Students injured in Piraeus Theater after part of stage collapses
Students injured in Piraeus Theater after part of stage collapses Part of the stage in the central hall of the Municipal Theater of Piraeus collapsed on Monday at noon, resulting in light injuries to an undisclosed number of students who were rehearsing at the time. According to state broadcaster ERT, the accident occurred after the […]
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Why NASA Names its Spacecraft After the Ancient Greek Gods
Why NASA Names its Spacecraft After the Ancient Greek Gods NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Credit: Keegan Barber & NASA, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons Throughout its 64-year history, NASA has named several of its spacecraft and missions after ancient […]
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Mt. Athos car accident leaves one dead
Mt. Athos car accident leaves one dead A 60-year-old man died after his car fell into a gorge in a wooded area on Sunday in the monastic state of Mt. Athos. The Mt. Athos police is conducting a preliminary investigation into the accident. Source : Newsroom Σύνδεσμος
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Bypassing the Bosporus
Bypassing the Bosporus Eleven years after the abandonment of the trans-Balkan oil pipeline project designed to take Russian crude through Bulgarian territory to Greece, effectively bypassing the Bosporus Strait, the proposal is again the subject of talks between Athens and Sofia – this time without Moscow’s participation. The two Balkan neighbors have announced that they […]
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EU ministers seek to ease tensions on migration after France-Italy spat
EU ministers seek to ease tensions on migration after France-Italy spat EU interior ministers sought to ease resurgent tensions over illegal migration at an emergency meeting on Friday, after the fate of migrants rescued in the Mediterranean triggered harsh words between Paris and Rome. The issue of who should take responsibility for those reaching the […]
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Meet the world’s new human rights crisis manager. He has a lot to do
Meet the world’s new human rights crisis manager. He has a lot to do GENEVA – Barely a month after taking office as the United Nations’ new human rights chief, Volker Türk was in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region last week meeting victims of a conflict that has displaced millions. A day later, in the capital, […]
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The Callas Birthday | Athens | November 26 – December 30
The Callas Birthday | Athens | November 26 – December 30 After 20 years of shaking up the Greek creative scene, local artistic collective The Callas is celebrating its milestone birthday in a big way, taking over the -1 level of the Onassis Cultural Center (onassis.org) for just over a month. In that time, it […]
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Social worker arrested after gun found in children’s shelter
Social worker arrested after gun found in children’s shelter Police on Friday arrested the head social worker in the Ark of the World children’s shelter in Kalamata, in the southwestern Peloponnese, after a gun was found in a drawer. Officers have raided a number of shelters and branches of the disgraced charity following allegations of […]
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Bomb disposal experts called after hand grenades found in basement
Bomb disposal experts called after hand grenades found in basement Police have sealed off an area in the Athens central district of Kypseli after two hand grenades were found in a basement area. Bomb disposal experts arrived at the scene after the devices were discovered on Imvrou Street. [AMNA] Source : Newsroom Σύνδεσμος
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New initiative: “Medical Visa” the next step to encourage visits to Greece
New initiative: “Medical Visa” the next step to encourage visits to Greece After the success of the specialized “Digital Nomad Visa”, Greece is next planning to introduce a “Medical Visa” for those that want to come to the country to undergo medical procedures, Alternate Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said in a recorded video message shown […]
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Cyta projects 2022 takings at €400 mln
Cyta projects 2022 takings at €400 mln After discussing Cyprus telecom Cyta’s 2023 budget, the Cyprus Parliament’s Finance Committee Deputy Chairman Chrysis Pantelides told the company’s board Cyta is a very good example of a profitable and robust semi-governmental organization that should remain in the ownership of the state so the public and society at […]
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Turkey and Egypt Rekindle Relations After 9-Year Rift
Turkey and Egypt Rekindle Relations After 9-Year Rift Erdogan expressed Turkey’s will to carry out a normalization process with Egypt. Credit: Turkish Presidency Turkey and Egypt renewed their relationship after years of strain with a warm handshake between Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, on the sidelines of the World Cup in Qatar […]
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Confessions and thoughts on life after politics
Confessions and thoughts on life after politics Four years after releasing her instant best-seller and critically acclaimed autobiography, “Becoming,” Michelle Obama is back with a new book, “The Light We Carry,” which has been released in Greece by Athens Bookstore Publications, in a translation by Chrysa Frangkoudaki and Manos Tziritas. Through a series of short […]
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Huge rescue operation under way south of Crete after migrant boat issues SOS
Huge rescue operation under way south of Crete after migrant boat issues SOS Coast guard, navy and private boats are carrying out a large-scale rescue operation off the coast of Palaiochora in southwestern Crete after a distress call was issued in the early hours of Tuesday from a migrant boat carrying dozens, if not hundreds, […]
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Erdogan, Sisi meet in Qatar after years of acrimony
Erdogan, Sisi meet in Qatar after years of acrimony After a long period of tension, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan shook hands in Qatar, describing it as a fresh beginning in bilateral ties, the Egyptian Presidency said on Monday. The two leaders were in Qatar to watch the […]
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Woman injured after falling onto the tracks at Egaleo station
