The Extermination of Pontic Greeks was a Genocide

The Greek genocide and the Pontic genocide instigated by the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish national movement is a dark moment for Greece Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.

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Maria Menounos is Now Officially a Greek Citizen

Maria Menounos proudly announced on Thursday that she is now a Greek citizen by posing at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens holding her Greek passport. “I’m so proud to officially be a Greek citizen! Where better to share this than in our motherland!,” she wrote on Instagram. “Thank you to everyone at the Greek consulates […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.

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Magnitude 3.1 quake hits Greek island of Crete early on Friday

… .1 earthquake hit the Greek island of Crete early on Friday – specifically … to the National Observatory of Athens (NOA). No damages or injuries …

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Greece’s Leader Faces Elections Amid Rule-of-Law Concerns

A surveillance scandal has tarnished Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s standing as a liberal who vowed to repair Greece’s institutions.

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Greek Rivals In Final Push Before Sunday Vote

Leading candidates in Greece's elections are holding their final rallies on Friday, ahead of a 24-hour campaigning blackout before polls open on Sunday AFP Greece's outgoing conservative Prime ...

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Economic situation takes centre stage at Greek elections

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SPD MEP: A socialist-conservative coalition bad option for Greece

A collaboration between socialists and conservatives to form a coalition government in Greece after the 21 May elections would not be a good option for the Mediterranean country, especially after a ...

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