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Family heads to beach in Crete, but ends up in the snow

Extreme weather conditions in Greece have seen temperatures soar with high forecasts for some mainland regions. In a photo snapped by Alexandros Roniotis in Crete, however, two children stand between …

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Watch the largest plane in the world land in Athens

The world’s largest and heaviest aircraft landed in Athens in Wednesday. The Soviet-made An-225 Mriya has a cabin length of 84 metres and can carry 16 containers, 80 passenger cars …

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Myrtis, the girl from 2,500 years ago, who warns us of COVID-19

In 430 BC, 11-year-old ancient Athenian girl Myrtis fell victim to the great plague of Athens. She could not have imagined in her young life that she would be brought …

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Watch footage which reveals truth behind the Kyrgios-Tsitsipas telephone prank

Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas revealed Nick Kyrgios’ telephone number to the world two weeks ago. He posted a photo of himself holding up the Greek Australian tennis star’s telephone …

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After coronavirus: Global youth reveal that the social value of art has never mattered more

Health and government officials around the globe are slowly and ever-so-tentatively moving to relax lockdowns due to coronavirus. In Canada, where the possibility of health-care collapse seems to have been …

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Greek Orthodox churches open doors in Australia, but are required to take ‘service bookings’

Religious organisations in Australia can hold services for up to 10 people with social-distancing rules observed. Archimandrite Evmenios Vasilopoulos, Archiepiscopal Vicar of Northcote, told Neos Kosmos that only ten parishioners …

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Athens’ newly renovated Omonia Square lights up

On 14 May the famed Omonia Square was handed back to the citizens and visitors of Athens. The square lit up thanks to its new 30 metre wide fountain with …

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Australia’s government says “it’s OK to not be OK”, and unveils mental health funding

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison addressed the press on Friday following the national cabinet meeting. With restrictions easing, Mr Morrison said that the time has come to “get that momentum …

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Commemorating the Pontian Genocide on 19 May

In 1994 the Hellenic Parliament declared 19 May, the day Mustafa Kemal landed in Samsun, as a “Day of Remembrance for the Greek Genocide in Asia Minor”. The Coordinating Committee …

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COVID-19 throws up new challenges in rental property market

While for the time property prices have, for now, not moved as much as was originally feared, things are not quite as stable on rental side of the coin, whether …

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