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Santorini starring in rap video as a gangster’s paradise

Santorini. The name alone evokes images of typical ‘Greekness’ – white houses, washed in bright light, perched on steep cliffs, overlooking beaches made out of dark volcanic soil and surrounded …

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Giant Greek flag painted atop Kalymnos hill

Kalymnos has been painted blue and white. Just below a Holy Church in the village of Mavrovouni, a giant Greek flag spanning 375 square metres was painted on Monday. It …

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7,000 Greek military troops to be sent to Greece-Turkey borders

Amid rising tensions between Greece and Turkey, a total of 7,000 of Greece’s military troops are going to be sent to the country’s borders with Turkey, including Evros and the …

Eldorado Gold granted permits for mining project in Halkidiki

Mining giant Eldorado Gold got the green light to move forward with a controversial investment in Halkidiki, after an arbitration panel ruled in its favour. The Canadian company was in …

Four-hour strike at archaeological sites a sign of trouble for high-peak tourist season

For the tourism industry in Greece, Easter is seen as an unofficial start to the tourism season, a precursor of what is to be expected during summer. From this point …

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Athens Police records two break-ins a day

Greek police released data on robberies on Monday, showing a downward trend from 2016 to 2017. More precisely, there were 453 fewer robberies in 2017 than in 2016. The data …

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‘Ignore Greece, it’s smaller than Istanbul,’ says Turkish Prime Minister

On Wednesday (Greek time) a total of nine Turkish military aircraft violated Greek airspace 31 times in different parts of the Aegean, according to authorities. Two pairs of armed  F-16, …

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More cases of measles expected to be confirmed in Greece

Since the start of 2017 there have been 2,345 cases of measles flagged in Greece. Primarily affecting nationals in the country’s south, of the cases reported, 1,390 were confirmed by …

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Apple co-founder says next Google or Facebook could be created in Greece

In an interview with Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) on Tuesday, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said the future of technology could be found in countries currently facing an economic crisis, and …

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Mikis Theodorakis slams Easter lamb tradition as ‘barbaric’

As Orthodox Easter fast approaches, Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has taken a stance against the annual custom of roasting a lamb on the spit as “barbaric”. “Easter is coming again. …

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