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Interactive map to track COVID-19 cases in Greece
An online map allows residents in Greece to add their postal code online to see the measures and virus numbers in their region. Greek Deputy Minister for Civil Protection Nikos …
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Golden Dawn sentencing postponed to Monday
The Athens Appeal Court postponed a Friday decision to investigate the extenuating circumstances for each of the defendants in the Golden Dawn trial. The case, to have been heard on …
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Greek PM Mitsotakis is the first guest for new Hellenic Initiative online series
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece is to be the special first guest for The Hellenic Initiative’s (THI) Digital Conversation Series on Tuesday, 20 October. Joining the Greek Prime Minister …
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Greek-Australians celebrate fall of fascism as sun sets on Golden Dawn
After a marathon five-year long trial of 68 defendants, 18 of whom were former members of parliament, a Greek court found this week that the far-right Golden Dawn had acted …
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Athens verdict deems Golden Dawn a criminal gang, eyes turn to Australian faction
The Athens verdict which deemed neofascist Golden Dawn party of being a criminal organisation in disguise was celebrated by tens of thousands of people in Greece. The landmark decision, announced …
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Golden Dawn leadership guilty of forming a criminal organisation
The Athens Court of Appeal on Wednesday returned a guilty verdict for the leadership of far-right Golden Dawn on charges of forming a criminal organisation. The leader of Golden Dawn …
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“It is up to Turkey to close the road to the crisis and pave the way for a solution,” says Greek PM
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Athens on Monday, and the two held a joint press conference following their discussion on the eastern …
Wartime occupation of Greece comes under the spotlight in GCM online lecture
On the evening of Thursday, 8 October, the Professor of Modern European History at Newcastle University (UK), Violetta Hionidou, will present her online lecture entitled: Famine and Death in Occupied …
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Endurance runner carries uni student to Mt Olympus to fulfil her dream
Marios Giannakos carried Eleftheria, a 22-year-old handicapped student from Drama, on his back until they reached the top of Mt Olympus in order to help her fulfil her dream. “When …
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Condemnation for desecration of Athens’ Jewish cemetery, days before Golden Dawn verdict
The Athens’ Jewish cemetery was desecrated with anti-Semitic graffiti ahead of an important court case to hand down the verdict of the ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn party. “Juden Raus”, meaning “Jews …