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“We are the victims. There has been no genocide and no action to make this nation feel ashamed.” Without remorse, without regret for the death of 353,000 Pontic Greeks,  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took another step to twist history and dig deep in old scars. Standing at the historic quay …

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Greece’s police has rescued 74 migrants who were held hostages in a warehouse in the outskirts of Thessaloniki, northern Greece. They were in the hands of four foreign men who were demanding ransom from the victims’ families. According to a police press release, police teams raided the abandoned warehouse located …

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Unknown perpetrators have destroyed the whole load of municipality elections ballots of the far-right party Golden Dawn in the suburb of Kallithea, south Athens. The perpetrators used antiseptic Bedatine that soaked into the 92,000 ballot papers thus destroying them completely. According to local media, the incident took place short before …

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Pontic Greeks in Thessaloniki let 100 lanterns high into the night sky in order to commemorate the Genocide of Pontic Greeks first by the Young Turks and then by Kemalist forces. May 19th commemorates the beginning of the ethnic cleansing when the forces of the founder of modern Turkey Mustafa …

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A mysterious small island in the shape of a guitar. The “dream island” of Agia Triada lies off the resort town of Eretria on Evia,in the South Euboean Gulf. At a distance of just an hour from the Greek capital Athens. Amazing Drone video by haanity An island that the …

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A week before the European and local elections in Greece, main opposition party conservative New Democracy leads with 6.5% against ruling party SYRIZA. It is worth noting that still a few weeks ago, the gap between ND and SYRIZA was at a double-digit level. According to a public opinion poll …

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Greece’s top prosecutor ordered late Friday the review of the decision denying 17. November convict Dimitris Kourontinas a furlough. The move by Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou comes with Koufontinas on hunger-strike since beginning of May and hospitalized in intensive care since Friday. Dimitriou’s reasoning for the appeal is that …

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As of 15 May, a new maximum price will apply for all international calls and SMS within the EU. As a result, consumers calling from their country to another EU country will pay a maximum amount of 19 cents per minute (+VAT) and 6 cents per SMS message (+VAT). Following …

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It poured down as meteorologists forecast: Heavy grey clouds gathered over Athens and Attica around 3 o’ clock Friday afternoon, thunder was heard, the sky opened and strong hail fall came down. The hail intensity was so powerful that within minutes the streets were covered with little white frozen balls. …

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A candidate for the local elections on the island of Lesvos triggered an outrage after he kicked a stray dog and he was caught by the security camera of a cafe where the dog finds shelter. Thursday afternoon and stray dog Jerry is standing outside the cafe. He barks at …

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“Have you seen Mark Zuckerberg?” one of the several Greek reporters asked stunned visitors of the Acropolis on Friday. Nobody has done so. Neither visitors nor staff at the tickets counter had seen the founder of biggest social media platform Facebook in, on or around the Acropolis. Reason for the …

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A temple of Nemesis was found under the ancient theatre of Mytilini, on island of Lesvos, The remains of the temple of the ancient Greek goddess who enacts retribution against those who succumb to hubris (arrogance before the gods) were found in the south entry passage  under a series of …

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