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Concord Univerity to host Bridging Rural Communities: Telehealth Innovations for Appalachia and Beyond conference on August 1
WOAY 4 - West Virginia
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July 21, 2025
Athens, WV (WOAY) – Concord University will host “Bridging Rural Communities: Telehealth Innovations for Appalachia and Beyond,” a free, full-day event on Friday, August 1. The conference will take place from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM at University...
Greece will Cease to be Most Indebted Country by 2029: FinMin
To Vima
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July 11, 2025
Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said Greece would cease to be the most indebted country in the EU by 2029, addressing political and financial representatives and dignitaries from the diplomatic corps, including French Ambassador to Greece...
Athens Airport hits record 15 million passengers in first half of 2025
Aviation24.be
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July 11, 2025
Athens International Airport welcomed 15.07 million passengers in the first half of 2025—a new record and a 7.6% increase over the same period in 2024. Both domestic (+2.2%) and international (+9.8%) travel contributed to the growth. June alone...
Athens moving closer to new town hall facility
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - West Virginia
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ATHENS — If everything goes according to plan, the Athens town government will be in new offices in the future. According to Athens Mayor Tim Pike, the project will be advertised for bids soon. × Javascript is required for you to be able to read...
Greece Advances in Global Rankings for Trade Facilitation
To Vima
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July 11, 2025
Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has made notable progress in trade facilitation, according to the latest results of a biennial global survey conducted by the United Nations on digital and sustainable trade facilitation....
Greece freezes asylum claims over migrant 'invasion' from Libya
Modern Ghana
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Greece on Friday enforced a three-month freeze on asylum claims from migrants arriving by boat from North Africa, to stem a surge from Libya that the government has called an "invasion". The emergency legislation, approved by a majority of 177 out...
Havana Club selects Cocktail Maestros finalists
The Spirit Business
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July 21, 2025
The global finalists of the second edition of Havana Club Cocktail Maestros have been revealed. The Canadian finalists, Linh Phan and Samantha Fulmer The team-based bartending competition debuted in 2024, with Greece’s Panos Minoudis and Andreas...
Why NATO is betting big on the F-35
Task & Purpose
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July 21, 2025
The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter started its life as one of the more controversial programs in Pentagon history. Two decades of delays, blown budgets, software problems, and political fights made it look like the fifth-generation fighter...
Greece Suspends Migrant Asylum Applications From Africa
Balkan Insight
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July 11, 2025
Refugees and migrants outside the port authority in Lavrio, Greece, 10 July 2025. Photo: EPA/YANNIS KOLESIDIS, The Greek parliament on Friday voted to stop processing asylum applications from migrants arriving by sea from Africa for three months....
Greece’s Asylum Ban: ‘Violation of International Law and Political Responsibility’
Greek Reporter
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July 11, 2025
Refugees on a boat crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Many are lost at sea. Credit: Mstyslav Chernov, CC4/Wikimedia Commons Lefteris Papagiannakis, the Director of the Greek Council for Refugees, blasts Greece’s government decision to impose a...
Athens-Clarke County Police Department to hold press conference next Monday
WUGA - Georgia
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July 11, 2025
The Athens-Clarke County Sheriff’s Office will be holding a press conference in light of recent medical incidents at the Athens-Clarke County Jail. The press conference will be held on Monday, July 14th at 11:00 am. It will take place at the...
Athens Airport passengers up 5% in June
Kathimerini
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Athens International Airport saw a modest, single-digit increase in passenger traffic in June, with a slightly stronger rise recorded over the first half of the year. The growth is in line with projections by airport management, reflecting a...
Greece’s Island Communities Face Alarming Population Decline
To Vima
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July 10, 2025
The demographic crisis affecting Greece is deepening on its islands, with Lemnos and Agios Efstratios emerging as stark examples of shrinking populations, aging residents, and dwindling birth rates — trends that threaten the long-term viability of...
Athens University Lands First Dual Medical Degree with UK’s University of Exeter
Greek Reporter
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July 11, 2025
University of Athens. Credit: George Rex, CC BY SA 2.0/Wikipedia In a landmark move for Greek higher education, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom have signed a preliminary...
'All the options': GOP eyes cutting August recess to move dozens of Trump nominees stalled by Dems
Fox News
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July 21, 2025
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on the future of the 'big beautiful bill,' Israel's major attack on Iran, criticism of the SALT deduction and steps to take to get the bill passed quickly. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!...
Athens traffic crisis deepening
Kathimerini
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The average Athenian loses approximately 100 hours annually stuck in traffic, as traveling just 10 kilometers in central Athens now requires nearly half an hour. Transport specialists speaking to Kathimerini emphasize that traffic congestion...
Greece announces even harsher measures to deter migrants
Yeni Safak
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Greece on Thursday unveiled a series of tougher measures aimed at curbing the arrival of migrants, following an earlier announcement by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. In an interview with broadcaster SKAI TV, Migration Minister Thanos Plevris...
Greece Temporarily Halts Asylum Processing for Migrants Arriving by Sea
Famagusta Gazette
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July 11, 2025
Home Regional Greece Temporarily Halts Asylum Processing for Migrants Arriving by Sea 160729-N-EU999-004 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 29, 2016) Migrants aboard an inflatable vessel approach the guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64). Carney...
Greece declares 'shut down' with millions of UK tourists who have holidays booked warned
Birmingham Live
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July 11, 2025
Millions of Greece tourists from the UK have been warned as the popular holiday hotspot begins a shutdown in certain hours of the day. European Union holidaymakers are being warned over a rise in temperatures in Greece. Greece has shut the...
Greece passes North Africa asylum ban amid rights groups’ opposition
Cyprus Mail
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July 11, 2025
Greek lawmakers voted on Friday to temporarily stop processing asylum requests from migrants arriving from North Africa by sea in a bid to reduce arrivals into Europe’s southernmost tip, a move rights groups and opposition parties have called...