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Three Greek nationals among the 12 people still missing in ferry fire

Firefighting forces continued their battle against pockets of fire and extremely high temperatures on the burning ferry ‘Euroferry Olympia’, it was reported on Saturday. The fire broke out on Friday …

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Two foreign nationals rescued from burning ‘Euroferry Olympia’

Greece’s special fire brigade disaster unit (EMAK) was called to the area South East of Erikoussa island in the Ionian Sea to free two foreign vehicle drivers trapped on board …

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Karpathos father commits suicide after shown footage of son with a man

A 59-year-old father allegedly killed himself with a shotgun after friends and fellow villagers showed him video footage of his son having sex with a man. They allegedly mocked him …

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COVID-19 restrictions in Greece to be further eased

Greece’s government has agreed to ease several ongoing measures pertaining to the handling of the pandemic, after convening with the committee of expert health advisors on Wednesday. As of 1 …

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Couple charged with gruesome murder of 7-year-old boy jailed

A 33-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman who had been charged with co-committing the murder of the woman’s seven-year-old son, were taken to jail on Tuesday, the Hellenic Police reported. …

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Experts sense major shift in British Museum’s stance on allowing Parthenon Marbles’ return to Greece

Experts believe that the British Museum has made a “massive shift” in its policy regarding the loaning of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece, possibly opening the way for the first …

University of Athens launches full English medical course in September

The School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) is launching an English medical degree programme for international students in September this year. The university said …

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Gruesome murder of 7-year-old boy in Athens revealed

A 29-year-old Greek woman and her former 33-year-old Polish partner confessed on Saturday to the killing of the woman’s 7-year-old boy in 2017, said the Hellenic Police. Police sources told …

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Greece records 19,154 new infections, 93 deaths

The number of new coronavirus diagnoses has dropped by 8 per cent in Greece, health committee member and doctor Gkikas Magiorkinis said during a regular briefing on Thursday. In addition, …

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Seven arrested over multiple deaths in Cretan aged care home

Following a Greek prosecutor’s investigation into the deaths of 68 elderly residents of Agia Skepi care home at Chania, Crete, who died within a period of 12 months, seven suspects …

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