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Police have arrested 23 individuals suspected of being members of criminal networks involved in antiquities smuggling. Among those arrested is an archivist of the Serres Antiquities Ephorate, whose role was to lead the other gangs members to areas where antiquities could be found. According to media, more than 40 home …

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Two earthquakes rattled the island of Crete with 4.7 and 4.3 on the Richter scale on Friday afternoon. The first earthquake occurred around 5 o’ clock in the afternoon with its epicenter 70 km south-east of Chrysi in Lasithi Prefecture. Its focal depth was a depth of 24.7 km. The …

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The body of the 21-year-old German tourist Johann Williams who went missing a month ago while hiking near the Samaria Gorge in Cania region on the island of Crete has been found dead, local media reported on Friday. The body of the man, identified as Johann Williams, was discovered on …

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US Vice President JD Vance was booed by the audience as he attended a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Thursday evening. According to a report in The New York Times, the concert featured the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, …

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Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis proceeded to a cabinet reshuffle on Friday, the seventh since he came to power in 2019. For one more time, ministers remain in their posts or just changed to another ministry signaling that New Democracy does not have a robust arsenal to make bold moves …

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The National Gallery in Athens released on Thursday a video showing ultra-orthodox MP Nikolaos Papadopoulos and one co-worker how they bring down paintings the two considered as “blasphemous” to Greek Orthodoxy and Religion. The video shows how the two approach the area of the “The Allure of the Strange ” …

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US President Donald Trump has threatened a 200% tariff on any alcohol coming to the US from the EU in the latest twist in an escalating trade war. Trump made the threat in response to the EU’s plans for a levy on US-produced whiskey in retaliation for US tariffs on …

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A foreign national was found dead in an Airbnb apartment in downtown Athens early Thursday afternoon. The man was bound hand and foot and had a plastic bag over his head. The man was found by the apartment owner who entered the apartment to clean it. According to media information, …

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The prosecutor in the Second Instance trial of 21 defendants implicated for their role in a deadly wildfire that claimed 104 lives in the East Attica seaside town of Mati in July 2018 is seeking guilty verdicts for 12 of the state and political officials standing in the dock. In …

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Greece will spend more than 25 billion euros in arms procurement by 2036, including new submarines, drones, satellites and fighter jets, under a 12-year plan to be submitted to parliament in the coming weeks, three officials with knowledge of the plan told Reuters. The move is part of Greece’s bid …

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Konstantinos Tassoulas was sworn in as President of the Hellenic Republic on Thursday. Tassoulas succeeds Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Greece’s first woman president and former Chief Justice of the Council of State. 65-year-old Tassoulas, the former Parliament Speaker, was elected President of the Hellenic Republic on February 12, receiving 160 votes from …

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Health authorities in Greece have issued a warning advising vulnerable groups to take precautions as Sahara dust storms, high temperatures and humidity are expected to affect air quality and create stifling conditions in the coming days. The National Public Health Organization (EODY) issued guidance on Wednesday, March 11, particularly for …

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