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Defiant Greek PM Tsipras Rallies Supporters for July 7 Snap Elections
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged his SYRIZA party on Monday to regroup and heed the message of voters ahead of snap national elections he called after his ruling SYRIZA party suffered a...
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Varoufakis’ Party On Cusp of Losing Seat in European Parliament to ND
Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis on Monday called the performance of his MeRA25 party in the elections for the European parliament “a small political revolution.” His party was on the...
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Greek Opposition Cries Foul Regarding Delay in Elections
Greek conservative opposition party New Democracy (ND) on Wednesday accused the governing SYRIZA Party of delaying the date of the snap elections in order to install senior judges of its choice....
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Leader of Greek Centrist Party Steps Down After Poor Showing
Stavros Theodorakis, leader of centrist party To Potami (“The River”), announced his intention to resign from the party’s leadership, and also proposed that Potami should not run in the upcoming...
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Tourism Now Generates Over One Quarter of Greece’s GDP
A view of the village of Parga, on Greece’s Ionian coast. Source: Wikipedia The Greek tourism industry’s direct monetary contribution to the country’s GDP came to 21.6 billion euros, or 11.7 percent,...
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Tens of Thousands of Greeks Sign Up for Debt Repayment Plan
Over 45,000 Greek taxpayers who owe debts to the state have signed up electronically for the government’s new 120-installment plan to settle their arrears, officials said on Thursday. According to the...
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Greek Island Installs Lending Libraries on its Beaches
A group of islanders from Kimolos, located in the southwest of the island group the Cyclades, have installed free lending libraries at all the major beaches of the island to make tourists’ stays even...
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Leader of Muslim Party in Western Thrace Hails “Motherland Turkey”
The KIEF Party’s Cigdem Asafoglu The leader of the Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace (KIEF), representing part of the Muslim minority of Greece’s Western Thrace region, said on Wednesday that her...
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Greek Artist Paints Mural Dedicated to Victims of 2018 Fire
A touching tribute to the 102 victims of the 2018 fire in Mati, eastern Attica, where 102 people lost their lives has been created by a street artist who goes by the name of “Hambas” in nearby Rafina,...
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Hollywood Stars Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin Feature in Athens Festival
Julianne Moore and Alec Baldwin re-enact the interviews of six anonymous refugees and their sufferings in a new video installation by South African artist Candice Breitz, who explores the reaction of...
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Turkey Mulls Deployment of Russian Missiles Facing Cyprus
Turkey may deploy a long-range S-400 missile-defense system it is expecting to receive from Russia along the southern Turkish coast, across from Cyprus, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Citing...
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Destructive Beetle Species Ravages Famous Thessaloniki Forest
The hilltop forest of Thessaloniki, known as Seich Sou, is being systematically attacked by a species of beetle, with experts saying that almost ten percent of the pine trees have already been...
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Wild Baby Boars Take a Nighttime Stroll in Greece (video)
A herd of approximately ten wild baby boars was spotted recently on a mountain road north of the city of Nafpaktos, in central Greece. They were filmed late at night strolling down a tarred country...
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Athens Warns Albania on its Treatment of Greek Minority
The Greek Foreign Ministry warned neighboring Albania on Thursday that its European Union prospects were directly linked to respecting the ethnic Greek minority living within its borders. It called...
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US Coach Pitino Slams Greek Fans Smoking, Shooting Flares at Games
Rick Pitino, the coach of Greek team Panathinaikos, criticized fans earlier this week for smoking and lighting flares during games, according to the Associated Press. The coach says such behavior is...
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Opposition Candidates Sweep Through Local, Regional Elections in Greece
Opposition candidates have won most of the major contests in the second round of Greece’s local and regional elections which were held on Sunday. Kostas Bakoyannis, the candidate officially supported...
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Kostas Bakoyannis Elected New Mayor of Athens
Kostas Bakoyannis, the candidate officially supported by Greek opposition party New Democracy, won the race to become Athens’ new mayor in the second round of the local and regional elections which...
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Tsitsipas Knocked Out from French Open After Titanic Battle (video)
Stefanos Tsitsipas battled for five hours and nine minutes against 2015 French Open champion Stan Wawrinka, eventually succumbing 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 8-6 in the round of the last 16 at Roland...
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First Ever Jewish Mayor Elected in Greece
A Jewish candidate has been elected on Sunday mayor of Ioannina, the main city in the region of Epirus, making him the first Greek-Jewish mayor in the country. Running as an independent Moisis Elisaf...
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Piraeus Bank, Intrum Join Forces to Tackle Greece’s Bad Loans
Piraeus Bank, the leading lender in Greece, announced on Monday it has teamed up with Sweden’s Intrum for the management of its 27-billion-euro ($30 billion) bad loan portfolio. The agreement, which,...
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