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Thursday, April 18, 2019

Greek court upholds monks' bomb convictions, trims sentences

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — An appeals court in the northern city of Thessaloniki has upheld the bombing convictions of a monk and the abbot of a 1,000-year-old monastery deemed schismatic by the ...


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IAF Taking Part In Training Exercises In Greece

The Israel Air Force is currently taking part in the “largest overseas Israeli Air Force exercises” the IAF tweeted. Watch our fighter jets fly over the snowy peaks and wide fields of Greece as part ...


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Businesses, citizens to be honored at GREECE Regional Chamber of Commerce's annual gala

We're joined on Good Day Rochester by Melissa Jordann and Terry Kelley of M&T Bank, as well as GREECE Regional Chamber of Commerce ...


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Germany will pay: GREECE demands 376 BILLION Euros in wartime reparations

Mr Tsipras campaigned on a platform of claiming compensation from Germany, and the resolution states his government should ensure "GREECE'S ...


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New York's Proposed Fur Ban Threatens Historic GREEK Business

A GREEK-American entrepreneur has warned that his historic fur business in New York will shut down if a measure calling for banning the sale of all ...


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A GREEK Myth Gets a Depression-Era Twist in Broadway's Hadestown

The characters are all from GREEK myths, but don't worry—it's easy to follow. While the story is really about the young lovers Orpheus and Eurydice, ...


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Here are Cincinnati's top 5 Greek spots

Topping the list is Sebastian's. Located at 5209 Glenway Ave. in West Price Hill, the Greek and Mediterranean spot is the highest-rated Greek restaurant in Cincinnati, boasting 4.5 stars out of ...


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Restaurant Report: Greek restaurant hit with repeat violations

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - This week’s Restaurant Report features a Greek restaurant that was inspected seven times in about a month, along with a popular breakfast spot. Greek Cuisine is located at 11214 ...


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Greek Anarchists Claim Russian Consulate Grenade Blast

A Greek anarchist group on Thursday claimed responsibility for exploding a grenade outside the Russian Consulate in Athens in March. In a statement on anti-establishment website Indymedia validating ...


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Acropolis closed again after storm warning

Visitors to GREECE'S top historical monument were prevented from entering the site of the Parthenon atop Acropolis Hill in central Athens on Thursday ...


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Greece bids for role in Israeli settler railway

The government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is attempting to solve Greece’s chronic economic and debt problems at the expense of Palestinian rights. Yonatan Sindel Xinhua Encouraged by the Greek ...


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British couple who died when their buggy fell into 656ft GREEK ravine are revealed to be Christian ...

A smiling Milly, 25, and Toby Savill, 26, from Vauxhall, south London, who 'were utterly devoted to one another', died on the GREEK island of Santorini ...


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British couple who died in Greek buggy crash were 'utterly devoted to one another'

A British couple killed after their buggy reportedly fell 200m (656ft) into a ravine on the Greek island of Santorini were "utterly devoted to one another". Teachers Milly and Toby Savill, from ...


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Greece backs construction of TurkStream gas pipeline

SALONIKI /Greece/, April 18. /TASS./ Greece supports the construction of the TurkStream gas pipeline and any other Russian gas supply routes, Dimitrios Velanis, special adviser to the Prime ...


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12th Greek-Russian Joint Interministerial Committee (Thessaloniki, 19 April 2019)

The Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sia Anagnostopoulou, will co-chair, with the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, Yevgeny Ditrikh, the 12th Greek-Russian Joint Interministerial Committee to be held in Thessaloniki tomorrow, Friday, 19 April 2019.The preparatory proceedings of the Joint Interministerial Committee (JIC) are taking place in Thessaloniki today, Thursday, 18 April. The proceedings are expected to cover a wide range of bilateral economic relations (trade relations, rural development, energy, transport, tourism, education, research and technology, telecommunications, ICT, business partnerships, etc.).In the context of the JIC, legal texts that will serve for the further development of relations between the two states will be processed. Agreements concerning the merchant shipping sector and the activity of the Hellenic Organisation for Standardisation (ELOT) are expected to be signed.Following the JIC proceedings, on 19 April, at about 15:00, brief statements will be made to the news media.


