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Remains of Greek Pilot Found off Skyros
The remains of Giorgos Baltadoros, the Greek pilot of the Mirage 2000-5 jet that crashed into the Aegean on Thursday, were found by a local fisherman off the coast of Skyros island on Friday. The...
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Greece Mourns Death of Hero Pilot
The Greek Armed Forces are observing three days of mourning for Giorgos Baltadoros whose fighter jet crashed northeast of the island of Skyros on Thursday. By order of Defense Minister Panos Kammenos,...
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Greece Presents EU with Draft Post-Bailout Growth Plan
Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Chouliarakis Greece has presented a draft plan of growth to its EU creditors that could be implemented after the end of the current bailout program in August....
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Parliament ‘Adopts’ Family of Fallen Greek Pilot
The Greek parliament announced on Friday that it is “adopting” the two children of Giorgos Baltadoros, the pilot of the Mirage 2000-5 jet that crashed into the Aegean on Thursday. In practice this...
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Wildfire Threatens Village in Ilia, Greece
Archive photo Fire fighters are battling a fire that broke out at a forest in the Ilia prefecture in Peloponnese on Sunday night. The fire, that spread quickly because of strong winds, had earlier...
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Turkish Navy Ship Sails Through Corinth Canal (photos, video)
The Turkish navy minesweeper “Anamur” sailed through the Corinth canal on Sunday. Although this is not the first time that a Turkish ship used the canal, local site Korinthostv.gr reports that Anamur...
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Cyprus Leaders in First Meeting Since Talks Collapse
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades (L) and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci will meet tonight over dinner at their...
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Greece Gives Red-Carpet Treatment to US Travel Agents
Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura gives an address to visiting US travel agents. Source: http://news.travelling.gr Dozens of U.S. tour operators are in Greece as Athens hosts a major American Society of...
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Greek Football Game Descends into Massive Fistfight (video)
A football game in the Peloponnese descended into chaos as players got involved in a massive fistfight immediately after the final whistle. The game between Iraklis Kalamata and Chandrinaikos,...
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Much-Awaited Mykonos Documentary Makes TV Debut (video)
A documentary on the cosmopolitan Greek island of Mykonos by filmmaker Nico Mastorakis will be screened on Greek cable TV Cosmote on Monday. “Mykonos, The Soul Of An Island,” is already an official...
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Turkish Forces Remove Greek Flag from Aegean Islet
The Greek flag was raised on Friday Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has confirmed that his country’s coast guard has taken down a Greek flag on an islet in the eastern Aegean, whose sovereignty...
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Greek Protesters Use Angle Grinder to Attack Former US President’s Statue...
Protesters demonstrating against British, U.S. and French airstrikes in Syria have attempted to bring down a statue of former American president Harry Truman in central Athens. Riot police intervened...
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Turkish Soldiers Held in Greece ‘to be Released in May’
The eight Turkish servicemen who are detained in Greece will be released in May, Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis announced on Monday. The eight have requested political asylum after a July 2016 coup...
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Greek Flag Still Flies Over Aegean Islet (photos)
New images appear to contradict claims by the Turkish government that its forces removed a Greek flag from an islet in the eastern Aegean. A Greek flag was seen still flying on top of the highest peak...
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Greece, Turkey in ‘Undeclared War’ in the Aegean
Deputy Defense Minister Fotis Kouvelis (third left). Greece’s Deputy Defense Minister said that Greece and Turkey are in an “undeclared war” in the Aegean following the claims by Ankara that its forces...
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US Ambassador in Awe of Mt. Athos Orthodox Monastery
US Ambassador in Athens Geoffrey Pyatt has visited the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Mount Athos in northern Greece, describing the religious community as “a truly spiritual place”. Pyatt, who visited...
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30 Kilos of Plastic Found in Stomach of Beached Whale in Santorini (photos)
A crane is used to remove the carcass More than 30 kilograms of plastic material has been discovered in the stomach of the dead whale that was washed ashore at a remote beach on the Greek island of...
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Cyprus Leaders in ‘Frank and Open Exchange of Views’
President Nicos Anastasiades’ car drives past peace demonstrators on his way to his meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci inside the UN buffer zone on Monday. The leaders of Cyprus’ two...
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Tsipras: Greece Does Not Threaten Nor is Scared
Greek premier Alexis Tsipras sent a message of peaceful coexistence and cooperation to Turkey from the Greek island of Kastellorizo, a stone’s throw from the Turkish coast on Tuesday. “Greece...
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Greek Flags Raised on Islets ‘in Honor of Fallen Pilot’
The Greeks who raised the country’s flag over uninhabited islets in the eastern Aegean say they did it to honor Giorgοs Baltadoros, the fighter pilot who lost his life when his Mirage fighter crashed...
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