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Sting, Bill Murray, Nigel Kennedy Set for Athens Festival
This year’s Athens Festival will include 87 performances in a reduced but more targeted program than 2017’s, organizers said this week. The annual Greek festival includes performances and events...
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Greek Convicted Terrorist Granted New Prison Leave
Koufontinas leaving the Korydallos prison in November Dimitris Koufontinas, a senior member of the November 17 terrorist group, will be granted a 48-hour furlough on Friday, the second in the space of...
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Greece Returns to Markets with 7-Year Bond
Greece on Thursday returned to international capital markets with a seven-year syndicated bond through the launch of a book-building procedure. It is one of three state bond issues scheduled by the...
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Athens, Skopje Mayors in Joint Appeal Over ‘Macedonia’ Dispute
Athens mayor Giorgos Kaminis (L) and his Skopje counterpart Petre Silegov. The mayors of the capital cities of Greece and FYROM appealed on Thursday for a viable solution to the naming dispute between...
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Anarchists Storm Greek-American Institutions in Athens (video)
The protesters wrote ‘Freedom to Palestine’ at the premises of the Hellenic-American Union Members of the Rouvikonas anarchist group stormed the Athens offices of the Hellenic-American Union and the...
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February 9: International Greek Language Day
After years of campaigning by academics, educators and Greeks of the diaspora, Feb. 9 has officially been declared International Greek Language Day. Starting in 2018, the day is expected to spark off...
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Notorious Greek Hitman Walks Free for 48 Hours (video)
Dimitris Koufontinas, a senior member of the November 17 terrorist group, left jail on Friday morning after he was granted a 48-hour leave, the second in the space of three months. Koufontinas was...
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Engineer Sends Greek Bagel into Space (video)
A Greek engineer made the first known attempt to send a koulouri, the famous Thessaloniki round bread, into space. Thanasis Foukis attached the koulouri to a hydrogen balloon and released it from the...
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Greece Close to Ending Third Program Review
The Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) acknowledged on Thursday the implementation by Greece of most prior actions required to complete the country’s third program review, according to a Eurozone source....
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Speaking English Using Greek: Flashback to Zolotas’ Historic Speech
As Greeks all over the world mark International Greek Language Day, many recall the speeches in English — peppered with Greek-origin words and phrases — given by economist and politician Xenophon...
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Greek Parliament to Probe Novartis Scandal
Athens will recommend a new parliamentary committee to investigate the Novartis scandal, a government spokesman has confirmed. Dimitris Tzanakopoulos told reporters on Friday: “The committee’s only...
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Greek Party Leader Furious After Blast Hits Wife’s Offices (video)
The leader of Greece’s main opposition party has hit out at the government after his wife’s business premises were the target of a bomb attack in the early hours of Monday. Leader of the New...
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Greek Ferry Battles Gale Force Winds in Aegean (video)
Dramatic footage has emerged of a ferry fighting gale-force winds to dock on the Greek island of Tinos. The captain of Blue Star Delos battled with the waves and the wind to safely get his passengers...
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AEK Go Top as Olympiacos Fall Further Behind in Greek Title Race
AEK Athens’ Lazaros Christodoulopoulos wheels away after scoring a penalty against Asteras AEK had to be satisfied with a 1-0 penalty win against Asteras on Sunday to move top of the Greek league...
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Qatar Airways to Launch Flights to Greek Island of Mykonos
Qatar Airways has unveiled plans to launch direct flights to the popular Greek island of Mykonos from 30 May. Group Chief Executive, Akbar al-Baker, said: “Mykonos has long been one of our most...
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Greek WWII Resistance Icon Tells Skopje: ‘Forget Macedonia’
Following Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis’ endorsement of protests over the ‘Macedonia’ naming issue another prominent left-winger has come out against use of the term by the government in Skopje....
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Greek Fashion Designer Dimitris Parthenis Dies at 74
Iconic Greek fashion designer Dimitris Parthenis Dimitris Parthenis, one of the most important figures in Greece’s fashion industry, died this weekend in an Athens hospital aged 74. For almost 50 years...
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Skopje Mayor: Alexander the Great was Never Part of Our History
Skopje mayor Petre Shilegov has said Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) are showing a willingness to resolve their decades-old name dispute. In an interview with Greek Sunday...
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Greek Teachers Fined for Illicit Recording of Supervisor
Still from the controversial video A Greek court in Rhodes has imposed stiff fines on two teachers for recording a verbal exchange with their supervisor against his will. The court ordered the two...
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Turkish Coast Guard Rams Greek Boat Patrolling Near Imia Islets
A Turkish coast guard vessel rammed a Greek vessel near the islets of Imia in the early hours of Tuesday, according to Greek media. There are no reports of injuries to the crew of either boat. The...
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