Smooth draw for Greece in Basketball World Cup

21 March, 2019

Greece got a smooth draw for the first group stage of the 2019 Basketball World Cup in China, and will likely meet Team USA in the second group stage, which means it will avoid it at least in the first knock-out round.…

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Matildas to follow in Socceroos footsteps ahead of World Cup

21 March, 2019

Coach Ante Milicic will take his side to the same training base used by the Socceroos in the lead-up to Russia 2018, utilising the hot-weather resort’s elite training and recovery facilities. The decision is a win for gender equality, given the princely…

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

20 March, 2019

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.…

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

20 March, 2019

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…

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

14 March, 2019

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…

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

14 March, 2019

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…

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British newspaper reveals plans to uncover Athens’ ancient Ilissos river

14 March, 2019

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…

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Smooth draw for Greece in Basketball World Cup

Matildas to follow in Socceroos footsteps ahead of World Cup

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

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