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‘Culture of violence’: youth crime spikes in Greece
Katerina vividly recalls the day a younger boy from a nearby school pressed a knife to her friend’s throat. Underage crime in Greece is on the rise, official data shows, …
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Opera diva Maria Callas museum opens in Athens on centenary
A quarter of a century in the making, Greece’s capital Athens on Thursday opens a museum honouring legendary soprano Maria Callas, billed as the first of its kind in the …
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Kasselakis pulls off surprise Greek leftist party win
A little-known former shipping exec and ex-Goldman Sachs trader on Sunday pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Greek political history after winning the leadership of Syriza, the leftist …
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In fire-hit Greece, Greens struggle to be heard
Wildfires, floods and climate change have failed to budge Greeks towards voting Green for over a decade, but a new coalition hopes to break through deep-rooted scepticism in Sunday’s national …
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Mitsotakis on course to return as Greek PM in new vote
After an inconclusive election in May, Greece returns to the ballot box next Sunday with conservative former prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on course to win a second straight four-year term. …
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What we know about migrant tragedy off Greece
With at least 78 dead and hundreds more feared missing after the sinking of a rusty trawler off Greece’s Peloponnese peninsula Wednesday, questions are being asked if more could have …
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Greek rivals in final push before Sunday vote
Greece’s outgoing conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and leftist challenger Alexis Tsipras will make a final push for votes at closing rallies on Friday, ahead of the most uncertain general …
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The three men vying to lead Greece
Greece will hold a legislative election on May 21 that promises to be the closest in more than a decade, with three main parties competing for seats in the 300-member …
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Greece’s Mitsotakis eyes new term in uncertain ballot
Greeks will vote on Sunday in the most unpredictable national polls in a decade with an inconclusive result likely to lead to the election needing to be re-run. Outgoing conservative …
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Greece’s ex-king Constantine, end of a dynasty
Greece’s former king Constantine II, who died on Tuesday aged 82, was the last member of a century-long dynasty in power when a brutal army dictatorship seized control of the …