Greece
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Greek PM promises to ‘lift all barriers’ for Greeks voting abroad
New Democracy received a vote of confidence on Saturday night in Parliament with an absolute majority, based solely on the votes of its deputies, while most other parties voted against. …
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French woman returns marble fragment to Greece
A French woman has voluntarily agreed to return a marble fragment from the Erechtheion on the Acropolis of Athens back to Greece. Jacqueline Junelles has owned fragment since the 1970s, …
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EU lawmakers urge international probe of Greece migrant tragedy
EU lawmakers on Thursday pushed for an independent probe into a migrant boat tragedy off Greece in which hundreds of people are believed to have died, calling an internal investigation …
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‘Adversaries, not enemies’: Greek PM warns far-right MPs
Newly re-elected Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday warned far-right lawmakers not to “impede” the country’s progress as he outlined his government’s policies over the next four years. “This …
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Charles Darwin University students visit Embassy of Australia in Greece during trip
A group of Hellenic and Greek Studies students from the Charles Darwin University (CDU) paid a visit to the Embassy of Australia in Greece during a university-organised trip, meeting with …
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Greece clears historic Kurd shelter slated for demolition
Greek police said Wednesday that they had cleared a condemned building near Athens where Kurdish refugees have lived for decades, a move criticised by rights groups. The police said they …
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Controlled burning in Greece can help avoid wildfires: WWF
Greece’s World Wildlife Fund branch said Tuesday it had successfully completed a project showing that controlled fires could help the Mediterranean country avert annual wildfires fuelled by climate change. The …
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Greece to discuss Frontex migration concerns: minister
Greece is to meet with EU border agency Frontex after last month’s migrant trawler disaster led to fears the agency could pull out of the country, the new migration minister …
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Farewell to a brilliant mind: Stathis Paraskevopoulos an inspiring force in film and media
As reported in ERT News, June 18, Greek-Australian Stathis Paraskevopoulos, an adviser to the Drama International Short Film Festival (DISFF), one of the world’s oldest film festivals, passed away on …
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan says UK and Greece should share Parthenon Sculptures
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, in an interview Greece’s Ta Nea, said that the UK and Greece should share the Parthenon Sculptures. In the interview the mayor of London …