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Greek granny famed for helping refugees dies
A 93-year-old Greek grandmother, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for helping refugees flooding into Europe, died on Sunday, the state news agency reported. Emilia Kamvysi and two …
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Teenager charged over attack of MeRA25 leader Yanis Varoufakis
A 17-year-old was charged with two crimes and two misdemeanors by a Greek prosecutor on Sunday as part of a group that attacked and injured MeRA25 party leader Yanis Varoufakis. …
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New protests hit Greece over train tragedy
Thousands of demonstrators staged fresh protests in Greece on Sunday as anger grows over the country’s deadliest rail crash, ratcheting up pressure on the government over the tragedy. Protesters flooded …
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Greece pushes UK museum to return Parthenon Marbles
The return of the British Museum’s Parthenon Marbles to Greece is possible even if the two sides cannot come to an agreement over who owns the sculptures, a campaign group …
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Train crash may thwart Greek PM’s re-election bid: analysts
The Greek prime minister’s bid for re-election at forthcoming polls may be thwarted by the country’s deadliest train crash, which has sparked mass protests and calls for him to quit. …
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Greek officials charged over train crash, PM vows ‘transparency’
Greek prosecutors on Thursday charged three more railway officials in connection with the country’s worst train crash, as the prime minister vowed “absolute transparency” in the probe into the tragedy. …
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Over 50,000 protesters in Greek train tragedy demos
Over 50,000 people were demonstrating around Greece on Wednesday, police said, in a mass outpouring of anger over last week’s rail disaster that claimed 57 lives. The protests were held …
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Vatican returns three Parthenon fragments to Greece after two centuries
Greece and the Vatican finalised the last part of the return on Tuesday (Greece time) of three sculpture fragments from the Parthenon that have been in the collection of the …
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Acropolis Museum presents ‘Venus in a gold bikini’ in celebration of IWD
In honour of International Women’s Day (IWD) the Acropolis Museum presents a new series of exhibitions titled ‘Temporary and unexpected visitors’ to the sounds of Lena Platonos poems performed by …
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Greek MP Kostas Karamanlis will again run as election candidate despite resignation following train disaster
Greece’s former Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Kostas Karamanlis, who resigned his post on 1 March following the deadly train disaster at Tempi; will again stand as a candidate for New …