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Greek PM calls May election amid outrage over train crash
Greece’s centre-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called a general election on May 21, in the aftermath of a train disaster that has reduced his party’s long-standing majority in opinion …
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Pope Francis meets Greece’s culture minister at the Vatican over the return of Parthenon fragments
Pope Francis received Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni at the Vatican on Monday, March 27. The meeting follows the reunification ceremony which took place on last Friday in Athens, seeing …
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Greek train tragedy suspect freed on bail: lawyer
A Greek rail official charged over the country’s worst train disaster, which left 57 dead last month, was released on bail on Monday, his lawyer said. The man, a stationmaster …
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Erdogan sends well wishes to Greece in congratulatory message on Greek Independence Day
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sent Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Greek people, a message of congratulations for Greek Independence Day. Erdogan conveyed thanks to the Hellenic …
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Parthenon fragments from Vatican placed in permanent exhibit at Acropolis Museum
The reunification ceremony of three marble fragments from the Parthenon temple with the Acropolis Museum’s permanent display was held on Friday evening at the museum’s Parthenon Gallery. The three fragments …
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Passenger traffic at Greek airports up 53.3% in February
Passenger traffic at Greek airports recorded a significant increase in February, with the number of passengers exceeding 2 million, up 53.3% in comparison with the same period in 2022 and …
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Varoufakis denounces Greek National Team’s jersey for resembling swastika and calls for immediate withdrawal
Former Greek finance minister and leader of the MeRA25 party, Yanis Varoufakis, has called for the withdrawal of the new Greek national team’s jersey due to a blue cross that …
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Greek trains partially resume after rail disaster
Some intercity rail travel resumed in Greece on Wednesday for the first time since a head-on collision killed 57 people in the nation’s worst rail disaster more than three weeks …
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Greece vows to halt illegal construction in Mykonos
Greece’s environment minister on Tuesday vowed to halt illegal construction on the popular tourist island of Mykonos days after a local archaeologist was beaten in an apparent building dispute. “The …
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Greek prime minister announces May elections after rail disaster
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Tuesday that the country would hold a general election in May, as his government faces widespread anger over a train disaster that killed 57 …