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Greece showcases British Museum vase in rare loan

A 2,500-year-old Greek vase that has never left the British Museum in 250 years went on display at the Acropolis Museum in Athens this week, organisers said on Tuesday. But …

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First nine-party Greek parliament in decades formalised

A group of rebel Greek leftist lawmakers on Monday formalised a ninth group in the country’s parliament, a first in decades. The 11 lawmakers, who last month split away from …

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Greece continues search for missing cargo ship sailors

Greece’s coastguard on Monday said it was continuing a search for 12 sailors missing on a cargo ship that sank Sunday in gale-force winds off the Aegean island of Lesbos, …

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Greece unhappy after UK’s Sunak cancels talks amid Parthenon marbles spat

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his “displeasure” Monday over UK counterpart Rishi Sunak’s last minute cancellation of a bilateral meeting set to discuss their long-running dispute over the Parthenon …

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Greek PM to ‘persist’ with UK over Parthenon Marbles

Greece’s prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Sunday he would push for the return of the Parthenon Marbles when he meets UK leader Rishi Sunak in Britain this week. The sculptures, …

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Cargo ship sinks with 14 aboard off Greece’s Lesbos, one dead

Greek rescuers on Sunday were searching for 12 people missing after a ship sank in gale-force winds off the Aegean island of Lesbos, with the authorities finding one crew member …

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Greece’s struggling main opposition party hit by new defections

Greece’s struggling main opposition Syriza on Thursday was hit by fresh defections with nine departing lawmakers accusing rookie leader Stefanos Kasselakis of destroying the party through authoritarian behaviour. The defectors, …

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Greek Rowing champion Ntouskos to start Olympic torch relay

Greek Olympic rowing champion Stefanos Ntouskos will be the first torchbearer in the relay that will travel from Olympia to Paris for next year’s Games, the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) …

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Gale-force winds damage historic anti-junta Greek warship

Greek veterans who opposed the country’s former military leaders on Sunday demanded that the defence ministry relocate a historic warship after gale-force winds damaged the vessel that took part in …

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Cyprus says close to agreeing Gaza aid corridor with Israel

Cyprus and Israel are close to reaching an agreement to open a humanitarian aid corridor from the Mediterranean island to war-torn Gaza, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said Friday. Under the …

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