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US Ambassador in Awe of Ancient Greek Theatre of Dodoni (photos)
U.S. Ambassador in Athens Geoffrey Pyatt has paid a visit to the archaeological site in Dodoni in Epirus, accompanied by his wife and Ioannina Deputy Mayor Pantelis Kolokas. The ambassador was given a...
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US Battleship Iwo Jima Docks at Cyprus Port (photos)
The USS Iwo Jima docked at Limassol port on Monday morning for refueling and crew R&R, reports said. Sailing from Haifa in Israel, the Iwo Jima, which has a crew of 2,500 U.S. naval personnel, has...
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Turkish Troops Fire at Fleeing ‘PKK Suspects’ on Greek Border
Turkish border troops fired warning shots at a group of suspects attempting to cross Evros river into Greece on Tuesday. One man managed to escape and was arrested near the Greek village of Kastanies....
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Greeks Return to Dentures as Crisis Hits Dental Care
Among the health problems caused by Greece’s eight-year crisis, the population’s oral health is suffering too, dentists say. Speaking ahead of World Oral Health Day — which falls on Tuesday — Greece’s...
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Greece Proposes 5 Names for FYROM: Here is the List
Just days before an historic visit by Greece’s foreign minister to FYROM, Athens has sent text of an agreement to the Skopje government containing five proposals for a new name for the former...
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US ‘Fully Engaged’ on Greek Soldiers Held in Turkey
Pyatt meets with the Greek minister of defense (extreme right) and officers at the Andravida air base U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said on Tuesday that his country is supportive of the approach taken...
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Turkish Man Sentenced for Drunkenly Crossing Greek Border
A Greek court has handed down a suspended sentence to a Turkish man who ran across the Greek-Turkish border. According to police, the 40-year-old was intoxicated when he ran into Greece at the...
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Greek Opposition Walks Out of Novartis Committee
Greek opposition parties ended up walking out of parliament’s preliminary investigating committee on Novartis, accusing the government of frivolity and delaying tactics. Committee members started...
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Greek Campaigners Warn About ‘Harmful’ Herbicide
Greek environmentalists have blasted the government for giving American multinational Monsanto a five-year license to trade a controversial herbicide in the country. The decision to approve the...
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Deutsche Telekom Acquires Remaining 5 Percent Stake in Greece’s OTE
The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) announced on Wednesday that Deutsche Telekom AG acquired the remaining five-percent stake in Greece’s biggest telecom operator, OTE. The German...
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Luxurious Aqua Vista Hotel Chain Bags 4 Awards
Aqua Vista Hotels (AVH) made a dynamic start to the 2018 season by winning four awards at the annual Greek tourism fair held in Athens recently. The AVH group has a luxurious line-up of beautiful...
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Majority of Greeks Claim to Fast During Holy Week: Survey
Many Greeks will be refraining from meat, desserts and olive oil before Easter. Two out of three Greeks say they will be fasting on Holy Week and one in six claim that they will be fasting throughout...
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Greece Rejects Turkish Media ‘Espionage’ Report
The Greek government has dismissed a report in the Turkish media that the two soldiers held in Turkey for inadvertently crossing into the country are to be investigated for espionage. A spokesman for...
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Cosmonaut Praises Greece in Video Message from Space
Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov heaped praise on Greece as a tourism destination in a video message recorded on board the International Space Station (ISS) where he is currently serving as mission...
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Turkish Fighter Jets Harass Greek Army Chief’s Helicopter
Turkish fighter aircraft reportedly harassed the helicopter carrying the Greek Army Chief and other top officers as they were flying from the Greek islet of Ro to Rhodes on Thursday. According to...
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EU Slams Turkey’s ‘Illegal Actions’ in the Aegean
EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday have condemned Turkey for its “continued illegal actions” in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea and have underlined their solidarity with Cyprus...
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Snow, Sandstorm Hit Greece in a Single Day (photos)
The weather split Greece into two halves on Thursday as the north experienced heavy snowfall, whereas a sandstorm and mini-heatwave hit the south and in particular the island of Crete. The contrast in...
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Greece Seeks ‘Honorable Compromise’ with FYROM
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias (L) with FYROM counterpart Nikola Dimitrov in Skopje. Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said he was striving for an honorable compromise with FYROM after...
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Footage of Soldiers’ Dog Cruelty Shocks Greece
The incident occurred a few months ago at a military unit in Epirus, north-western Greece. Video footage showing two Greek soldiers tormenting a dog before throwing it off a cliff has shocked the...
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Greece Needs Close Post-Bailout Supervision, EU Official Says
President of the Eurogroup Working Group, Hans Vijlbrief A senior EU official has cast doubt on Greece’s plans for a clear exit from its era of bailouts after August. In an interview with Greek daily...
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