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Dozens of Buildings Evacuated Following Lesvos Landslide
A meeting of experts held in the town of Plomari in Lesvos on Sunday, following a landslide on the island, has decided to evacuate 29 buildings, of which 15 are residences. The decisions affect a...
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Hundreds Test Their Limits at the Nafplio Castle Run
Almost 400 runners joined the 2018 Castle Run in the town of Nafplio on Sunday, considered one of the toughest races in Greece. The 5 km race includes a steep climb on the historic castle of Palamidi,...
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Yanis Varoufakis to Seek European Parliament Seat in Germany (video)
Yanis Varoufakis posing among his colleagues at the Berlin conference Former Greek Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis was selected on Sunday as a candidate of his party Democracy in Europe Movement...
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Mystery Over Removal of 100 Border Markers Between Greece, FYROM
Greek police have launched an investigation to identify those responsible for pulling up 105 border markers at the border line between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) from...
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PAOK Continues Unrelenting March Towards Greek Title (video)
Aleksandar Prijovic celebrates his goal for PAOK PAOK Thessaloniki continued its march towards the Greek Superleague title as they comfortably overcame high-flying Xanthi 2-0 at the Toumba stadium on...
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Declining Refugee Flows to Greek Islands and Evros
Migrants and refugees arrive at Lesvos. File photo The flow of refugees to the Greek islands and through Evros, the land bridge which forms the border with Turkey, has been on the decline in the recent...
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Greece’s Eurobank Buys Out Property Firm in €780 Million Deal
Greece’s third-largest lender Eurobank announced a deal on Sunday to buy Grivalia Properties in an effort to boost the bank’s capital and speed up the reduction of bad loans. The Athens News Agency...
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Erdogan Warns Greece, Cyprus Over “Reckless Behavior”
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned Greece and Cyprus against “reckless” actions in the eastern Mediterranean, the Daily Sabah newspaper reports. “The reckless behavior of Greece...
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Greek Workers Call General Strike for Wednesday
Greece’s largest trade union organisation (GSEE) representing private-sector workers, has called for a 24-hour nationwide general strike on Wednesday. The union is also organizing a rally in...
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Violent Clashes Between Football Hooligans in Athens (video)
Hooligans on the rampage in central Athens on Monday. Photo from Ultra Style Twitter account Street fights broke out in the center of Athens between football fans on Monday evening, on the eve of the...
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Champions League Clash Between AEK and Ajax Marred by Serious Violence (video)
AEK’s miserable Champions League campaign disintegrated into utter chaos in the Athens Olympic Stadium on Tuesday as hooligans clashed with the police during the 2-0 defeat to Ajax. The away fans came...
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Greek Cleaning Lady Who Faked Diploma Released From Jail
An appeals court in Larissa, central Greece on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of a 53-year-old cleaner who had been imprisoned for forging her school degree in order to get the job. In a...
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Greek Police Bust Gold Smuggling Ring
Greek police on Wednesday arrested fifty-nine people suspected of being involved in an international gold-smuggling operation. All the suspects were rounded up from the greater Athens area. After a...
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Storm “Penelope” Batters Greece with Snow and Floods
Floods in Lesvos. Source: Twitter Greece remains under the grip of a storm system dubbed Penelope which has brought snow storms and flooding to many parts of the country. The weather system, which has...
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Hollywood Stars Shoot Nude Scene on the Streets of Athens
Sebastian Stan, best known for playing grim “Winter Soldier” Bucky Barnes in Marvel’s Avengers films, braved the Athens chill on Monday night to film a racy scene from his forthcoming film. The...
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Historic Church in Turkish-Occupied Cyprus Restored
Source: wikipedia commons Cyprus’ Church of Saint Anne, located in the ancient city of Famagusta, has been restored, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on Thursday. The city of Famagusta has been...
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Defeats for Olympiacos, PAOK in Europa League (video)
Unfamiliar colors: Olympiacos played in blue, PAOK in orange The two Greek representatives in the Europa League group stage, Olympiacos and PAOK, lost away from home to Real Betis and Chelsea...
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Cyprus Protests Turkey’s Airspace Violations to UN
Cyprus officially lodged a complaint on Thursday at the United Nations about Turkey’s continuing violations of its national airspace and territorial waters. The complaint called for an immediate end...
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1925 “Morality Police” Tried to Control Length of Women’s Skirts
Policemen measuring the length of women’s skirts As hard as it is to believe today, there once were “Morality Police” in Greece tasked with measuring the length of women’s skirts. Under the guise of...
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Athenians Get Into the Christmas Spirit at Stavros Niarchos Park
Photo source: SNFCC The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), south of Athens, was transformed into a glittering Christmas destination for both children and adults over the weekend....
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