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Australia deploys six firefighting helicopters to help Greece prepare for wildfires
Six specialist fire fighting helicopters from McDermott Aviation on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia are being deployed to Greece to allow for a swift response to large wildfires that …
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Greek International Women Awards open for submissions
The Greek International Women Awards (GIWA) Committee has announced the opening of the submission process for its third award ceremony to be held in Spring 2023, in Athens. The submission …
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Souvlaki inflation three times higher than Greece’s national figure
While economists are watching inflation figures Greek restaurateurs are worrying that the prices for Greece’s street food staple, the souvlaki, are climbing faster than the national inflation rate, according to …
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Popular Greek singer Dakis dies at 79
Popular Greek singer Dakis died on Sunday at the age of 79 after a long battle with cancer. Dakis, born Vrassidas Haralambidis in Alexandria, Egypt in 1943, came to Greece …
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Erdogan: “For me, there is no Mitsotakis”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday (local time) that he has no intention of ever meeting with Kyriakos Mitsotakis again, following the latter’s criticism of Turkey on his …
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Greece responds to Turkey’s ‘you did it first’ claim after 40+ airspace violations
Dozens of violations of Greek national airspace by Turkey were registered on Friday by the Athens Flight Information Region. And while almost all Turkish aircraft were intercepted by Greek fighter …
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Landmark talks on the Parthenon Sculptures to begin between the UK and Greece
Formal talks are being planned between Greece and the United Kingdom, regarding the potential repatriation of the Parthenon Sculptures from the British Museum, where they have been since 1816 to …
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End of the line for ferry Theofilos, the former iconic Abel Tasman
A much-loved ferry that once crossed the Bass Strait between Melbourne and Tasmania and which was then used in the Aegean completed its final voyage to Turkey where it is …
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Babis Anagnostopoulos sentenced to life for the shocking murder of his wife Caroline Crouch
Babis Anagnostopoulos, 34, was sentenced to life in jail on Monday for the premeditated murder of his British-Greek wife Caroline Crouch, 20, on 11 May 2021, following an earlier unanimous …
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Rock Solid – the first international mountain race in Kastellorizo
June 11 and 12 Rock Solid, marks the first international mountain race in the most southeastern point of Greece. Athletes and runners of all levels will run across a beautiful …