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Jailed Greek neo-Nazi leader released by judges

Judges in Greece granted early release Thursday to the leader of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party jailed for a string of crimes including the murder of an anti-fascist rapper a …

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Greece sets tourism revenue record despite wildfires

Greece’s tourism revenue surged by 16.5 per cent last year to a new record despite a blistering heatwave and devastating wildfires, according to Greek central bank data published Tuesday. Tourism …

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Six convicted amid fury over wildfires that killed 104 at Greek resort

Nearly six years after wildfires killed more than 100 people at a Greek resort, an Athens court on Monday convicted six people   of involuntary manslaughter and criminal negligence. None of …

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One man dead after migrant boat sinks off Greek island

Greece’s coastguard said on Sunday it had found the body of a man believed to have drowned when a migrant boat sank near the island of Samos. It said 25 …

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Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games hosts

Greece handed over the Olympic flame of the 2024 Games to Paris organisers in a ceremony on Friday at the Athens marble stadium where the competition was revived nearly 130 …

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Lord Byron exhibition open at Acropolis Museum

The Acropolis Museum in Athens will be honouring the 200-year anniversary of Lord Byron’s death with an exhibition related to Lord Elgin’s seizure of the Parthenon sculptures. It is said …

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Greece prepared to help Paris Olympics security

Greece is prepared to contribute to security at the Paris Olympics, the government said on Thursday, after media reported that France requested surface-to-air missiles. “Should our allies request a specific …

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Italian researcher identifies Plato’s burial place in Athens using Herculaneum Papyri

Italian researcher Graziano Ranocchia from the University of Pisa claims to have pinpointed the location of Plato’s burial site in Athens. By examining papyri unearthed in Herculaneum, Ranocchia believes that …

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Greek Supreme Court blocks far-right party from EU vote

Greece’s Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the small far-right Spartans party, which is targeted in a vote fraud probe, from participating in June’s European Parliament elections. The party was not on …

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Greek skies turn orange as new round of Saharan dust storm sets in

Clouds of dust blown in from the Sahara desert covered Athens and other Greek cities on Tuesday, one of the worst such episodes to hit the country since 2018, officials …

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