Greece
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Three former ministers indicted for land scandal
Three former ministers in the Karamanlis government have been indicted by the Greek Parliament over their involvement in the Vatopedi land scandal.
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New tourism strategy aimed at re-branding Athens
The tourism ministry plans to turn the world’s attention to Athens through a new promotional program, called ‘Athens every week.’
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PASOK on top in local government elections
Greece’s ruling PASOK party won the majority of regional run-off elections on Sunday but turnout was a record low across the country.
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Acropolis Museum wins prestigious award
The Acropolis Museum in Athens has won a prestigious global award as the Best Worldwide Tourism Project for 2010.
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48 kilo cocaine bust in Patras and Athens
Four people were arrested and about 48 kilos of cocaine were seized by authorities in the western port city of Patras and in Athens in a cocaine bust last week.
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Greek Nun Makes Sexual Harassment Allegations, hands $500,000 to the Police
Greek Orthodox monasteries in the Unuted STates have become embroiled in scandal.
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New section of the national highway opens
A new section of the Corinth-Tripoli national highway in the Peloponnese opened last week.
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Greek Universities off top 200 list
The failure of Greek universities to feature on a list of the world’s top 200 universities, compiled by The Times, was greeted with little surprise by academics at several institut
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Australian writer wins major Hellenic literary prize
David Malouf’s Ransom has won the John D. Criticos Prize
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Greece rocked by discovery of 11 parcel bombs
Suspected Greek terrorists unleashed an unprecedented two-day wave of mail bomb attacks in Athens and abroad which has seen the arrest of two suspects and a 48 hour suspension of i