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Greek Coast Guard Rescues 121 Migrants in the Aegean
The Greek Coast Guard intervened in two separate maritime incidents in the Aegean Sea on Monday, rescuing migrants and refugees who had been trying to make their way to Greek shores. A Greek Coast...
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Volunteers Clean Iconic Zakynthos Beach, Celebrate by Dancing The Zorba (video)
Dozens of volunteers gathered to clean iconic Navagio Beach and its seabed on the island of Zakynthos on Sunday — and in true Greek spirit, they celebrated their efforts with a dance to the...
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Greek Scientists Launch Study of Alien Fish Invasion in the Aegean
Greek scientists have recently launched an attempt to record the actual number of alien fish species from the Red Sea which have “invaded” the Aegean, especially in the north. They also hope to assess...
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Cancer-Curing Miracle Water: The Scam that Fooled Thousands of Greeks
Athenians scramble to get hold of their share of the supposed healing water It was the beginning of 1976 when a lawyer called Giorgos Kamateros claimed that he had discovered the cure for cancer in the...
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Abandoned Busts of Macedonian Heroes Will Stand Once Again in Thessaloniki
Several statues of heroes from the Macedonian struggle for union with Greece in the early twentieth century are set to return to a prominent place in a Thessaloniki square, the city’s mayor announced...
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Did Greece’s SYRIZA Government Ask Russia to Print Drachmas in 2015?
A bombshell revelation from a French book, claiming that the SYRIZA government asked Russia to print drachmas in order to replace the euro in 2015 has opened a new round of political controversy in...
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Largest Wind Farm in Greece Opens on Evia Island
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis officially opened the largest wind power complex in Greece at Kafireas, on the island of Evia, on Tuesday. The 300-million-euro facility, constructed by Enel...
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Population of Greece’s Notorious Moria Migrant Camp at All-Time High
The population at the Reception and Identification Centre in Moria on the Greek island of Lesvos, with a capacity of 3,000 individuals, reached an all-time record of 13,842 people, authorities...
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Exquisite Gold Jewelry Recovered from Lord Elgin’s Shipwreck Off Greece’s...
The Greek Ministry of Culture announced on Tuesday that marine archaeologists have discovered exquisite gold jewelry, cooking pots and other valuable ancient objects in the historic wreck of the...
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Greece Returns to Winning Ways With Gutsy Performance Against Bosnia (video)
The Greek National team recorded its first win in six matches seeing off visiting Bosnia 2-1 with a much improved performance at an almost empty Olympic Stadium of Athens late on Tuesday. In this...
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Greek Mathematics Reveal Most Beautiful Woman on the Planet
British scientists have recently determined exactly who is the most beautiful woman on the planet — according to a mathematical formula used by ancient Greeks. Dr. Julian De Silva, an eminent facial...
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Top Russian Diplomat Warns US Will Abandon Greece as it Did the Kurds
Russian Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov warned on Tuesday that the United States will abandon Greece as it did with the Kurds in Syria. In an interview with the TASS news agency concurrent with...
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Magnificent Achilleion Palace in Corfu in Urgent Need of Repair
The palace and museum of the Achilleion, one of the most visited places on Greece’s island of Kerkyra (Corfu) is in urgent need of repair, according to local media. According to photographs published...
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Greek War of Independence Battles Brought to Life Through Playmobil Toys
Key events from the 1821 Greek War of Independence have now been recreated with plastic Playmobil figurines and accessories within dioramas. The colorful recreations were shown in an exhibition which...
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Moderate Earthquake Hits Near Greece’s Zakynthos
An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale hit near the Ionian island of Zakynthos on Thursday morning. According to the Athens Geodynamic Institute the epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) southwest of...
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Google’s Steve Vranakis Tasked with “Re-branding” Greece
Former Google executive Steve Vranakis with Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appointed Steve Vranakis, until recently the executive creative director of Google...
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Neanderthals, Early Humans Reached Greek Island of Naxos 200,000 Years Ago
A team of US, Canadian and Greek archaeologists announced on Wednesday the discovery of stone tools on the island of Naxos which have been proven to go back at least 200,000 years. Naxos is a Greek...
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Greek Islanders Construct Huge Flag in Defiance of Turkish Overflights
A gigantic Greek flag was installed recently on the slopes of a hill overlooking the island of Oinousses in the eastern Aegean, just a stone’s throw away from the Turkish coast, as a sign of defiance...
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Medical Controversy Erupts in Greece Over Toddler With Deadly Disease
The family of 18-month-old Panagiotis-Rafael Glossiotis from Halkida on the island of Evia, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is fighting a campaign to raise almost 3 million euros to...
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Greece Vows to Wage War Against Plastic Pollution
The Greek government announced a campaign on Wednesday to tackle pollution from plastics, and promised to completely ban single-use plastics by June of 2021. “Thirty-nine tons of plastic waste end up...
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