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Wildfires rage across western Greece and the islands, devastating homes and forests

In the past 24 hours, 48 new fires broke out, bringing the total to 109 incidents since the outbreak began. For a second consecutive day, firefighters battled relentless wildfires across Western Greece and several Aegean islands, as authorities reported a record number…

14 August, 2025

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Turkey claims airspace violations in the Aegean are “legal”

Turkey has claimed that airspace violations in the Aegean are “legal” and “no threat to Greece.” Calling Turkish flights over Aegean “a threat” is incompatible to good neighborly ties, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in response to a Greek Foreign Ministry statement.…

21 March, 2019

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Exact replica of Nike of Samothrace awaiting to be transferred to home island

An exact replica of the iconic marble sculpture of Nike of Samothrace, one of the most spectacular exhibits in the Museum of the Louvre, has been temporarily placed in the city of Alexandroupolis, NE Greece, before it can be transferred to its…

21 March, 2019

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Recognition of Macedonian language a ‘grave mistake,’ says prominent linguist

Greece committed a “grave mistake” in recognizing the existence of a Macedonian language, prominent linguist and former education minister Georgios Babiniotis said, adding that the clause in the Prespes accord signed between Athens and Skopje could encourage minority claims in the future.…

20 March, 2019

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Greek foreign ministry reacts to Erdogan comments on military flights in Aegean

Athens immediately responded on Friday to inflammatory statements a day earlier by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who, among others, said “we (Turkish military) scramble aircraft in the Aegean, as long as the Greeks do so”. Among others, the increasingly authoritarian Turkish…

20 March, 2019

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Lack of new framework to protect primary residences blocks disbursement of €970 mln to Greece

Eurozone finance ministers – the Eurogroup venue – on Monday did not approve the disbursement of a 970-million-euro tranche to Greece, a more-or-less expected development linked with a failure to finalize a new legal framework for the protection of primary residences from…

14 March, 2019

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Mitsotakis to CNN: Greece will be a ‘positive surprise’ in terms of investments in next 2-3 years

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis stuck to his pro-reform and pro-market message during an interview with CNN on Monday, as he continued a visit to the United States amid opinion polls results showing center-right ND comfortably leading leftist…

14 March, 2019

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British newspaper reveals plans to uncover Athens’ ancient Ilissos river

The British newspaper The Telegraph revealed on Sunday that a Greek urban renewal firm called ”Anaplasis” plans to uncover Athens’ ancient river of Ilissos. Back in October of 2018, a part of the Athenian tram line was closed off because the part that…

14 March, 2019

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Greece blasts BBC for report on non existant “Oppressed Macedonian Minority”

Greece’s Ambassador to the UK, Dimitris Karamitsos-Tziras, send a letter of complaint to the BBC on Monday, following a report which spoke of the existence of a “Macedonian minority” in the country. Karamitsos-Tziras said the report contains “important historical inaccuracies and distortions…

28 February, 2019

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Greece to monitor Methana Volcano, just 50km away of Athens

For the first time, the Greek Geodynamic Institute will install six seismological stations to monitor the volcano of Methana in the Saronic Gulf, just 50 km away from capital Athens. “ A source of concern is the volcano close distance to the…

27 February, 2019

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The ‘Atlantis of Crete’: The sinking village sinks again

The locals call it the “Atlantis of Crete”, as the village of Sfentyli sinks slowly and gradually into the waters coming from the Aposelemis dam. One part of the Cretan village has sunk completely. It is characteristic that from the chapel of…

27 February, 2019

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“Repressed Macedonian Slav minority” angers Greece

The article of BBC “Greece’s invisible minority – The Macedonian Slavs” triggered angry reactions in Athens with the government to speak of “inaccurate and distorted Information.” The point that angered the Greek government is the BBC claim that with the Prespes Agreement…

27 February, 2019

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Ancient Greeks proved the earth was round 2,000 years ago using a stick

Long before the first satellites were sent to space in the 1960’s in order to prove that the Earth is indeed round, Ancient Greek mathematician Eratosthenes had found the proof using a simple …stick. And that was more than 2,000 years ago.…

27 February, 2019

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GREECE- Page 41

Wildfires rage across western Greece and the islands, devastating homes and forests

Turkey claims airspace violations in the Aegean are “legal”

Exact replica of Nike of Samothrace awaiting to be transferred to home island

Recognition of Macedonian language a ‘grave mistake,’ says prominent linguist

Greek foreign ministry reacts to Erdogan comments on military flights in Aegean

Lack of new framework to protect primary residences blocks disbursement of €970 mln to Greece

Mitsotakis to CNN: Greece will be a ‘positive surprise’ in terms of investments in next 2-3 years

British newspaper reveals plans to uncover Athens’ ancient Ilissos river

Greece blasts BBC for report on non existant “Oppressed Macedonian Minority”

Greece to monitor Methana Volcano, just 50km away of Athens

The ‘Atlantis of Crete’: The sinking village sinks again

“Repressed Macedonian Slav minority” angers Greece

Ancient Greeks proved the earth was round 2,000 years ago using a stick

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