Greece
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Greek high-schoolers to benefit from international exchange programme
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) is providing support for a three-year pilot programme to give 50 Greek high school students the opportunity to spend a semester on an international exchange …
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Hard Rock offers to build 1 billion euro complex at old Athens airport
Hard Rock International has promised to invest one billion euros for an integrated casino resort (IRC) at the Hellenikon International Airport site near Piraeus if it wins the international tender …
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Turkish ministry seeks return of Panagia Soumela artefacts
Turkey is seeking from Greece, among other countries, the return of artefacts taken from the historic monastery of Panagia Soumela Monastery on Mela Mountain about 40km inland from Trabzon on …
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Legendary Greek fashion designer, Yannis Tseklenis has passed away, aged 82
Iconic fashion designer Yannis Tseklenis passed away on Wednesday, aged 82. Born in Athens, he went on to make a name for himself as Greece’s premier designer of the second …
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Unique oral history project set to cover all corners of Greece
A Greek not-for-profit organisation has been launched with the mission to create an archive of Greek oral histories that will give a fuller picture of the nation’s past. The organisation, …
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Old palace artefacts pose big headache for Greek culture ministry
The Greek Department of Conservation of Ancient and Modern Monuments is facing a huge challenge in cataloguing and storing up to 50,000 objects housed at Tatoi, the former royal estate …
Emma Stone in Greece to work with Yiorgos Lanthimos again
Actress Emma Stone is in Athens to work again with award-winning Greek director Yiorgos Lanthimos – this time on a short film that will be exclusively filmed in Greece. Mr …
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Coronavirus remains a stranger to Greek shores but flu claims 21 lives
A man who had travelled to Greece from Wuhan in China 20 days ago and who was admitted to AHEPA Hospital on Thursday showing symptoms similar to a novel coronavirus …
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Greek fishermen reconsider the value of the humble sea cucumber
People are finally catching on to what fish have long known – the humble sea cucumber is just as well served as a dish in its own right than merely …
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Theocharis Lalacos appointed Ambassador of Greece to Cyprus
Theocharis Lalacos has been appointed as the Greek Ambassador to Cyprus, taking over the reigns from Ilias Fotopoulos, who was in the role until October, 2019. Approved by Nicosia for …