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The heads of Greek and foreign medical associations, along with dozens of doctors from Greece and abroad, participated in a ceremony reviving the Hippocratic Oath in its original birthplace, in the ancient Asclepion on the island of Kos where Hippocrates – the ‘father’ of modern medicine – once lived and …

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In a move full of symbolism Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, appeared in an event for the Eurogroup deal wearing a tie. A red tie. When he to power in 2015, he had said, he would not wear a tie unless Greece gets a debt relief and exits “the memoranda,” the …

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“We narrowly escaped,” a man wrote on his Facebook acocunt and posted a video showing a lightning striking right next a group of Greeks enjoying their coffee on the island of Rhodes. Vassilis Anadiotis from Patras was apparently still overwhelmed by the shock to see a lightning crashing like a …

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A farmer in a village by Nafplio rescued a young hawk that fell from the sky into a ball of hay. The man was conducting field work when he saw the hawk falling form the sky. He approached the hay ball and carefully took the bird out. Farmer Aris Tsirikos …

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It was in 1835, a few years after the founding of the Greek state, when a Bavarian soldier of King Otto’s army walks along the banks of the Great Stream of ​​Pikermi, known today as Valanaris. While searching for something that he could take back to his homeland, he finds …

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A British tourist got the shock of his life, when the powerful thrust of a jet engine knocked him off his feet. The man stood filming planes take off on the Greek island of Skiathos. Apparently he stood much too close and didn’t stick with ‘safety guidelines’… Paul Turner from Cheshire …

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A video posted on social media has triggered a storm of outrage about the cruelty donkeys and mules on the island of Santorini have been exposed to. The video shows a donkey overloaded with black garbage bags. The load is so heavy that the poor animal can hardly walk, it …

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An unprecedented incident occurred in North-Eastern Greece, when a lightning stroke an intercity bus on a national road on Saturday afternoon. The bus was burned to the ground and it was due to the electric discharge system of the bus and the driver’s quick reflexes that averted a tragedy. The …

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A video isolated from the plethora of footage posted on internet in the last two days, proves that the attack at the mayor of Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris, was well organized and had little to do with “a spontaneous action by indignant citizens” angry about Boutaris’ statements, the economic situation in …

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A brutal racists attack with a group of young people against a 36-year-old man from Pakistan took place in Peristeri suburb of West Athens on Sunday night. The victim said, the attackers, some 10 people,  approached him and started to beat him for no reason. According to his complaint to …

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For more than 30 hours, an 18-year-old Dutch hiker was waiting for his rescue on an inaccessible mountain slope in Western Greece. The adventure had a happy ending after a Super Puma helicopter of the Fire Service rescued the injured man, brought him to safety and transferred him to a …

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The bright side of royal life: Prince Charles and wife Camilla enjoyed relaxed moments among the commoners in downtown Athens on Thursday morning, the second day of the official visit to Greece. Traditional sesame ring ‘koulouri’, donuts, a flower bouquet and cold coffee without plastic straw. Wearing cuff links with …

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A  horrible traffic accident on Kifissos highway cost the lives of two men and sent a woman seriously injured to the hospital. The accident was caused by a lorry whose driver lost control of the vehicle while on the lane from Athens to Lamia. Footage from CCTV shows the lorry …

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The thunderstorm that hit Athens after 10 o’ clock Saturday night was kind of unprecedented. The one thunder followed the next one in very short intervals and there were times, when one heard the loud noise coming from all sides. The thunder and lightning were much more powerful and certainly …

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A protester throws a riot policeman on the ground and beats him with punches on several parts of his body. A policeman rushed to help his colleague on the ground and used his baton against the attacker who left without being arrested. The incident took place at the Plateia Mall …

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Diplomacy is more than sit around a table, exchange nice sentences and trade A for B and D for C. Hosting a dinner for his Greek counterpart on a visit to Belgrade, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic grabbed the microphone and sang a Greek song to Nikos Kotzias … in …

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Greece’s neighbors in the East never run out of ideas when it comes to provoke their neighbors in the West, Athens thinks. But sometimes, the reason for some provokation is simply an inner Turkish wish to be …Greek. An event organized by main opposition party the Kemalists of republican CHP …

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Every Easter in the Greek island of Chios, two churches in the village of Vrontados go into a full rouketopolemos, rocket war. It is the local alternative to the Greek custom to celebrate Jesus Resurrection with fireworks. Thousands of home-made rockets are being fired against the target which is the …

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In his unique way, the priest of the Holy Church of Panagia Evangellistria on the island of Chios made again a spectacular entrance bringing the joyful message of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ to the faithful. Holding a basket will laurels, priest Christoforos Gourlis leaves the Sanctuary with a jump. …

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Thousands of Orthodox Christians pilgrims and locals have gathered in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem Saturday morning awaiting for the Holy Light or Holy Fire. The Holy Fire ceremony in the Church of Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Watch Live the Holy Fire ceremony from the Tomb of …

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