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French ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron completed a successful defense of their world title with a sparkling free routine in Japan on Saturday. Now four-time world champions, they made headlines for the wrong reasons at last year’s Winter Olympics after a wardrobe malfunction that left Papadakis overexposed during …

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“I will never sell my bootees again,” says the 90-year-old granny that spent twelve in a police station in Thessaloniki for selling her handmade garment without vendor’s license. Days after the arrest that triggered an outage in the Greek society, the woman is still in shock. Video: granny at police …

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Israel plans to build advanced marine radar on the Greek island of Crete in a bid to watch the route of a planned natural gas pipeline that will carry gas to Greek Cyprus and Greece. The revived “Long Horizon” project will possess the capacity to watch most of Turkish shores …

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The US Senate has released a resolution on the occasion of the 198th anniversary of the Greek Independence. Signed by 27 Senators, the resolution highlights Greece’s geo-strategic significance and emphasized the country’s dedication to the values of democracy and freedom. The resolution also welcomes the enhanced cooperation between Greece and …

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Fire fighters and volunteers from neighboring areas are struggling to take the wildfire of a pine forest on the island of Lesvos under control. The work to extinguish the fire is proven to be  difficult due to the powerful north-east winds blowing in the area. Furthermore, the blaze burns down …

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Nine years after Greece surrendered to international creditors and three tough bailout agreements with strict austerity, former German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told the Financial Times that he was a fierce supporter of Grexit from the very beginning. He also admitted that he wanted to resign when his Grexit plan …

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“The Aegean and Cyprus belong to Turkey,” said Ankara’s Defense Minister and former top military Hulusi Akar. His claim come just hours after the Greek Foreign Minister said that Turkey has rights in the Mediterranean Sea. Akar’s claimed buffed not only Greeks but also Turks who asked “how and when …

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Aspiring member of the European Parliament, Myrsini Loizou, was forced to resign from the SYRIZA EU elections list, after media reported that she was illegally receiving the pension of her deceased mother for 5.5 years. A public outcry broke out on Friday after two newspapers reported that Loizou was furthermore …

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A power-outage paralyzed the island of Crete following an explosion at the power plant of the Public Power Corporation in Linoperamata by Heraklio on Friday. The blackout caused major  problems in traffic, airports, hospitals and army facilities, while dozens of citizens were trapped in elevators.  “The power has been restored …

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A 90-year-old woman has been arrested and kept at police station for 12 hours after she was found to sell handmade bootees without a vendor’s license. The arrest has triggered an outrage with the woman’s daughter to denounce that the granny did not even receive water during the nightmare hours …

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Two people on a motorbike threw a hand grenade at the police booth outside the Russian Consulate in Athens on Friday morning. “Last night, two strangers, riding by the consulate of the Russian Embassy on a bike, threw an explosive device at a police booth located near the consulate… Minor damage has been inflicted,” the …

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The Municipality of Heraklio on the island of Crete installed four smart benches on two of the main squares of the city. The smart benches operate with solar energy and have full energy independence. They offer to the people the opportunity to re-charge their mobile phones and browse  through the …

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