Woman injured after falling onto the tracks at Egaleo station A woman between 45 and 50 years old was injured after falling onto the tracks in Egaleo metro station on Saturday afternoon. Fire fighters removed her after finding her injured between the tracks and an oncoming train. She was rushed to hospital by a waiting […]
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Event-debate on new tourism season’s challenges at Philoxenia 2022
Event-debate on new tourism season’s challenges at Philoxenia 2022 A few days after the international meeting of the world’s travel industry at the international tourism exhibition WTM in London, the prevailing climate in the markets of interest for the Greek tourism product will dominate an event-debate organized by the Athens-Macedonian News Agency at 11:00 Saturday, […]
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Erdogan in a corner after US lawmakers say no to F-16 sale
Erdogan in a corner after US lawmakers say no to F-16 sale Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in a corner once again against the background of the F-16 purchase from the US, as it seems that those in Washington who want to put a “brake” on such a development are increasing day by day, […]
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Greek FM: Talks with Libya only after gov’t emerges via election, one representing Libyan people
Greek FM: Talks with Libya only after gov’t emerges via election, one representing Libyan people Greece will hold talks with Libya over maritime zones, but with a government emerging after elections, one which will represent the true will of the Libyan people, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias said from Benghazi on Thursday. He added […]
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Libya recalls envoy to Athens after Dendias calls off visit
Libya recalls envoy to Athens after Dendias calls off visit Libya on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Athens and the foreign ministry summoned the Greek chargé d’affaire in Tripoli to protest the Greek foreign minister’s decision to cancel his meeting with the head of the country’s Presidency Council. Nikos Dendias was on a two-part trip […]
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Pricing tricks used by grocers
Pricing tricks used by grocers Week after week, supermarket chains are competing to become the retailer with the most improved “household basket,” by employing tricks such as increasing private label products, replacing large packages with smaller and therefore cheaper ones, and with price reductions that in many cases are limited to just 1 cent. Consequently, […]
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FM Dendias cuts visit to Tripoli short after Libyan official tries to ‘force’ meeting
FM Dendias cuts visit to Tripoli short after Libyan official tries to ‘force’ meeting A meeting between Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and the chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Menfi, in Tripoli was canceled at the last minute on Thursday. A few minutes after his airplane landed in Tripoli, the Greek official instructed […]
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After a perilous journey, migrants try to make it in New York City
After a perilous journey, migrants try to make it in New York City Alberto Azuna stood on the corner of 125th Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan on a recent morning and adjusted his baseball cap. He squirmed inside a tight winter jacket, then straightened himself. “OK, let’s go down this way,” he said. His […]
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Greek Adoptee in the US Finds Family Back Home After 68 Years
Greek Adoptee in the US Finds Family Back Home After 68 Years Greek Adoptee in the US Finds Family Back Home After 68 Years. Credit: The Eftychia Project/Facebook Greek adoptee Merrill Jenkins began searching for his family back in March 2011 after losing his wife in September 2010. It was a rainy day on a dull […]
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Learning our lesson
Learning our lesson It is important that after every major crisis, we learn from our mistakes and fix them. We learned, for example, after the 1996 Imia crisis that the country cannot afford to have people whose only qualification is being a member of the governing party in key positions. And the truth is that […]
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EU to propose natural gas price cap after Nov. 24 meeting
EU to propose natural gas price cap after Nov. 24 meeting The European Commission plans to propose a cap on natural gas prices after November 24, as it seeks to contain an energy crisis stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU’s energy policy chief told Reuters on Wednesday. The 27-country European Union has for […]
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Greece to Tighten Intelligence Service Control After Wiretapping Scandal
Greece to Tighten Intelligence Service Control After Wiretapping Scandal Syntagma Square, Athens. Credit: Public Domain The conservative government in Greece is proposing a new law to tighten checks on the country’s intelligence service following the wiretapping scandal that has rocked the nation. The draft law which was posted online for public consultation on Tuesday aims […]
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Government seeks to control unregulated growth of short-term rentals
Government seeks to control unregulated growth of short-term rentals Years after short-term rentals took a hold in Greece’s tourism industry, the government is seeking to legislate to impose some order on an activity that has seen explosive, largely unregulated growth. Tourism is arguably Greece’s most important economic activity, accounting for at least a fifth of […]
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Man Sues Upscale Mykonos Beach Bar After Falling Into Well
Man Sues Upscale Mykonos Beach Bar After Falling Into Well Man Sues Upscale Mykonos Beach Bar After Falling Into Well. Credit: Osvaldo Coelho Jr./ Pexels An American millionaire from Chicago has sued “Scorpios,” one of Mykonos Island’s most opulent Beach Bars, after falling into a well. The businessman is seeking compensation worth hundreds of thousands […]
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One plane over Italy ordered back to Athens, another grounded after intel report cited ‘suspicious’ passenger on board
One plane over Italy ordered back to Athens, another grounded after intel report cited ‘suspicious’ passenger on board One Emirates airliner set to take off from Athens for Dubai on Thursday remained grounded at the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport while another airborne aircraft, of the same carrier but with another destination, was forced to return […]
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