Crete has 164,249, Rhodes 84,942, Kos 45,097, Corfu 43,940 and Zakynthos 28,837, while these are followed by Evia, Santorini, Myconos, Thasos and Cephalonia, which all have more than 10,000 beds. At the other end of the scale, Greece has 12 islands with less than 100 hotel beds and another 12 with no hotels at all.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/217458/article/ekathimerini/business/new-publication-provides-clearer-picture-of-greek-islands
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Greeks in the UK share their thoughts on Brexit
http://www.ekathimerini.com/217385/article/ekathimerini/community/greeks-in-the-uk-share-their-thoughts-on-brexit
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Closure of record numbers of GP practices forces 250,000 patients to go elsewhere
Senior doctors last night said communities were being left bereft, with elderly patients increasingly enduring long journeys to see a GP, and longer waiting times.
The exodus follows a series of tax clampdowns on bumper pensions, which have seen a sharp rise in the number of GPs retiring early.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/06/mass-closures-gp-practices-force-250000-patients-go-elsewhere/