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Greek MP questioned over gallery attack on ‘blasphemous’ art
A Greek lawmaker was questioned Monday after violently attacking artworks he considered blasphemous in one of Athens’s main art galleries. Nikolaos Papadopoulos broke into the National Gallery and smashed protective …
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Greek government survives no-confidence vote over 2023 train inferno
Greece’s parliament on Friday rejected a no-confidence motion brought against Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s government over its handling of the country’s worst rail disaster in 2023. Following days of acrimonious …
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Protests turn violent over deadly train crash in Greece
Protesters have launched petrol bombs and fireworks in clashes with police outside Greece’s parliament in renewed nationwide protests calling for politicians to be held accountable for a 2023 rail disaster …
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Greek Supreme Court scraps mining magnate’s Romania extradition
Greece’s Supreme Court on Wednesday scrapped the planned extradition to Romania of French-Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz to serve a prison sentence, the state Athens News Agency said. Steinmetz had …
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Greek govt to face no-confidence vote over 2023 train tragedy
Greek opposition parties on Wednesday submitted a motion to trigger a no-confidence vote against the government over its handling of the country’s worst rail tragedy in 2023, the head of …
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Schools reopen in Greece’s Santorini as quake activity drops
Schools in the Greek travel island of Santorini and other neighbouring islands reopened Tuesday, with residents returning after a month-long shutdown caused by intense seismic activity. A scientific committee monitoring …
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Greek parliament to approve new train tragedy investigation
Greece’s parliament was on Tuesday to approve an investigation into possible evidence tampering at the disaster site of the country’s worst train tragedy, which claimed 57 lives in 2023. The …
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Conference in Greece set to analyse the use of AI
The use of AI in literary and artistic fields is set to fall under the microscope in the upcoming 6th Junior Summer School in Greece, with the four-day conference organised …
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Greece welcomes Clean Monday after spectacular Patras Carnival closing ceremony
Fireworks, festivity, and tradition marked the end of Greece’s largest carnival as the country celebrates Clean Monday with unique customs. With a dazzling display of fireworks and the ceremonial burning …
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Prominent lawyer and sports personality Alexis Kougias dies at 74
Greek criminal lawyer Alexis Kougias passed away at the age of 74 after a prolonged hospitalisation in the intensive care unit of a private hospital. Kougias had been admitted two …