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Smell like a god: Ancient sculptures were scented, Danish study shows
Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colours, and now a Danish study has revealed that some were also perfumed. “A …
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Greek PM reshuffles cabinet after new train tragedy protests
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled his cabinet on Friday, as he faces falling approval ratings and fresh protests over the nation’s worst rail tragedy. The move came a week …
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Mediterranean monk seals being cared for in Greece
Panagis, an orphaned seal pup found struggling in the coastal waters of Cyprus, is now being nursed back to health in Greece. He’ll soon be ready to be released back …
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Mediterranean electricity interconnector on track says Greece
Despite a series of setbacks, the Mediterranean project that will see an electricity cable linking the power grids of Greece, Cyprus and Israel is still on track. According to Associated …
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Vandalism at the Greek National Gallery and a sexist attack in parliament spark outrage
The Greek National Gallery unveiled photographs on Monday afternoon capturing the aftermath of an act of vandalism by Nikos Papadopoulos, a fundamentalist MP from the ultra-orthodox Niki party, who claimed …
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Greek MP questioned over gallery attack on ‘blasphemous’ art
A Greek lawmaker was questioned Monday after violently attacking artworks he considered blasphemous in one of Athens’s main art galleries. Nikolaos Papadopoulos broke into the National Gallery and smashed protective …
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Greek government survives no-confidence vote over 2023 train inferno
Greece’s parliament on Friday rejected a no-confidence motion brought against Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s government over its handling of the country’s worst rail disaster in 2023. Following days of acrimonious …
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Protests turn violent over deadly train crash in Greece
Protesters have launched petrol bombs and fireworks in clashes with police outside Greece’s parliament in renewed nationwide protests calling for politicians to be held accountable for a 2023 rail disaster …
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Greek Supreme Court scraps mining magnate’s Romania extradition
Greece’s Supreme Court on Wednesday scrapped the planned extradition to Romania of French-Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz to serve a prison sentence, the state Athens News Agency said. Steinmetz had …
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Greek govt to face no-confidence vote over 2023 train tragedy
Greek opposition parties on Wednesday submitted a motion to trigger a no-confidence vote against the government over its handling of the country’s worst rail tragedy in 2023, the head of …