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Greece rail operator denies illegal cargo in 2023 crash
Greece’s rail network operator insisted Thursday there were no explosive chemicals on board a freight train involved in the country’s worst rail tragedy that killed 57 people in 2023. Greek …
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Nikolaos De Grece to marry Chrysi Vardinogianni months after divorce announcement
The former Prince of Greece, Nikolaos De Grece, is set to marry Chrysi Vardinogianni in a private ceremony next Friday, February 7, just days after reports of their engagement surfaced. …
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Greek PM denies ‘cover-up’ over country’s worst train crash
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday denied that he was attempting to conceal who was to blame for a train crash that killed 57 people in 2023. Mitsotakis has …
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Thousands march in Greece to demand justice for train wreck victims
More than 40,000 people protested in Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki on Sunday, demanding justice for the families of the 57 victims who died in a train crash …
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Albanian Orthodox Church head Archbishop Anastasios, 95, dies in Greek hospital
Archbishop Anastasios, the head of the Albanian Orthodox Church for three decades, has died aged 95 in an Athens hospital after being airlifted to the Greek capital following a virus …
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ExxonMobil launches new Cyprus gas search
US major ExxonMobil and Qatar Energy have launched a new drilling operation off Cyprus as they seek to tap the Mediterranean island’s offshore gas, officials said on Friday. President Nikos …
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Greece’s main animal park to send its dolphins to Florida
Greece’s main zoo on Wednesday said it would transfer its five dolphins to a Florida aquarium, after a long dispute with animal organisations. “It’s not easy to keep dolphins,” Jean-Jacques Lesueur, …
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Ancient statue found dumped ‘near dustbins’: Greek police
Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near dustbins in the northern city of Thessaloniki. …
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Earthquake hits Lesvos island
Greece has been the target of an earthquake reaching 5 and above on the Richter scale, with Mytilene in Lesvos suffering the effects. The earthquake hit Greece on Tuesday night …
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Mitsotakis welcomes Trump’s return with focus on security and prosperity
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has extended his congratulations to Donald J. Trump on his inauguration as the 47th President of the United States. In a statement on social media, …