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Lightning strikes Acropolis, four injured

Athens has been experiencing bouts of bad weather with hail and thunderstorms over recent days. On Wednesday, lightning struck the Acropolis Hill area and four people were injured. A statement …

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Greece demands war reparations for crimes committed by Nazi Germany

Greek Parliament met to discuss the issue of war reparations as a result of crimes committed by Nazi Germany in World War 2. Greek left-wing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told …

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Greece reopens discussion on WWII reparations

Greek lawmakers reopened the discussion on WWII reparations from Germany following a report from 2016. The decision comes following the meeting of a committee of experts that calculated the total …

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Greeks abroad could be given chance to elect their own MPs, says Tsipras

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has addressed the possibility of Greeks abroad having a say in Greek elections. In an interview on ANT1, Nikos Hadjimanikolaou confronted the PM directly, saying …

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Free Greek travel guides urge tourists to travel off the beaten track

Greece saw its visitor numbers rise by 19 per cent from January to August last year, according to World Travel Monitor, a global analysis of travel trends released by ITB …

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Athens covered in hail [PHOTOS+VIDEO]

A heavy weather low swiped through the Greek capital yesterday, giving Athenians the coldest taste of Spring in decades. Following a severe rain in the afternoon, broke out one of …

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Greek President calls for Parthenon marbles to be returned from their ‘murky prison’

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos called for the return of the Parthenon marbles from their “murky prison” in a new round of rhetoric for the return of the sculptures that were …

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Dionisis Balourdos on Greece’s demographic transition and fertility policies

Dionisis Balourdos, demographist and economist at EKKE (National Centre for Social Research), recently directed a study on the ageing population problem in Greece on behalf of diaNEOSIS. As things stand, …

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First electric bus to soon be seen around Athens

Chinese automobile manufacturer BYD presented its electric bus model that will soon be making its way to the streets of Athens. The bus is 100 per cent electric, 8.7 metres …

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Costa-Gavras ‘insulted’ by media criticism of government grant he received

Award-winning director Costa-Gavras expressed his dissatisfaction with comments made following a grant he was given by the Greek government for his next film. He stated his “deep insult” following allegations …

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