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Acropolis Museum celebrates its 14th birthday
On the Acropolis Museum’s birthday on Tuesday 20 June, and in honour of its late president, the Museum has invited the Youth Orchestra of Dion to offer its visitors a …
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Greek coastguard finds 3 bodies in migrant tragedy search
Greece’s coastguard on Monday said it had found three bodies during a search for survivors after last week’s tragedy in which at least 78 migrants died in the Ionian Sea. …
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Pakistani migrant’s final call home foretold Greek tragedy
Before 21-year-old Pakistani Muhammad Akash boarded a rickety fishing trawler in Libya on a journey he hoped would take him to a brighter future in Europe, he contacted his family …
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Barack Obama hosted by Tom Hanks on Antiparos
The Obama couple arrived on Paros on Friday by private flight and will be staying at Tom Hanks’, with whom they were traveling, according to reports. Hanks’ guests will stay …
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What to know as Greece votes again in legislative polls
Greece once again holds legislative elections on Sunday, June 25. Conservative former prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is seeking another term, is expected to come out victorious. These are the …
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Mitsotakis on course to return as Greek PM in new vote
After an inconclusive election in May, Greece returns to the ballot box next Sunday with conservative former prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on course to win a second straight four-year term. …
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Greek MP expelled from Mitsotakis’ party over shipwreck comments
A right-wing Greek parliamentarian was expelled from the party of former prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, seeking a second term at polls next weekend, for racist remarks after the mass drowning …
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Search for boat survivors, bodies continues in Greece
Greek authorities are continuing their search and rescue operation following the sinking of a trawler overcrowded with migrants in one of the deepest parts of the Mediterranean Sea, the country’s …
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What we know about migrant tragedy off Greece
With at least 78 dead and hundreds more feared missing after the sinking of a rusty trawler off Greece’s Peloponnese peninsula Wednesday, questions are being asked if more could have …
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More than 120 Syrians aboard Greece migrant shipwreck
At least 125 Syrians were on board a migrant ship that sank off Greece this week, relatives and activists said Friday, as rescuers scoured the waters for hundreds feared missing. …