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New footage from Famagusta shortly after Turkish bombings
Footage has emerged from the destroyed Cypriot city of Famagusta shortly after the Turkish bombings in 1974. The scenes, posted online by a Turkish user, are from Operation Attila 2 …
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Photographer Polixeni Papapetrou: Existentialism and good underwear
Photographer Polixeni Papapetrou died in April last year at age 57 after a five-year illness. Her friend, writer Joanna Murray-Smith writes about the artist in an introduction to the new …
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Un-Learning with the Left: Greek Elections 2019
After a spectacular defeat in the elections for the European Parliament, the government of SYRIZA was forced to declare national elections for 7 July. If the polls are to be …
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Cyprus serial killer sentenced to seven life terms for murdering foreign women
Cypriot army captain Nicholas Metaxas, 35, was sentenced to several life terms in prison after pleading guilty to premeditated murder and kidnapping of seven women and girls. A three-judge panel …
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‘We probed Santorini’s volcano with sound to learn what’s going on beneath the surface’
The island of Santorini in the Mediterranean has attracted people for millennia. Today, it feels magical to watch the sun set from cliffs over the deep bay, surrounded by cobalt …
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Food is more expensive in Cyprus and Greece compared to the EU average
The price level of a comparable basket of food and non-alcoholic beverages across the European Union (EU) was twice as high in the most expensive Member State than in the …
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Rare exhibition on Picasso and antiquity opens at Museum of Cycladic Art
A rare and original exhibition entitled ‘Picasso and Antiquity. Line and Clay’ has just opened at the Museum of Cycladic Art. Curated by Professor Nikolaos C. Stampolidis, Director of the …
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Rally for Courtney Herron held in Melbourne on the weekend
A rally was held on Saturday in Melbourne to call for an end to violence against women in the wake of the murder of Greek Australian Courtney (Konstandina) Herron in …
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Multicultural Affairs Minister David Coleman MP pays tribute to Australia’s new Greek Orthodox Archbishop
I join the Greek community in Australia in paying tribute to His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, on his official enthronement as the new Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia. …