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The impressively restored Palace of Aigai of Philip II of Macedon has been inaugurated on Friday, after restoration that lasted sixteen years. Constructed during the reign of Philip II (359-336 BC), the Palace of Aigai is not only the biggest but, together with the Parthenon, the most significant building of …

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Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin may visit Turkey on April 27 for the inauguration of the country’s first nuclear power reactor built by Russia’s state nuclear energy company Rosatom. “Maybe there is a possibility that Mr Putin will come on April 27, or …

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The “2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture” program kicks off with a weekend of special opening events, at the coastal front of Elefsina, west Attica, on Saturday and sunday, February 4-5, 2023. The opening events will he held throughout the weekend with a program of exhibitions, concerts, DJ parties and …

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, his counterparts from Bulgaria, Kiril Petkov, and North Macedonia, Dimitar Kovacevski, as well as the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, inaugurated on Tuesday the new Floating liquefied natural gas (LNG/ FSRU) terminal in Alexandroupolis, northern Greece. The LNG …

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In a spectacular light show, the Greek Culture Ministry and the Onassis Foundation inaugurated the new lighting system that has the Parthenon and other monuments of the Acropolis shine in Athenian nights. The inauguration ceremony on the Pnyx Hill was attented by the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, …

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The first underwater museum in Greece was inaugurated off coast of the island of Alonisos, Sporades, on Saturday. Shipwreck Peristera is now the oldest marine archaeological site that can be visited. The inauguration ribbon was cut in the clear blue waters of the Aegean Sea at a depth of 25 …

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The Islamic mosque in Botanikos district of  Athens is expected to be inaugurated on the last day of Ramadan on June 5, 2019. The first and only public mosque in Greece was originally scheduled to be in operation in March, then in …May. It was apparently the bad weather that …

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Time has come: the linking of Cyclades islands to the mainland’s electricity network will be inaugurated on Monday, March 19, 2018. Syros, Paros, Mykonos and Tinos, four of  the largest islands of the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea will be supplied with power via an underwater cable. The inauguration  …

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Former finance minister and controversial political figure Yanis Varoufakis revealed the name of the political party with which the pan-European movement DiEM25 will contest elections in Greece. And the name of DiEM25’s Greek political party is…. We have white smoke! DiEM25’s members overwhelmingly approved the name of our new Greek …

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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras inaugurated the 120-km section of the Corinth-Patras highway that makes the journey Athens-Patras possible in just 99 minutes. “Today we are inaugurating a work that many believed would never be completed,” the Prime Minister said adding that the highway “would never have been completed if it …

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The inauguration ceremony of the Tempi Tunnels had everything a Greek soul wishes: a religious blessing, the National Anthem, a wreath at the monument dedicated to National Resistance near by, a speech by the Prime Minister and an EU Commissioner. The three tunnels are at Tempi Valley and Maliakos-Klidi section …

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras inaugurated the start of construction for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece on Tuesday. Praising the project, Tsipras said that the construction of the TAP is being carried out in the important moment for economy of Greece and the region” and that …

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“Free coffee for journalists in the press room finished at 12 o’ clock,” a newswoman knew to report on a private television channel. Debt-ridden Greece could not but apply strict austerity measures during the opening  ceremony of the 5th Greek EU Presidency. The much-appreciated silk scarfs and ties were crossed …

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