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Greece: Anarchist group claims grenade at Russian Consulate

An anarchist group has claimed responsibility for a hand grenade that caused minor damage to the Russian Consulate in Athens.


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London teachers die in buggy crash on Greek island of Santorini

Tributes have been paid to a “devoted” young British couple who died while on holiday on the Greek island of Santorini when the buggy they were driving plunged 200 metres into a ravine. Teachers Milly ...


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Turkish F-16 Flies Excessively Close to Helicopter Transporting Greek Army Chief

A Turkish F-16 fighter plane that had infringed on the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) on Thursday flew excessively close to a military helicopter transporting […] The post Turkish F-16 Flies Excessively Close to Helicopter Transporting Greek Army Chief appeared first on The National Herald.


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Santorini deaths: London teachers killed in buggy crash

A British couple killed in a buggy accident on the GREEK island of Santorini have been named as two teachers who worked in south London. Milly and ...


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British couple killed on Greek island holiday named

The couple had been driving the vehicle on the Profitis Ilias mountain when it fell into a 200-metre ravine on Sunday afternoon, local media said. A British couple killed in a buggy accident on the ...


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From GREECE'S 'German Reparations' to UK's 2019 EU Elections Campaign: EU's Top Stories from ...

GREECE'S Parliament has voted to given Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras a mandate to start talks with Germany for seeking World War II reparations over ...


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GREECE: FETO suspect climbs US embassy wall for asylum

ATHENS. A Turkish citizen, suspected for links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), climbed the wall of the U.S. embassy building in the ...


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GREEK Yogurt Copycats Spreading in Europe

The GREEK Embassy in Bucharest, Romania has notified Athens that “GREEK” yogurt is being sold in food outlets and large supermarket chains across ...


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GREEK police launch tender for secure ID cards, passports

The GREEK Police (ELAS) on Thursday launched a tender to create a new electronic system that will issue new, more secure identity cards in Greece ...


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Human Rights Groups Highlight Rise in Greek Minority Attacks

ATHENS, Greece — A report by human rights groups says the number of violent attacks on minorities in Greece increased in 2018, and the authors are expressing concern that divisive campaign rhetoric ...


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Greece: Acropolis reopens after severe weather warning

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece have reopened the ancient Acropolis to visitors after a temporary weather-related closure the day after a lightning strike injured four people. The Culture ...


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Michael Cosmopoulos elected a Corresponding Member in GREECE'S Academy of Arts and Sciences

This month, the Academy of Athens in his native GREECE became the latest organization of scholars to recognize Cosmopoulos for his work.


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Country name change dispute haunts Macedonian presidential election

Macedonians vote in a presidential election on Sunday shaping up as an unofficial referendum on the hotly disputed change of the country's name to North Macedonia under a deal with Greece.


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Polish MP calls for new push for WW2 reparations from Germany

Poland should follow Greece in stepping up pressure on Germany to pay billions of euros in damages for Nazi occupation during World War Two, a lawmaker in charge of Warsaw's reparations campaign said on Thursday.


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Mitsotakis on Cyprus for Talks with President Anastasiades

Leading in polls and hoping to take power this year in elections, Greece’s major opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived in the Cypriot capital […] The post Mitsotakis on Cyprus for Talks with President Anastasiades appeared first on The National Herald.


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GREEK police detain 70 in new operation to clear squatters in central Athens

ATHENS, April 18 (Xinhua) -- GREEK police detained 70 persons and arrested one on Thursday during an operation to clear squatters in central Athens ...


