Barbara Weather Front Pounds Athens and Most of Greece
The weather front dubbed Barbara is bringing low temperatures, frost, and heavy snowfall even in Athens and other parts of Greece on Sunday.
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Greek City of Elefsina Celebrates Ancient Past as Culture Capital of Europe
Greek City of Elefsina Celebrates Ancient Past as Culture Capital of Europe
On Saturday, the ancient Greek city of Eleusis, or Elefsina kicked off festivities to mark its declaration as the 2023 Culture Capital of Europe.
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Tsitsipas gives Greece its first win over Ecuador in Athens
Tsitsipas gives Greece its first win over Ecuador in Athens
Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Álvaro Guillen Meza 7-5, 6-2 to bring the first point to Greece against Ecuador in the Davis Cup.
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First major snow storm in Greece forecast for weekend
First major snow storm in Greece forecast for weekend
Including the possibility of blizzard-like conditions
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Opening ceremony ‘2023 Elefsina European Capital of Culture’
Opening ceremony '2023 Elefsina European Capital of Culture'
The '2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture' program kicks off with a weekend of special opening events, at the coastal front of Elefsina, west Attica.
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World Cancer Day: “The fight against cancer is an issue that concerns us all,” Mitsotakis says
World Cancer Day: "The fight against cancer is an issue that concerns us all," Mitsotakis says
On World Cancer Day, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described a comprehensive plan against cancer based on three pillars - the screening program for breast, colon and cervical cancer, a framework for homecare for oncology patients, and "palliative care" for the first time in Greece.
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Amendment to exclude electoral candidates with criminal past at the Parliament
Amendment to exclude electoral candidates with criminal past at the Parliament
An amendment setting out conditions for drafting ballot combinations of individual candidates or party coalitions running in national elections that excludes candidates who have been sentenced for serious crimes was tabled in Greek Parliament by the Interior ministry on Thursday.
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Outgoing Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades thanks Greece for support efforts
Outgoing Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades thanks Greece for support efforts
Nicos Anastasiades, outgoing President of Cyprus, urged a functional and viable solution to the Cyprus problem during his visit here on Wednesday.
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Phantom F-4 Crash: The tragic funeral of Lt. Col. Marios-Michail Touroutsikas
Phantom F-4 Crash: The tragic funeral of Lt. Col. Marios-Michail Touroutsikas
The burial of Marios-Michail Touroutsikas, who lost his life on Monday morning during a training flight with a Phantom F-4 fighter aircraft, took place on Thursday. The scenes were clearly upsetting as mourners expressed their farewells to the 29-year-old in the most expressive ways.
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Netanyahu Asks Greece to Support Israel at UN
Netanyahu Asks Greece to Support Israel at UN
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Greece to support Israel during voting at the UN. The Israeli prime minister made the request during a meeting in Jerusalem with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias.
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Greece Climbs on the Economist’s Democracy Index for 2022
Greece Climbs on the Economist’s Democracy Index for 2022
Greece has climbed nine places in the “Democracy Index” ranking for 2022 according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) published on Wednesday. Greece’s overall score rose to 7.97 in 2022, up from 7.56 in 2021 lifting the country from 34th place to 25th.
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Search continues for F-4 Phantom pilot
Search continues for F-4 Phantom pilot
The search for the body of the squadron commander Statis Tsitlakidis the commander of an F-4 Phantom II of the 338th Squadron, 117th Fighter Wing, which crashed at sea, south of Andravida Airport, have so far remained inconclusive.
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Turkey Accuses the U.S. of Favoring Greece in Fighter Jet Sales Saga
Turkey Accuses the U.S. of Favoring Greece in Fighter Jet Sales Saga
Turkey has accused the U.S. of favoring Greece and losing its “neutrality” if Congress approves the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Greece and opposes Turkey’s F-16 purchase.
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Actors, theatre workers call 48-hour strike over pay
Actors, theatre workers call 48-hour strike over pay
Actors and theater workers have called a 48-hour strike on Wednesday and Thursday in protest at a draft government bill on pay in the sector.
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Turkish media targets Mitsotakis and Floros: “Greece is preparing for war”
Turkish media targets Mitsotakis and Floros: "Greece is preparing for war"
Turkish media have taken aim at Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the head of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (GEETHA) Konstantinos Floros, accusing Greece of arming itself because it is preparing for war.
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Dendias in Israel: “We’ve forged an enduring strategic partnership, revisionism cannot be accepted”
Dendias in Israel: "We've forged an enduring strategic partnership, revisionism cannot be accepted"
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Tuesday in joint statements with his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen that Greece and Israel have forged an enduring partnership at a strategic level, which is based on their common interests and converging perspectives on many challenges.
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SYRIZA demands dissolution of Parliament, elections now
SYRIZA demands dissolution of Parliament, elections now
Greece’s main opposition party on Tuesday demanded the dissolution of Parliament and immediate elections, accusing the conservative New Democracy government of being “morally and politically compromised.”
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Cruise sector in Greece expected to exceed 2022 levels this year
Cruise sector in Greece expected to exceed 2022 levels this year
Minister Vassilis Kikilias said 607 bookings for homeport cruises have also been registered, up 38 percent for 2022
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New page in Greece-Japan relations
New page in Greece-Japan relations
In a significant upgrade in bilateral relations and of deepening cooperation in areas of mutual interest, a Common Statement of Strategic Cooperation between Greece and Japan was signed on Monday by visiting Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida at the latter’s residence in Tokyo.
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Panagiotopoulos announces 3 days of military mourning after F-4 crash
Panagiotopoulos announces 3 days of military mourning after F-4 crash
National Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos announced a three-day period of mourning in the country's armed forces on Monday.
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One of the pilots aboard crashed F-4 “Phantom” found dead
One of the pilots aboard crashed F-4 “Phantom” found dead
One of the two pilots aboard the F-4 “Phantom” fighter jet that crashed in the Ionian Sea on Monday was found dead.
