Sunday, October 9, 2022

Wish you were here? Greece and Spain offer older Britons escape from soaring bills

It is mid-January, the new year has begun and Heraklion, the Cretan capital, is abuzz with tourists – most of them silver-haired. Over in Rhodes, senior citizens lap up the sun’s rays in the island’s elegant port town, many enjoying trips that began in November.

These scenes are

 

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Why Erdogan Might Choose War with Greece

“The islands you occupy do not bind us, we will do what is necessary when the time comes. As we say, we can come suddenly one night.” Weeks have now passed since Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan explicitly threatened to invade Greece, using the same language he deployed

 

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Hercules statue, approximately 2,000 years old, discovered in northern Greece

A Roman statue of the Greek mythological hero Hercules was unearthed in northern Greece, according to a report from Heritage Daily.

The discovery occurred in the ancient city of Philippi, which was located north of the present-day city of Kavala. The statue itself was found during

 

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Greece-Bulgaria pipeline starts operations to boost non-Russian gas flows Access to the comments

Greece and Bulgaria have started commercially operating a long-delayed gas pipeline, which will help decrease southeast Europe's dependence on Russian gas and boost energy security.

The 182-kilometre pipeline will provide a relief to Bulgaria, which has been struggling to secure

 

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‘We may suddenly arrive one night’: Erdogan threatens Greece, ‘annoying’ countries

PRAGUE: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Greece, and other countries that “annoyed” him, understood Ankara's message when Turkish officials said “we may suddenly arrive one night” — a comment that Greek and some other Western officials have condemned as a threat to a neighboring

 

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At least 21 dead, dozens missing after 2 migrant ships sink in Greece

Bodies floated amid splintered wreckage in the water off a Greek island Thursday as the death toll from the sinking of two migrant boats rose to 21, with many still missing.

The boats went down hundreds of miles apart, in one case prompting a dramatic overnight rescue effort,

 

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After the signing of Libyan-Turkish agreement, Greece escalates its position and threatens to use force

Greece has confirmed its readiness to use all its diplomatic and military might to defend its sovereignty against what it calls hostile plans by Turkey, after signing a memorandum of understanding with Libya.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a speech to his country's

 

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