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Italian researcher identifies Plato’s burial place in Athens using Herculaneum Papyri

Italian researcher Graziano Ranocchia from the University of Pisa claims to have pinpointed the location of Plato’s burial site in Athens. By examining papyri unearthed in Herculaneum, Ranocchia believes that …

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Greek Supreme Court blocks far-right party from EU vote

Greece’s Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the small far-right Spartans party, which is targeted in a vote fraud probe, from participating in June’s European Parliament elections. The party was not on …

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Greek skies turn orange as new round of Saharan dust storm sets in

Clouds of dust blown in from the Sahara desert covered Athens and other Greek cities on Tuesday, one of the worst such episodes to hit the country since 2018, officials …

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Greece floods reconstruction to cost over 3 billion euros: PM

The cost of rebuilding in Greece after last year’s destructive floods, which killed 17 people and destroyed essential infrastructure, will exceed three billion euros ($3.2 billion), the prime minister said …

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Greece holds major disaster response training exercise

Greece is holding a three-day disaster exercise on the tourist island of Crete with both visitors and operators stressing the need to prepare for emergencies, including quakes and fires. The …

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60 arrested over Greek police officer’s sport riot death

Greek police on Monday made 60 arrests over hooligan violence that killed a riot officer during a volleyball game in December, the country’s police chief said. “Our commitment to combating …

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Mitsotakis and Erdogan meeting to cover marine park disagreements

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on May 13 in Ankara. After the end of the European summit in Brussels, Mitsotakis announced his …

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Nikolaos Glücksburg and Tatiana Blatnik split after 13 years of marriage

Former Prince Nikolaos of Greece and his wife Tatiana Blatnik have announced their decision to dissolve their marriage after 13 years together. In a translated statement, the couple expressed the …

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S&P lifts Greece’s outlook on debt reduction

S&P Global Ratings revised its Greece outlook from stable to positive on Friday, months after returning the country’s credit rating to investment grade. “The positive outlook reflects our expectation that …

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Greek opposition leader trolled over ‘baptism cross’ claim

Greece’s main opposition leader faced mockery both inside and outside his party this week after claiming a divine sign occurred during his baptism as an infant decades earlier. Stefanos Kasselakis, …

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