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Greek Rescuers Recover Bodies from Flooded Cretan River
Rescue teams on Monday recovered four bodies which were believed to belong to a family which had gone missing since Saturday night when their car was swept away by a flooded river in Crete. The...
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Turkey’s Erdogan Demands Minarets for Athens Mosque
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that minarets should be built on the mosque in Athens currently under construction. “Why isn’t there a minaret? Can a church be a church...
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Nikos Kazantzakis: Legacy of “Zorba the Greek” Author Lives On
Nikos Kazantzakis was Greece’s most prolific writer and he remains one of the most famous Greek citizens to have ever lived. A writer of dozens of novels, poems, plays and short stories, his works...
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Greek Minister Accused of Illegally Recording Phone Call with Central Banker
Minister Pavlos Polakis (left) and Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras on Tuesday called for the intervention of judicial authorities over the recording...
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Piraeus CEO: Greek Banks to Significantly Reduce Bad Loans by 2021 (VIDEO)
The high level of bad loans in Greece is still the largest economic issue that the embattled nation needs to focus on, the head of Piraeus Bank told the American television network CNBC on Monday....
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Takis’ Shelter: The Greek Man Who Devotes His Life to Animals (video)
Takis Proestakis, a former Greek businessman in the town of Ierapetra, Crete, gave up his comfortable life to devote himself to caring for abandoned dogs and cats. And now he has even added some stray...
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A Celebration of Ancient Greek Music in Athens
Learning about ancient Greek music at at the Athens Hostel An event celebrating ancient Greek music, which was organized by the Australian Archaeological Institute, took place recently in Athens, at...
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Greek Hoteliers Blast Airbnb-Style Accommodation
Short-term property leasing through online platforms like Airbnb is threatening not only the sustainability of small tourist lodgings, but the structure of Greek society itself, the Greek tourist...
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Majestic Super Moon Rises Over Greece (video)
Watch a spectacular video of the second super moon of 2019 as it appeared over Athens and Nafplio in Greece on Tuesday at 17:53 (local time). The moon, also called the Super Snow Moon will illuminate...
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Greek Main Opposition Wins Overall Majority in New Poll
A new poll published on Wednesday suggests that the conservative Greek opposition New Democracy Party will earn more than 150 seats in a new parliament, easily achieving an overall majority. The...
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Greek Opposition Leader Promises Lower Taxes, Reforms (video)
Greece’s opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised sweeping changes to his nation’s economy during an exclusive interview with CNBC on Tuesday. Speaking before the upcoming Greek general...
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Greece Approves Huge Luxury Development and Marina Projects
The Greek government on Tuesday gave the green light to three tourism investment projects totaling 240.5 million euros ($272.85 million) on several Greek islands. The grand plans include the...
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Greek Luxury Hotel Chain Aqua Vista Wins Four Scandinavian Awards
The Aqua Vista hotel chain, a group of the most beautiful luxury hotels in Greece, won four prizes at the Greek Travel Awards which took place in Stockholm, Sweden earlier this month. Two of its...
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Greece Braces for More Snow as Cold Front Barrels Down from the North
Weather conditions in Greece are expected to take a sharp turn for the worse beginning on Friday and deteriorating even more as the weekend goes on. Extremely cold air masses from the North Pole are...
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Populism Alive and Kicking in Greece, Report Says
Greece is among three countries where the support for authoritarian populist parties is strongest, according to the Timbro Authoritarian Populism Index published recently. The Index is an initiative...
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Greek Coast Guard Rescues 29 Migrants in Northern Aegean
The Greek Coast Guard announced on Thursday that it has rescued 29 migrants found adrift on the sea between the island of Samothraki and the northeastern port of Alexandroupoli. It is very rare for...
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Turkey Set to Begin Oil and Gas Drilling Off Cyprus
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that Turkey will begin drilling for oil and gas near Cyprus in the coming days, according to a report by the state-owned news agency Anadolu....
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Greece Eases Travel for FYROM Nationals
Citizens of the newly-renamed country of North Macedonia may, as of Thursday, travel to Greece only with their normal travel documents. The extra papers used in the past as a passport replacement in...
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Athens Hosts Annual Capital Link Greek Shipping Forum
The 10th Annual Capital Link Greek Shipping Forum opens in Athens on Friday at the Hilton Athens Hotel. The Forum was established in cooperation with the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. It...
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Turkish Occupying Troops Advance Positions in Cyprus
The Cypriot government announced on Friday that is working in cooperation with the UN peacekeeping force to resolve tensions following an advance of the Turkish army inside Cyprus. Cyprus State radio...
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