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Turkish fighter jets harassed the helicopter carrying Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to the remote island of Agathonisi in north Dodecanese. The jets forced the helicopter of the Greek Air Force to fly at low attitude until they were intercepted by Greek F-16s. Tsipras was visiting the small island in the …

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For one more time, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Hagia Sophia, currently a museum, might be converted into a mosque. As if Turkey had no other important problem to solve… In an interview with staged Question and Answer on the specific issue, reporters of state TRT TV asked …

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Greek tradition wants school children to hold parades on the eve of the national and religious holiday on 25. March. While in Athens and other big cities, a lottery decides who is to parade and who remains out due to the high number of pupils, in some remote Greek areas …

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In the current Masterchef UK series the final five contestants include a Greek. Irini Tzortzoglou, a 60-year-old originally from the island of Crete, who has been living in Cumbria for …ages. Before her MasterChef days, Irini worked a banker, and previously studied at the Kingston University in London.  She is originally …

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With a post on his official website, famous street artist Banksy said that the exhibition of his works in Athens is not authorized by him. Urging the public to “treat these exhibitions accordingly,” the artist writes: “Members of the public should be aware there has been a recent spate of …

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Diaspora Greeks in Melbourne verbally attacked Vice Parliament Speaker and SYRIZA MP, Giorgos Varemenos, who represented the government at the parade of the Greek Independence Day. Reason for the organized vulgar outrage against the politician was the Prespes Agreement, Greece signed with North Macedonia, former FYROM. When the parade concluded …

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Already two days before the national and religious holiday on 25th March, Greeks flock to grocery stores as early as possible in order to get their proper supply of salted cod fish for the great feast. With their penetrating odor, the large fish fillets are stapled in wooden barrels or …

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With the season of Great Lent upon the Orthodox Christians, the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) has published a printed booklet of weekly reflections on the theme of service as a vocation. There is a printed booklet but also a digital version where reflections are shared as well as special …

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“Greece’s stock market is leading a rebound in European stocks so far in 2019,” Forbes writes in an article citing macroeconomic indicators. For years, Greek equities were on a losing streak. They mirrored the Greek economy which , under the pressure of a mounting debt burden, was floundering in the …

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Greek police has identified four of the five men who attacked a group of Afghan refugee minors in Konitsa, North Greece,  a week ago. On of the attacker sis allegedly a member of a far-right extremist party. In a statement, the Greek Police said that the identified are one 30-year-old …

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The super full moon last week literally ‘swallowed’ the sea at the shores of the town of Nafplio in north-east Peloponnese. The low tide was so strong that locals and visitors saw the sea disappearing in front of their feet. Tides are caused by the gravity of both the moon …

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