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Carefree Seal Takes a Nap on Greek Beach (photos)
A young male seal ignored hundreds of bathers at a popular beach in the Greek island of Skopelos and took a nap. People gathered near the sleeping animal to take a closer look at the unexpected...
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Greece’s Tennis Sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas Climbs World Ranks (video)
Greek tennis champion Stefanos Tsitsipas has moved into the top 30 in world rankings after another win at the Citi Open in Washington D.C. The 19-year old will take on Belgian tennis superstar, David...
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Parts of Greece Face ‘Very High’ Fire Risk on Saturday
The Greek Civil Protection Agency has warned of very high risk of fires in several parts of Greece on Saturday. Attica, the Northern Aegean Region (Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Ikaria), the Southern Aegean...
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Greek Minister Resigns Over Deadly Fires
Nikos Toskas, the Citizens’ Protection Minister, resigned from his post on Friday following the deadly fires that devastated resorts in eastern Attica on July 23. Toskas, who was under fire for the...
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Photo of Mystery Couple Getting Engaged in Greece’s Santorini Goes Viral
A tourist has launched a huge hunt for a mystery couple he photographed getting engaged in Santorini. Col Stinson said he was watching the sunset on the Greek island when he managed to capture the...
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How Greek Diaspora United to Help Greece Wildfires Victims
On the aftermath of the unprecedented tragedy from the deadly fire in Mati, the devastated town east of Athens, Greeks from all over the world joined forces to help the victims. The Greek Diaspora in...
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Greece’s Tsitsipas Cruises Into Washington, DC Semifinals (video)
Stefanos Tsitsipas cruised into the Citi Open semifinals with a 6-3, 6-4 dismissal of third-seeded David Goffin. The 19 year-old will play defending champion Alexander Zverev on Saturday for a spot in...
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Greece’s Maria Sakkari Stuns Venus Williams to Enter San Jose Semis (video)
Maria Sakkari of Greece upset third-seeded Venus Williams 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic. Sakkari came back from 0-3 in the first set and 3-5...
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Greek Anarchist Group Attacks Ministry (video)
A group of anarchists belonging to the group Rouvikonas attacked the building of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks in downtown Athens on Friday night. The group threw paint at the...
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Death Toll Remains Unclear as 70 Percent of Mati ‘Destroyed’ in Greek Inferno
Twelve days after the devastating fire east of Athens, the exact death toll was still unclear as the National Observatory of Athens published a map on Friday showing that 70 percent of the land in the...
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Greece’s Unemployment Highest in Developed World (chart)
Greece tops all countries in the developed world in unemployment according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Employment Outlook 2018. Greece has suffered a dramatic...
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Cyprus Releases Country’s Longest Serving Convict
The longest-serving convict in Cyprus, Panayiotis Kafkaris, 72, who killed a man and his two children, was released on Friday after the parole board approved his request following repeated appeals....
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Greek Islands Flooded by Record Number of Tourists (photos)
As the number of tourists set to visit Greece this year is expected to set new records, exceeding the 32 million mark, photographs have emerged from the island of Paros depicting congestion in the...
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Migrating Flamingos Add Splash of Color to Greece’s Nafplio (video)
A family of seven beautiful flamingos arrived in the Nea Kios wetland near the coastal town of Nafplio, Peloponnese on Friday. Visible in the background is the historic Venetian castle known as...
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Greece Says Will Not Extradite Journalist Wanted in Turkey
Greek Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis decided to block a journalist’s extradition to Turkey despite a court ruling clearing the process in early June. Kontonis, who has the power to reject a court’s...
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Greece’s Tsitsipas Bows Out to Alexander Zverev in Citi Open (video)
Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas missed the chance to play in the final of the Citi Open in Washington D.C after losing to defending champion Alexander Zverev 2-6, 4-6. World number three Zverev needed 87...
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Another Greek Fire Victim Dies of Her Injuries
A 55 year-old woman died of her injuries sustained at the deadly fire in Mati, east of Athens on July 23. The woman was pronounced dead at Athens’ Evangelismos hospital on Saturday evening. Her death...
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‘Spartan Spirit’ Leads Greece’s Maria Sakkari to First WTA Final (video)
After overwhelming the US tennis legend Venus Williams Greece’s Maria Sakkari produced another exhilarating performance at the San Jose tournament to beat American Danielle Collins in three sets (3-6,...
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Death Toll from Greece’s Blaze Rises to 90
An 85-year-old man who was being treated in the intensive care unit of Athens’ Evangelismos hospital for burns suffered in July’s deadly blaze passed away on Sunday. His death raises the number of...
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Turkish Fury Over Greece’s Decision Not to Extradite Wanted Journalist
Turkey has slammed Greece for refusing to extradite a journalist, accused of being a member of the Turkish outlawed leftist group Turkish Communist Party/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML). “Despite the Greek...
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