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Much of Greece Covered in Blanket of Snow (video)
Many regions throughout Greece will see snowfall on Thursday, even in relatively low-lying areas, as part of the phenomena caused by the “Sophia” weather system. According to the latest forecast by...
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Greek Student Invents Online Braille Transcription System
A brilliant young Greek postgraduate student Apostolos Garoufos, and his professor, Telemachus Goudas, have created a new, revolutionary software for the blind. Named “MinaDot”, the application may...
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Proud Grandparents Accompany Evzone Grandson on Duty
Photos of an elderly couple sitting near, and standing next to, a Presidential Guard soldier (Evzone) outside the Greek parliament building have gone viral. The photographs depict the proud...
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Abducted Greek Businessman Released by Captors
A businessman who had been kidnapped on December 27 outside his home in the port city of Piraeus, near the Greek capital city of Athens, was released on Friday. Nikos Mavrikios, 51, returned to his...
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German Chancellor Merkel to Visit Athens Next Week
Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (file photo) A government spokesperson in Berlin announced on Friday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay an official visit...
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Man Jumps from Acropolis in Suspected Suicide
A man died on Friday after falling from the archaeological site of the Acropolis in Athens. The incident occurred at about 15:15 local time, when hundreds of visitors were on the Acropolis. The man...
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Rare White-Out as Corfu is Covered in Blanket of Snow (video)
Corfu’s colonnaded Liston promenade covered in snow on Friday The Greek island of Corfu was covered in snow on Friday as the “Sophia” weather system continues to keep the nation in its grip, bringing...
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Breathtaking Drone Video of Snow-Covered Meteora
drone video image capture The sandstone peaks and monasteries of Meteora in central Greece were blanketed by snow on Friday morning, creating a rare and stunning spectacle. Meteora is a huge rock...
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Three Dead in Greece After Downpour Turns Creek Into Torrent
Rescue crews search for the two missing men on Saturday Greece’s fire service discovered on Sunday the bodies of two men who had been missing since a downpour on Thursday. The bodies of both men were...
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Anarchists Throw Paint at U.S. Embassy in Athens
A group of anarchists belonging to the infamous Rouvikonas group threw bottles containing red paint at the U.S. Embassy in the center of Athens during the early hours of Monday. According to the...
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Turkey’s Erdogan Threatens to “Throw Greeks Into the Sea” (video)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continued his recent spate of hostile rhetoric against the Greek people by threatening to throw them into the sea. The remarks were made during a speech he gave...
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Greece Records Rise in Cruise Visitors for 2018
The Greek sea cruise industry recorded a 3.5 percent increase in passenger traffic in 2018, while the number of ship arrivals stayed roughly the same, the Greek Ports Association (ELIME) stated in a...
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Cypriots Mark Epiphany at Ghost Town of Famagusta (video)
Hundreds of Greek Cypriots marked the religious holiday of Epiphany on Sunday in a rare vigil which took place along the outskirts of the abandoned city of Famagusta in the occupied north of the...
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Athens Covered in Snow
View of the Acropolis on Tuesday morning. The Greek capital lay covered in a blanket of snow on Tuesday as a weather system dubbed Telemachos pushed down temperatures and brought widespread snowfall to...
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A Bird’s Eye View of Athens Covered in Snow (video)
The Greek capital is covered by a blanket of snow on Tuesday as a weather system dubbed Tilemachos pushed down temperatures and brought widespread snowfall in many parts of Greece. Watch this...
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FYROM Parliament Set to Approve Prespa Agreement
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev speaks to FYROM’s parliamentarians. File photo A debate in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) parliament on the four constitutional amendments required by the...
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Migrant Found Dead at Lesvos Refugee Camp
A 24-year-old man from Cameroon was found dead inside the Moria migrant camp on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos early Tuesday morning. According to the Athens Macedonian News Agency the migrant...
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Greece’s Presidential Guards Brave the Cold in Athens
Members of the Greek Presidential Guard performed their solemn duty by standing guard, stock-still, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Tuesday as Athens was covered in snow. The Evzones, who have...
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Majestic Scenes of Greek Seashore Covered in Snow
Snow laid a beautiful blanket of white along the Chalkida seashore on the island of Evia on Tuesday, as the cold front named “Telemachos” swept across Greece. Heavy snowfall overnight hit the island...
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Magnificent Drone Video of Snow-Covered Thessaloniki
A new drone video, made on Tuesday morning, has captured Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city, covered in a pristine white blanket of snow. Successive cold weather systems have swept into...
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