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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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Greek referee admits he bowed to intimidation in 2018 match row
The referee in a notorious 2018 Greek soccer match in which a club owner stormed the pitch with a holstered gun, on Saturday admitted he allowed a goal that changed …
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Protests mark 50th anniversary of Greek anti-junta student revolt
Tens of thousands demonstrated in Greece on Friday the 50th anniversary of a deadly crackdown on a student revolt against a military junta, viewed as triggering the restoration of democracy. …
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Greek parliament sets up probe into train tragedy
Greece’s parliament on Wednesday set up a special committee to investigate the country’s deadliest train disaster that claimed 57 lives in February. A majority of 266 lawmakers in the 300-seat …
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Greek police suspend officer after fatal Roma shooting
Greece’s police department on Wednesday said it had suspended an officer suspected of fatally shooting a teenage Roma boy, the second such incident in less than a year. The 17-year-old’s …
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Cyprus pledges to probe Russia sanction busting allegations
Cyprus vowed Tuesday to investigate new allegations by a group of international journalists that it was a hub for Russian money-laundering enabling oligarchs to bypass sanctions. According to an investigation …
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Greece’s bailout finance minister quits Syriza party
Former Greek finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos, who navigated the country out of its debt crisis and EU bailouts, cut ties with his Syriza party Sunday, accusing its new leader of …
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Greek ‘Rambo’ actor Spiros Focas dies aged 86
Greek actor Spiros Focas, a Hollywood and Italian film regular who played villain in Rambo 3, died Friday at the age of 86, his family said. Focas died in an …