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Greek Daily News 05/01/2024

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POLITICS

The newly appointed ministers and deputy ministers were sworn in at the Presidential Mansion on Thursday, before President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, AMNA reported.

ECONOMY

Greece’s adjusted unemployment rate stayed at 9.4% in November 2023, the lowest since June 2009, the same as the revised rate from the prior month, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

REAL ESTATE

The Hellenic Revenue Authority (AADE) aims to list all the details about the immovable property held by over 7 million taxpayers by setting up an electronic registry platform called the “Property Ownership and Management Registry” (MIDA), To Vima reported.

TOURISM

In 2023, approximately 1.5 million passengers were served by Piraeus, Greece’s main port, while the number of cruise ships served were 760, of which 525 were homeporting, according to provisional data.

CULTURE

The restored palace of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, at Aigai, Macedonia opens to the public. The project to maintain and restore it lasted 16 years and was completed in 2023 with a total budget of 20.3 million euros.