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Greece expels Libyan ambassador in condemnation over Libya-Turkey accord
Greece, angered by a 27 November accord signed by Libya and Turkey, said on Friday that it was expelling Libyan Ambassador Younis AB Menti from the country. He was given …
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Ten arrested in Exarcheia riots to commemorate the police shooting of Alexis Grigoropoulos
Ten people were arrested by the Greek police in clashes around the Exarcheia area of Athens on Friday night. The arrests were made during a memorial march to commemorate 11 …
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Greek PM Mitsotakis and Turkish President Erdogan meet on the sidelines of NATO Leaders Summit
Greek and Turkish leaders met on Wednesday on the sideline of the NATO Leaders Summit in Watford, Northwest of London. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that the two countries …
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Greece: Camp conditions endanger women, girls
Women and girls face relentless insecurity in Greece’s overcrowded Moria “hotspot” for asylum seekers and migrants on Lesbos island, Human Rights Watch said today, releasing a video that shows the …
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Greek PM in London for NATO summit to meet Queen and Boris Johnson
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis who is attending the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) summit in London says he will seek support from other alliance members to counter Turkey’s machinations …
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Greek president honours The Hellenic Initiative partner NGOs
The President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos presented Models of Excellence awards to Desmos Non-Profit Foundation and Emfasis Foundation which are partner organisations to The Hellenic Initiative Australia. The …
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US President Donald Trump will meet with Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis on 7 January
US President Donald Trump will meet with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the White House on 7 January, 2020. A statement announcing the visit on Monday stated that it …
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Greek PM hails successes in Greece at ND party congress
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that he will ask NATO to condemn Turkey at the leaders’ meeting on 3 and 4 December in London. In closing remarks at the …
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Orthodox Church of Greece warns that those who choose cremation “would not benefit from Church’s funeral service”
The Greek Orthodox Church has been a strong rival when it came to cremation in Greece with many looking to nearby Bulgaria for cremation services. Greece’s laws may have allowed …
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Greece strongly condemns Turkey-Libya deal to delineate maritime boundaries
Greece has condemned a deal between Turkey and Libya to delineate maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea. On Wednesday a memorandum of understanding on the “delimitation of maritime jurisdictions” was …