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Aegean Group CEO on GREECE'S Tempi Tunnels: "This is an investment for the future"

The construction of the Tempi section of the A1 highway has connected the north and south of GREECE. Bypassing a dangerous national road, it will ...


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Smart Regions

Tempi Valley was amongst the most dangerous road sections in GREECE. But it's now one of the safest highways in the country. The northern section of ...


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Academic, former police officer detained while on way to escape to GREECE as asylum seekers

An academic was tur along with a former police officer near Turkey-GREECE border where they were reportedly on their way to escape the country as ...


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Roger Waters calls on GREECE'S Katerine Duska to boycott Eurovision in Israel

Singer-songwriter Roger Waters, one of the most vocal advocates of a cultural boycott of Israel, has issued a personal message to GREECE'S Eurovision ...


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GREECE needs a more civilized public discourse

Public dialogue in GREECE often looks like some kind of theater of the absurd. On the one hand we complain about the vulgar political squabbling that ...


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Refugee, Migrant Influx from Turkey to GREECE Jumps 37%

While the numbers of refugees and migrants from Turkey to GREECE fell markedly after a European Union swap deal three years earlier, they surged ...


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Greece Faces Human Rights Court for Arresting Man Who Rescued Refugees

(CN) — A group of lawyers accused Greek authorities on Thursday of violating human-rights laws when they arrested a man in 2016 for trying to help asylum-seekers at sea reach Europe’s shores. The ...


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Photo of GREEK Mum holding umbrella during her son's soccer game goes viral

An image of a GREEK mother holding an umbrella up during her son's soccer match, which took place while it was raining, has gone viral. The GREEK ...


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GREEK shipowner indicted on match-fixing charges

GREEK shipping tycoon and owner of Olympiakos FC is to be indicted to stand trial on football match-fixing charges follownig a ruling on Wednesday by ...


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British man and woman killed in accident on Greek island mountain

A British man and woman have died in a buggy accident on the Greek island of Santorini, fire authorities have confirmed. A spokesman at the Greek fire service’s headquarters in Athens said ...


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Greece: Acropolis closed for the day after lightning strike

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece have closed the Acropolis in Athens to visitors for the day due to a severe weather warning, a day after a lightning strike at the ancient site left four ...


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British couple die after rented buggy falls into ravine in GREECE

A young British couple have died after their rented buggy fell into a 200-m ravine on Santorini in GREECE. The man and woman (both 26) reportedly lost ...


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British couple die in 200ft buggy plunge accident on Greek island

A British man and woman have died in a buggy accident on the Greek island of Santorini, fire authorities have confirmed. A spokesman at the Greek fire service's headquarters in Athens said ...


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GREEK Alexandroupolis FSRU facing more delays

The developer of Greece's Alexandroupolis FSRU project, Gastrade, was supposed to open the binding phase for booking capacity at the facility in Q1 ...


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Go & Do: GREEK Pastry Sale, 'Albatross' screening, and Diane Edgecomb

GREEK Pastry Sale April 20. The Annunciation GREEK Church will host a GREEK Pastry Sale in member of Mary Strangas on Saturday, April 20 from 9 ...


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Stylish new bar brings an element of Athens to Sydney

Inspired by the famous Brettos Bar in Plaka, the oldest historical neighbourhood in Athens, Baraki, a GREEK word meaning 'small bar', brings an ...


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Two British tourists killed in road accident on GREEK island

Two British nationals died on the GREEK holiday island of Santorini on Sunday after falling down a cliff with a dune buggy, the UK's Foreign and ...


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Greek Police Continue Crackdown on Illegal Exarchia Squats

Dozens of people were remanded for questioning on Thursday morning as part of a large-scale police operation to clear illegal habitations in the downtown Athens district of Exarchia. The operation ...


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Greek War Reparations Issue Closed, Germany Says

The issue of German reparations to Greece for World War II has been legally and politically resolved, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert reiterated on Wednesday, the day the Greek ...


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