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Four-hour strike at archaeological sites a sign of trouble for high-peak tourist season
For the tourism industry in Greece, Easter is seen as an unofficial start to the tourism season, a precursor of what is to be expected during summer. From this point …
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Athens Police records two break-ins a day
Greek police released data on robberies on Monday, showing a downward trend from 2016 to 2017. More precisely, there were 453 fewer robberies in 2017 than in 2016. The data …
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‘Ignore Greece, it’s smaller than Istanbul,’ says Turkish Prime Minister
On Wednesday (Greek time) a total of nine Turkish military aircraft violated Greek airspace 31 times in different parts of the Aegean, according to authorities. Two pairs of armed F-16, …
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How a love of music led to a passionate career in music publishing
There are two sides to the world of music. There’s the side that the public is mostly aware of, that of a creative output, delivered for the communal enjoyment – …
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More cases of measles expected to be confirmed in Greece
Since the start of 2017 there have been 2,345 cases of measles flagged in Greece. Primarily affecting nationals in the country’s south, of the cases reported, 1,390 were confirmed by …
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‘Apodimia’ photographed
The woman in the photograph accompanying this text is captured in that act of bidding goodbye to her sister. As her sister is long gone, the young woman, now an …
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Angry Marinakis fines his players
They say that sport teaches its participants valuable life lessons about both winning and losing. But for some those lessons come at a hefty price. Spare a thought for Olympiakos’s …
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FYROM replaces name sign of international airport
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has officially renamed its international airport from Alexander the Great to Skopje International Airport. In February the Turkish consortium TAV, which operates the …
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Apple co-founder says next Google or Facebook could be created in Greece
In an interview with Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) on Tuesday, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said the future of technology could be found in countries currently facing an economic crisis, and …
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Mikis Theodorakis slams Easter lamb tradition as ‘barbaric’
As Orthodox Easter fast approaches, Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has taken a stance against the annual custom of roasting a lamb on the spit as “barbaric”. “Easter is coming again. …