Greece
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Villa of Greek war hero Andreas Miaoulis listed for sale
The villa of legendary commander of the Greek naval fleet Andreas Miaoulis has been put up for sale by the Sotheby group. The house is called Grande Dame and is …
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Greek Government makes historic step towards separation of church and state
In what was seen as the first step towards the separation of church and state in Greece, PM Alexis Tsipras and the head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece, …
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Four large Archaic era statues uncovered in Greece
In the last 15 days the wider area of Atalanti in central Greece be guarded by police, as teams of archaeologists conduct thorough excavations. October has seen one of the …
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170,000 property rights transferred to Greek state after owners failed to declare them
In an interview to the Athens News Agency (ANA-MPA), the head of Greece’s national cad-aster service, Vyron Nakos announced that legal procedures of transferring the ownership rights of nearly 170,000 …
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Conglomerate Intrakat to build 80 million euro resort on Mykonos
Greek-owned real estate developer Intrakat has teamed up with UK investment firm London and Regional Properties (LRP) with the plan to build an 80 million euro resort on Greece’s most …
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John Macris’ body flown to Sydney after funeral
The body of slain John Macris, 46, is being flown to Sydney, where he will be buried following his funeral which took place at the Saint Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church …
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Sydney gangster John Macris’ funeral held in Athens
The initial shock gave way to grief and mourning, as John Marcris’ friends and family gathered to bid farewell at the Saint Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church in Voula, just a short …
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Majority of Greeks believe their culture is ‘superior’ to others
According to a new Pew Research Center analysis which includes surveys in 34 countries, almost nine in ten Greeks believe their culture is superior to others, even though they recognise that “modern …
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Adoptions in Greece go up by 77.8 per cent while birth rates keep plummeting
According to Greek Statistics Agency (ELSTAT), there were 393 registered adoptions in Greece throughout 2017 compared to compared to 2016, when there were 221. This is a 77.8 per cent …
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First commercial flight from Athens to Skopje after name agreement
Following the joint agreement on the latter’s name, Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) have relaunched a passenger flight route between the two countries. The first direct …