Greece
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 …
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Woman given sentence of life imprisonment for joint murder of her 7-year-old son
A 30-year-old woman, a Greek national, charged with committing the murder of her seven-year-old son together with her 33-year-old Polish partner has received a sentence of life imprisonment at her …
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Greece’s last king Constantine laid to rest at former royal cemetery
Greece’s last king, Constantine II, was laid to rest on Monday at the royal cemetery of Tatoi near Athens, after a private funeral service that drew dozens of European royals …
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Royals, crowds gather for funeral of Greece’s last king Constantine
Royals from Britain, Denmark, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain flew in for the service, which has caused controversy. Constantine was a divisive figure in the country’s history and …