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Weather System ”Antinoos” Hits Greece Causing Floods (video)
A new round of summer storms have slammed into Greece since Tuesday, causing floods in central Greece and the Peloponnesian Peninsula. This most recent weather system, dubbed ”Antinoos,” was also...
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Animal Rights Activist Claims Brutal Attack While Filming “Donkey Abuse” in...
A South African animal welfare activist claimed on Wednesday that he was brutally assaulted and threatened with death while filming the alleged abuse of donkeys on the Greek island of Santorini. Luke...
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Passengers Miraculously Unhurt After Small Plane Crashes in Northern Greece...
A small plane crushed near Grevena, northern Greece, on Thursday, as it attempted an emergency landing due to engine failure. The pilot was slightly injured but the two passengers were unhurt. The...
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Greek Parliament Elects Konstantinos Tasoulas as New Chamber President
Greek deputies elected on Thursday New Democracy’s (ND) Konstantinos Tasoulas as new parliament president. Tasoulas, a veteran MP representing the district of Ioannina, was elected with a record 283...
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Turkey Sends Third Drillship Off Cyprus (video)
Turkey will send a fourth ship to the eastern Mediterranean to conduct seismic research for oil and gas around Cyprus, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Tuesday. Turkey currently has three ships...
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Man Charged with Murder of Greek Rapper Testifies in Court
The man charged with the 2013 murder of rap singer Pavlos Fyssas testified on Thursday before a criminal appeals court in Athens. Giorgos Roupakias, a member of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party,...
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Twelve Israelis Held in Cyprus Over Alleged Gang Rape of British Tourist
Twelve Israeli tourists were arrested at the popular Cyprus resort of Ayia Napa on Wednesday after a British woman said that she had been raped. State broadcaster RIK reported that the alleged rape...
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FaceApp Craze Sweeps Across Greece Despite Privacy Warnings
“FaceApp,” a mobile application for iOS and Android which automatically generates highly realistic transformations of faces in photographs, has swept Greek social media over the last several days. As...
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Chilling Video Emerges of U.S. Scientist’s Killer Touring Murder Scene
Greek authorities have identified a suspect accused of the brutal killing and rape of American scientist Suzanne Eaton. Yiannis Paraskakis, 27, was identified by local police in a tweet Thursday....
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Heavily-Armed Police Deployed in Greek Tourist Spots
Heavily-armed police officers are being stationed at key points around Athens, notably busy tourist spots, beginning on Thursday, in a bid to increase security in the capital city. The officers, whose...
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“Man, the Ruler of Two Planets”: How Greece Hailed the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
The mesmerizing television coverage of the Apollo 11 Moon landing 50 years ago was watched by thousands of Greeks who gathered in several central points in Athens where television screens were placed....
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Athens Condemns Destruction of Greek Soldier’s Monument in Albania
The Greek Foreign Ministry has expressed “horror and concern” over the destruction of a monument dedicated to early 20th-century Greek fighter Thymios Liolis in the village of Krania in southern...
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Partner of French Tourist Stabbed to Death on Crete Arrested
The female partner of a French tourist who was stabbed to death on Crete on Tuesday was arrested and will be brought before a prosecutor on Wednesday. According to local website cretapost.gr, the...
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Turkey Sends Aircraft, Frigates, and Submarines to Shadow Drillships Off...
Turkey has recently increased its navy buildup in the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus, and Turkish drilling vessels are currently operating in the company of Naval Forces Command elements....
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Turkey Threatens to Suspend EU Migrant Deal
File photo Turkey will cancel its migrant readmission agreement with the European Union as long as the bloc fails to deliver on its promise of visa-free travel for Turkish citizens in the EU, the...
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Greece’s Borrowing Costs Hit New All-Time Low
Greece’s borrowing costs have tumbled to a record low on Wednesday, reflecting hopes among foreign investors that the new government will be able to reinvigorate Greece’s reform program. The 10-year...
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Greek Government Vows to Speed Up Hellinikon Project
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a meeting concerning the development of the former Hellinikon airport on Thursday with representatives of Lamda Development, the firm in charge of the stalled...
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Cyprus Denounces Turkish Moves at Varosha as Clear Violation of UN Resolutions
Cypriot government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou on Thursday said Turkish Cypriot moves in the closed-off town of Varosha were a clear violation of UN resolutions after it emerged that experts had...
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US, Greece, Cyprus, and Israel Hold Joint Meeting on Economic Cooperation
A diplomatic-level meeting was held on Thursday at the State Department in Washington, D.C. as a follow-up to the tripartite summit between Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, held earlier this year. US...
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Greek Mayor Nixes Airbnb Luxury Tents on Public Beaches
A businesswoman on Crete recently discovered a new way to tap into the tourist industry by offering tents on a beach in Gavdos, the southernmost Greek island, through the Airbnb platform....
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