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Quake rattles Greek island, Turkish coast
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck has struck off the southeastern Greek island of Rhodes, according to the Athens Geodynamic Institute. There were no immediate reports …
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Athens assumes B40 Balkan cities network presidency
The Mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, opened the first session of the Athens Mayors Summit by describing the role of the B40 Balkan Cities Network and the historical context that …
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Turncoat suspect blows open EU parliament graft probe – Kaili continues to protest innocence
Under the terms of a plea deal struck with Belgian investigators, former Italian lawmaker Pier Antonio Panzeri has begun to spill the beans in the graft scandal rocking the European …
69 mayors from 10 countries meet in Athens for B40 Mayors Summit
The Athens Mayors Summit of the B40 Balkan Cities Network began on Sunday evening (Greece time) with a symbolic tour of the Acropolis Museum. The Mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, …
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Greek cinema’s legendary “Good guy” Nikos Xanthopoulos passes away aged 89
Nikos Xanthopoulos, a famous Greek cinema actor has passed away on Sunday at the age of 89 due to chronic heart disease, AMNA has reported. Xanthopoulos had been hospitalised in …
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False bomb alert on Poland to Greece Ryanair flight
Greek warplanes were scrambled Sunday to escort a Ryanair flight from Poland to Greece with over 190 people on board after a bomb alert was reported to authorities, a defence …
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Greece busts migrant trafficking network with 7 arrests
Greek police said Friday that they had broken up a network trafficking illegal migrants on the Turkish border, making seven arrests. Police said the suspects were due to appear later …
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Tatoi, Greece’s former royal palace to be converted into museum by 2025
Greece’s former royal palace, Tatoi, located 27 kilometres outside Athens’ city centre is set to become a public museum by 2025. The news came in an announcement from Lina Mendoni, …
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Eva Kaili to remain in pre-trial detention Brussels court confirms
Eva Kaili, one of 14 European Parliament vice presidents arrested and charged in early December 2022 by Belgian prosecutors investigating allegations of financial corruption in Qatar and among senior policy-makers …
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Mitsotakis dispels war scenarios with Turkey, predicts further growth in Greece’s economy at WEF in Davos
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his confidence that Greece’s economy is set to grow even further in 2023, in an interview with journalist Fareed Zakaria at the ongoing World Economic …