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Dendias to visit Israel
Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will pay an official visit to Israel on Tuesday, the first visit of a European foreign minister to Israel since the country’s new government was …
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Greek pilot killed in jet training fall
A Greek airforce pilot was killed Monday and a second was missing after their aged two-seat F-4 Phantom jet went down in the Ionian Sea, officials said. The air force …
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Urgent preliminary inquiry ordered into allegations of police corruption in ‘Vima’ article
Supreme Court Prosecutor Isidoros Dogiakos ordered an urgent preliminary inquiry into the claims of an article run by the newspaper “Vima on Sunday”, regarding alleged dialogue and contact between high-ranking …
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Greek government shrugs off wiretap scandal vote
Greece’s government on Friday easily survived a no-confidence vote called by the opposition over a long-running wiretap scandal in which top officials were targeted by state intelligence for months. The …
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Greek opposition calls for no-confidence vote over wiretaps
Greece’s main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday called for a no-confidence vote in the government over a long-running wiretap scandal which he alleged the prime minister had personally masterminded. …
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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 …