Tag Archives: London

The UK is working on a new arrangement with Greece through which the Parthenon Sculptures could be seen both in London and in Athens, British Museum chair George Osborne said on Thursday, describing it as a win-win situation. Osborne, a former finance minister, reiterated that the museum was having constructive …

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was received by King Charles III at Windsor Castle on Monday evening. The Greek premier was accompanied by his spouse Mareva-Grabowski Mitsotaki. During the meeting that was described as “cordial” the two men discussed issues including environmental initiatives, and government plans to develop the former …

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The return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece was one of the key issues Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis intented to discuss with his British counterpart Boris Johnson at the meeting on Tuesday afternoon in London. It came as expected: the Greek PM made his request for the reunification of the …

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Frozen faces, tense smiles, ice-cold hands: Strangers in the room where Greeks and Turkish delegations met in London on the sidelines of the NATO Summit. The meeting between Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President,Tayyip Erdogan, including Foreign and Defense Ministers from both countries lasted exactly 1.35 hour. The …

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Prime Ministers, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, will have informal talks with Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in London. The meeting reportedly takes place following a Turkish request. It takes place amid increased tension between the two countries, with Turkey to have unilaterally declared …

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Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas won his first major international title on Sunday by defeating Austria’s Dominic Thiem in the 2019 NITTO ATP Final 2-1 sets in London. 21-year-old Tsitsipas is the first Greek player to win the trophy and the youngest finalist on his ATP Finals debut since Hall …

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An Ancient Greek marble tombstone return to its home in Greece before it was sold at an action of antiquities at the Sotheby’s house of London. The Greek Ministry of Culture said the engraved tombstone from the Attica  was illegally exported form Greece and was repatriated on September 7, 2018. …

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Arts and textiles teacher Andria Zafirakou from Alperton community school in North London won the prize of being the World’ Best Teacher. Cyprus-born Zafirakou was presented with the fourth annual Varkey Foundation Global Teacher prize in Dubai on Sunday. The prize is one million US Dollars. Andria Zafirakou, 39, beat …

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The London meets the table Olive! The largest table olive competitions in the heart of Europe. London ITOC 2018-International Table Olive Competitions • Quality awards of Table Olive • Packaging awards of Table Olive PROMOTE PRODUCTS PARTICIPATING IN COMPETITIONS Table olive marketing strategists agree that brand awareness in any industry …

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Horror in the air: a British Airways plane was struck by a lightning while flying over the airport of the island of Skiathos on Monday. Plane landed safe in Athens, all passengers recovered from the shock, aircraft is undergoing inspection on possible damages. The airplane was flying from London to …

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Greece is unlikely to suffer significant losses amid Brexit but could instead benefit from shipping and service companies looking for alternative post-Brexit locations, Vassilios Korkidis, the president of the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE), told Russia’s Sputnik. The Brexit negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union …

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Shocking footage from the first moments terrorists went into a pub in Borough Market and started stabbing on people on Saturday night. Thirty seconds of horror. In the footage, a man is heard yelling at people to move upstairs. A man is heavily bleeding, a woman, probably a police officer, …

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Greece’s political leadership and parties of the opposition condemned the terror attack in London on Saturday night. The President of Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, expressed his abhorrence over the new terror attack in London. The general secretary of the Greek Presidency Georgios Gennimatas, following the president’s order, expressed early on …

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The video “Greece Welcomes You” to promote Greece became the target of sharp criticism from the very first moment it was uploaded on YouTube. The 4-minute long footage was showing a flash mob happening dancing a bit of syrtaki and a lot of breakdance. Among the audience, the passersby so …

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Smiles returned to the faces of bankers when customers started to call and cancel withdrawal orders from their bank deposits. And thus in the first hours after the branches opened on Monday after the June 17 elections. According to an exclusive story by Proto Thema,  five managers working at the branches …

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One London restaurant encouraged its customers to pay in old Greek currency, the Drachma. A currency that has not been around since euro coins and banknotes were introduced to the country on January 1st, 2002.  “Real Greek” restaurant operation manager  Christos Karatzenis offered customers the option to pay for a starter …

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