A Greek inmate in a Turkish prison has applied for a temporary absence to attend the funeral of his son who was killed in a head-on train collision in central Greece on Tuesday. Greek media have identified the victim as 28-year-old Nikos Nalbantis. There was no information about the identity …
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Greek couple missing under the rubble in Antakya
Α Greek couple has been missing in the earthquake-stricken Antakya, media report late on Thursday. Relatives of the missing couple has reportedly alerted Greece’s diplomatic authorities in Turkey. The couple has dual citizenship and has been missing since the first day of the devastating 7.8 R earthquake early Monday morning. …
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Greek & German “quack doctors” charged for MS patients’ deaths
A bogus doctor in Greece and his accomplice, a doctor in Germany, have been tricking patients with Multiple Sclerosis convincing them to stop their medication for his alleged “groundbreaking” treatment with fake stem cells injections that were consisting of pure water. Five patients have died. The criminal duet has collected …
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Composer Notis Mavroudis dies at 77 following tragic accident
Greek composer Notis Mavroudis died late on Tuesday following a tragic accident in his holiday home in Koukourava village in Makrinista on Mt Pilio. He was 77 years old. According to local media, Mavroudis he was fixing something on the balcony railing late on Tuesday, when he lost his balance …
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Greek tourist wounded in Istanbul bomb blast
A young Greek woman is among the 81 people wounded in a blast that killed six people in Istanbul’s main shopping street on Sunday. The woman was slightly injured by a piece of flying glass and is being treated in a city hospital, the Greek Foreign Ministry said citing a …
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Police warns of mass phone scam with recorded messages in Greek or English
Greek Police has issued a warning of a mass scam via phone calls on landlines or mobile phones and recorded messages in Greek and English. The scammers pretend to be police authorities. The Police issued the warning after it received over 100 complaints in less than 24 hours. The scammers …
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Missing contractor on Rhodes found dead; police arrests local hotelier
A man missing on the island of Rhodes since end of August was found dead on Tuesday morning. Police arrested two Greek men. The missing man was murdered by a local hotelier in possible cooperation with his son. The 46-year-old contractor of Albanian origin, Tzani Topali, father of three minor …
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Duration of Greek passports to be extended to 10 years
Duration for which Greek passports remain valid is to be doubled to 10 years, Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos announced on Thursday. while speaking on SKAI television on Thursday. Speaking to Skai TV, the minister pointed out that Greece was one of a handful of countries in the EU and …
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“Feta is Greek!” EU top court tells Denmark
Greece on Thursday scored a win in its fight to protect their right to the term “Feta” as Europe’s top court reprimanded Denmark for not blocking local companies from using the name for sales outside the European Union. Greece claims feta as part of its cultural heritage because it has …
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Erdogan learns …Greek and escalates his threats to Greece on Twitter
In a surprise move, Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan tweeted in Greek to escalate the tension and directly threatened his neighbor country and NATO ally Greece for one more time on Thursday evening. Addressing also an international audience he posted the same tweets also in English. Προειδοποιούμε για άλλη μια …
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Turkey: “Agathonisi, Farmakonisi, Pserimos, Kinaros and other islands are ours”
In one voice Turkish media, analysts and military officials “bombard” the folk with claims that several Greek islands belong to Turkey, thus fully adopting the rhetoric of provocations and historically unfounded claims of president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A Turkish leader with neo-ottoman aspirations to grab Greek and Arab territories, as …
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Iran orders Greek tankers to Bandar Abbas port; relatives speak with crew
The two Greek tankers seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Friday have been ordered to sail to the port of Bandar Abbas on the southern coast of Iran on Sunday. According to information, the crews of the vessels are in good health and have had their cell phones returned to …
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Popular Greek singer Dakis passes away at 79
Popular Greek singer Dakis died on Sunday at the age of 79 after a long battle with cancer. Dakis whose real name was Vrassidas Haralambidis was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1943. In 1963 he came to Greece and a year later he started singing in clubs. He spoke six …
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Justice for Eleni Topaloudi: Appeals court upholds life sentence plus 15 years for defendants
The Mix Jury of a Court of Appeal in Athens on Friday upheld the convictions for two men over the heinous crime of the rape and murder of 21-year-old university student Eleni Topaloudi on the island of Rhodes in 2018. In May 2020, a First Instance Court unanimously found the …
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Greek paratrooper remains hanging in the air when parachute fails to open (video)
A paratrooper of the Greek Armed Forces remained hanging in the air outside a C-130 at a height of 5,000 feet for several minutes after his parachute failed to open during an exercise in Cyprus. The unprecedented incident took place during an exercise in Larnaka and a tragedy was averted …
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Turkish court to take on citizen’s appeal to assume Greek surname
A court in western Turkish province of Izmir has approved the appeal by Yannis Vasilis Yaylalı, an ethnically Greek Turkish citizen who comes from a Muslim convert family, to abandon his Turkish last name and assume a Greek one, Mezopotamya Agency reported on Friday. Yaylalı, who emigrated to Greece in …
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One arrest in murder case of Greek journalist Nikolaos Katsikas in Egypt
Egyptian authorities are investigating the murder of Greek veteran journalist and correspondent of state-run news agencies in Greece and Cyprus 56-year-old Nikolaos Katsikas. The victim was stabbed to death and was found in his home in Giza, last week. According to Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram, authorities announced on Tuesday the …
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British historian Mark Mazower receives honorary Greek citizenship
Internationally acclaimed British historian and award-winning author Mark Mazower was sworn in as a Greek citizen on Monday, in recognition of his “exceptional contribution” to Greece. At a special event, 63-year-old Mazower was sworn in as a Greek citizen by Interior Minister Makis Voridis. Specializing in Balkan and Greek history, …
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Greek police officer arrested in Turkey released on condition to not leave the country
The Greek police officer who was arrested in Turkey on Sunday has been granted release without charge by a court. However, he cannot leave the country until Turkish authorities conclude scanning of his mobile phone data, so see if he took pictures from forbidden areas. Speaking to media, the officer …
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Marathon-runner dies in Thessaloniki when truck carries away her bike
Α well-known Greek marathon-runner died in a horrible traffic accident on Tuesday morning, when her bike was hit and carried away by a truck at a crossroads in Thessaloniki. The cyclist was 42-year-old marathon-runner and triathlon athlete Dimitra Iordanidou. Eye witnesses told local media that the woman was cycling on Grigoriou …
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