Greeks work the longest in EU
One in five Greeks works more than 45 hours a week, making Greece the country with the highest percentage in the European Union, according to data Eurostat published on Tuesday, concerning the year’s second quarter.
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HISTORY 
October 8, 2025 8 October 2025: This day in history
1480: Great Stand on the Ugra River: Standoff between forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and Ivan III, Grand Prince of all Rus, ends with a Tatar-Mongol retreat, leading to the disintegration of the Horde 1769: Captain James Cook lands in New Zealand for the first time near present-day Gisborne on the […]
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WORLD
October 7, 2025 Physics Nobel awarded to three scientists for work on quantum computing
The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis for their work on quantum mechanics that is paving the way for a new generation of very powerful computers. “There is no advanced technology used today that does not rely on quantum mechanics, including mobile phones, cameras… […]
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CYPRUS
October 7, 2025 Cyprus President inaugurates Akaki Health Centre that will serve 15 communities
Cyprus President, Nikos Christodoulides, inaugurated on Sunday the Hadjiyiannio Health Center, in Akaki, in the western part of the Nicosia district, which, officials said will serve 15 communities.
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EUROPE
October 7, 2025 EU to replace passport stamps with biometric border system
The European Union is set to phase out passport stamping for non-EU travelers, replacing it with a new digital border management system known as the Entry/Exit System (EES).
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HISTORY
October 7, 2025 7 October 2025: This day in history
1571: Battle of Lepanto: Holy League of Catholic states formed by Pope Pius V destroys an Ottoman fleet in a significant defeat off Western Greece 1737: A cyclone causes 40-foot waves that are believed to kill 300,000 in Calcutta, India 1763: George III of Great Britain issues the Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North […]
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EUROPE
October 6, 2025 French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns after less than a month
France’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has resigned, less than a day after his cabinet was unveiled. “The conditions were not fulfilled for me to carry on as prime minister,” Lecornu said on Monday morning, and criticised the unwillingness by political parties to reach compromises. The Elysée palace made the announcement after Lecornu met President Emmanuel […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
October 6, 2025 Zeibekiko Festival Australia kicks off in Sydney with music, memory and movement
The 3rd Zeibekiko Festival Australia launched in dazzling style on Friday, 3 October 2025, at the Greek Community Club in Sydney – transforming the night into a celebration of music, movement and memory.
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POLITICS
October 6, 2025 Former PM Tsipras resigns as MP, pledges continued political activism
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday resigned as a member of parliament, saying he would continue his political activism outside the formal structures of the legislature.
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HISTORY
October 6, 2025 6 October 2025: This day in history
1917: Third Battle of Ypres: Canadian troops recapture the high ground in the village of Passchendaele from the 1948: Earthquake in Ashgabat kills 100,000 in Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic 1948: Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey finds the first partial fossil skull of Proconsul africanus, an ancestor of apes and humans, on Rusinga Island, Kenya 1949: US President […]
