Thrilled Panathinaikos fans gathered at the Athens airport and thousands found their away to OAKA Stadium on Monday to welcome their basketball “heroes” and celebrate with them. On Sunday, Panathinaikos defeated Real Madrid during the Final in Berlin to win the Euroleague title for the seventh time, after a break …
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Mitsotakis sworn in Prime Minister of Greece
Elections winner and conservative New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis paid a visit to the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou in order to receive the mandate to form a government. “It is a special honour to receive this mandate to form a government with a four-year horizon,” Mitsotakis said …
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Culture Ministry announces winner for new National Archaeological Museum
The winning entry for the New National Archaeological Museum is by the architectural offices of David Chipperfield Architects and Alexandros N. Tombazis & Associates SA, selected by an international committee convened by Culture & Sports Minister Lina Mendoni, the ministry announced on Monday. The committee was set up in …
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Reality show winner faces 10 years for fatal accident under alcohol influence (video)
The winner of a Greek reality show faces charges that could send her to prison up to ten years for causing a fatal traffic accident under the influence of alcohol. The 20-year-old model was involved in a traffic accident where a 60-year-old motorcyclist died in the early morning hours of …
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Olympics winner Alexandros Nikolaidis dies of rare cancer form at 42
Twice Olympics Tae Kwon Do silver medalist Alexandros Nikolaidis passed away at the age of 42. He was battling an extreme rare form of cancer for the last two years. Nikolaidis had also served as deputy spokesman for the main opposition party left-wing SYRIZA. The great athlete and father two …
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€1.9bn power subsidy for Sept: Who are the beneficiaries and the winners
Greece will subsidize power bills of households and businesses with 1.9 billion euros in September, Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas announced on Tuesday. For households, the subsidy is 63.9 cents per KWh, meaning that consumers will pay 15-16 cents of the average price at 0,80 euros. The subsidies will be incorporated …
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No place for people with disabilities on a podium full of clergymen & sports officials
A picture from the inauguration of a Sports Center on Crete went viral for a good reason and stirred the Greek society that expressed anger and outrage over the exclusion of a person with disabilities from a blessing ceremony.stirred the Greek society. The Sports Minister who awas present at the …
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Nikos Androulakis wins KINAL/PASOK leadership race with 68.42%
Nikos Androulakis has been elected the new leader of socialist party Movement for Change (KINAL/PASOK). According to first results on Sunday evening, the 42-year-old politician gathered 68.42% of the 206,000 votes, while former prime minister Giorgos Papandreou received 31.58%. Papandreou but also PM Mitsotakis called the new leader and congratulated …
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102-year-old woman wins Covid-19 battle, discharged from Corfu hospital
A 102-year-old woman won the battle against the coronavirus. She was discharged from the general hospital on the island of Corfu on Saturday after hospitalization that lasted 20 days. The woman was one of the 56 elderly infected with Covid-19 in a nursing home in Ioannina, Epirus, beginning of the …
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Irini Tzortzoglou wins UK MasterChef 2019 Trophy, stuns judges with Greek food
Irini Tzortzoglou from Greece was crowned UK’s MasterChef on Friday night. In an dramatic all-female finale, the retired banker impressed the judge with a menu inspired from her childhood on the island of Crete and the Greek heritage. Irini’s 3-course menu included red mullet with a squid risotto,lamb chops with …
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Greece’s Creditors troll Greeks: The best of Eurogroup quotes
One after the other, the heavy weights of the Eurozone took the floor after the extensive and exhausting 9-hour Eurogroup meeting on Thursday. They started to congratulate each other and praise the deal they reached with Greece. In fact, they did not reach any deal that normally occurs after lengthy …
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Meet Adria Zafirakou Winner of Global Teacher Prize 2018
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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Portugal wins Eurovision 2017, Greece lands 19th in 26 countries total
Portugal won the 62nd competition of Eurovision 2017 with a love ballad. Portugal won the Eurovision for the first time in the history of the contest. Salvador Sobral, 27, won with his love ballad Amar Pelos Dois, which was written by his sister. He said on receiving the trophy: “We …
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Greece: Demy and This Is Love go Eurovision 2017 in Kiev
Greece has decided: Demy and the song This Is Love will represent Greece in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The national finals were held on Monday at the studios of state broadcaster ERT in Athens. The decision was determined through televoting by Greek public …
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Greece Joker lottery: €16.4millions go to …Cyprus
The super winner of Greece’s Joker lottery is not even in Greece. The lottery ticket with the lucky numbers 9, 11, 33, 43, 44 and Joker 13 was checked in Limassol in Cyprus. Sixteen point four million euros go overseas. Two more lucky tickets containing five winning numbers without the …
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Jack Pot: Super winner gets €15.5 million
It was a super jack pot for Joker lottery. Thousands of Greeks tipped 5+1 with media reporting that more than 20 million Joker columns were filled. But the winner was only one. While media and the public is keen to find out who is the super lucky one, the winner …
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Angela Merkel: instead of Thanking Greeks she reassures, she will continue pressure
What it looks to be a Turkish Doner is in fact a Greek gyros. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the sweeping winner of German federal elections demonstrate her savvy skills, her absolute capacity to deal with a sharp knife and cut Greek gyros into thin slices thus with a surgical precision. Although… …
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Elementary school pupil wins “Doogle 4 Google” competition “My Greece”
A simple drawing capturing the whole of Greece: sun, sea, seagulls, a fishing boat and the Greek flag. This powerful image was submitted by Asterios Reynik, 10, an elementary school pupil from Litochoro in Pieria. decided that Reynik’s picture was the best among those participating in “Doodle 4 Google” logo …
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EU Wins Nobel Peace Prize: This Must be THE Joke in Nobel Prize History
This must be the joke in the history of Nobel Prize. Crisis-torn European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012, ‘for its historic role in uniting the continent’. Unless the Nobel Prize committee members had a sudden attack of a cynicism, KTG would say that Barroso, Van Rompuy & Co …
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