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Helicopter carrying Greek PM harassed by Turkish fighter jets

Tensions between Greece and Turkey continue, and on Tuesday it was Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who found himself in the firing line. According to reports, Turkish fighter jets harassed …

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Aegean islet flag incident sparks new tension between Ankara and Athens

It was four days ago that three young Greek men from Fourni island jumped on a small boat and raised the Greek flag on not one but five Greek islets …

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Revealing the unseen sides of Thessaloniki

Someone once told me that everyone has a story; you just have to know the right questions to ask. This is a concept that photographer Nicki Upstairs (the professional name …

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Eric Metaxas’ on his biography of Martin Luther, the controversial man who took on the Catholic Church and transformed society

Eric Metaxas author of Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World greets me over the phone; “Yiasou Patritha”, (health to your homeland), Greeks carry ‘homeland’ on …

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Report reveals skilled migrants benefit Australia’s economy

A new report has confirmed that skilled migration to Australia is of benefit to the country’s wealth, calling into question the debate about whether there is a need to cut …

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Most influential astrophysicist returns home, to Greece

Professor Stamatios Krimigis is turning his attention to his homeland after being appointed at the helm of the recently established Hellenic Space Agency in Athens. The head emeritus of the …

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Plans coming together for royal visit to Athens and Crete

Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall Camilla are set to make their official visit to Greece next month, and the program is coming together featuring a stay in the Greek …

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Three brave Greeks raise the Hellenic flag on rocky islet for Turkey to see

The end of last week saw three young Greek men from Fourni Island land on the islet of Mikros Anthropofas, an uninhabited rocky island that belongs to Greece’s Ikaria island and …

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NATO distances itself from ‘Greece – Turkey’ conflict

In an interview with Turkish news agency Anadolu on Sunday (Greece time), General Secretary of the North Atlantic Alliance Jens Stoltenberg said that the tensed relations between the neighbouring countries …

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Syria: Giving up is not an option

There have been millions of casualties as a result of the catastrophes in Syria, with a half million dead, with millions of refugees, with collective human consciousness diminished and reduced …

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