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Two former Golden Dawn lawmakers sent to jail for shooting at former colonel’s funeral
Former neo-Nazi Golden Dawn lawmakers Ilias Panagiotaros and Konstantinos Barbarousis were sentenced on Monday for firing a weapon without just cause at the funeral of a former junta general Nikos …
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Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis set to meet with US President Donald Trump
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US President Donald Trump will meet on 24 September on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in Yew York. Mr Mitsotakis is expected …
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Greek actor/director Takis Spyridakis, 61, succumbs to cancer
Actor Takis Spyridakis passed away on 13 September after a long battle with cancer. News of the death of the 61-year-old actor, director and screenwriter was met with sadness in …
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Wildfire burns pine forest in Zakynthos; villages of Keri and Agalas evacuated
Firefighters are battling a wildfire that broke out at 11am on Sunday near the village of Keri on Zakynthos. Two villages, Keri and Agalas, have been evacuated for precautionary reasons …
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Property prices in Attica up 11.1 per cent
Greece’s economy is showing consistent signs of being on the road to recovery, with property prices having recouped 4.2 per cent of the ground lost during the financial crisis. This …
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Art Athina: Greek President says British Museum’s failure to return marbles is offensive to the UK as it is to Greek Culture
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said he supported the immediate return of the Parthenon Marbles to the Acropolis Museum during the opening of the 24th Art Athina at Zappeion on Friday …
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Antonis Diamataris meets with Greek Festival of Sydney Chair Nia Karteris, and Archbishop Makarios
Greece’s Deputy Minister for Expatriate Greeks, Antonis Diamataris met on Wednesday in Athens with Chair of the Greek Festival of Sydney, Nia Karteris. Mr Diamataris is responsible for matters pertaining …
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‘Catch me if you can’ – Lithuanian former law student chased all the way by his Lincolnshire landlord to Greece
Former law student from Lincolnshire Erik Mukusauskas, 20, went unexpectedly viral in Lincolnshire after he moved to Greece without paying more than £1,000 he owes in rent. His landlord, who …
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It’s time to build a bridge between Greece and Australia
Many factors have come to fruition, paving the way for the stronger involvement of the Greek diaspora in shaping the country of their ancestors and strengthening the bonds between Greece …
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Greek Community of Melbourne honours THI co-founder and chairman Andrew Liveris
The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) has honoured the work of The Hellenic Initiative (THI) Co-founder and Chairman Andrew Liveris with an award recognising his humanitarian and entrepreneurial work for …