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Cyprus Parliament calls for the return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece

The Cyprus House of Representatives has called for “all countries as well as UNESCO to renew and intensify their efforts for the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece”. From: Athens News Agency 07/03/2009 Cyprus House call for Marbles The Cyprus House of Representatives has called for the return of Parthenon sculptures to Greece. In a resolution which the House [...]

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Top Greek judge's car hit in bomb attack

Greece's anti-terrorist service has launched a probe after several bombings in Athens.

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Bomb Destroys Greece Tax Office in Athens

A powerful home-made bomb exploded outside a tax office in the Greek capital Athens, causing considerable damage but no one was injured. The blast occurred at 4.35 am local time on Friday in the central Ambelokipi district, and followed an anonymous warning call to two Athens newspapers, police officials said. ...

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Illegal migration a risk to Greek democracy - EU

[ + ] The EU justice commissioner called illegal immigration via Turkey a risk to Greek democracy and called again on Ankara to do more to combat people-traffickers. Jacques Barrot told a Brussels news briefing after a visit to Athens that he had promised the Greek government financial help to deal with the problem and more active EU talks with Turkey to ensure better supervision of illegal migration....

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Greek restricts public smoking

ATHENS, Greece -- Europe's most nicotine-addicted nation adopted a new public smoking ban Wednesday in a bid to stub out the Greek habit of lighting up practically everywhere. Exceptions have been made for mental patients and gamblers.

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Greece's third try at smoking ban gets underway - Feature

Athens - Greece introduced a ban on smoking in public places on Wednesday - its third attempt in a decade to stamp out the habit in the country considered one of the last bastions of smoking in the European Union. Anyone caught lighting up will now b...

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Pollution of Greek lake prompts EU warning

ATHENS, Greece, June 26 (UPI) -- The European Commission says Greece must take steps to prevent the pollution of Lake Koroneia or face potential legal action. Greece's Kathimerini newspaper said Friday the European Union branch informed the Greek government in a letter that EC inspectors were not pleased with the level of pollution they found at the European Union-protected wetland in northern Greece....

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Last-minute reprieve for offices ahead of Greek smoking ban

Athens - Greece's health minister Friday announced last- minute exemptions for some offices and casinos, ahead of a public smoking ban to due come into force next week. The Greeks are considered one of the last bastions of smoking in the EU, and the ...

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Greek parliament passes tough new immigration law

Athens - Greece has passed a tough new immigration law, allowing it to impose heavy fines on people-traffickers and holding illegal immigrants for six months before deportation, officials said Thursday. Under the new law, passed late Wednesday night ...

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Greece sets up electrified highway barriers to protect bears

Athens - Greece's environment ministry plans to construct barriers and will make use of electrified wire along sections of a highway in the northern part of the country to prevent road deaths among the local brown bear population, reports said Thursd...

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Flights grounded as Greek traffic controllers strike

Athens - Flights to and from Greece were grounded for several hours Thursday as air traffic controllers called a four-hour work stoppage to protest against pension reforms and low salaries. Air traffic at airports across the country were suspended fr...

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Greece, Macedonia resume name issue talks

ATHENS, Greece, June 23 (UPI) -- A U.N. mediator orchestrated a new round of talks in the name dispute between Greece and Macedonia, a former Yugoslav republic, officials said Tuesday. Mathew Nimetz, a special United Nations envoy held a new round of talks with ambassadors of Greece and Macedonia in Geneva Monday and announced he will visit Skopje July 6-7 and Athens July 7-9 for talks with leaders...

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Clinton cancels visit to Greece for NATO, OSCE summit

Athens - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, recovering from elbow surgery, has cancelled her trip to Greece at week's end for a summit with European foreign ministers, Greece's foreign ministry said Monday. Clinton had been set to attend a...

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Greece seeks return of Elgin Marbles with museum opening - Summary

Athens - After years of delay, Greece opened the new Acropolis Museum Saturday, boosting its decades-old campaign for the return of the priceless Elgin Marbles, artefacts which were stripped and sold to Britain nearly 200 years ago. All that you see...

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New Acropolis Museum opens with lavish party

Gods, heroes and long-dead mortals stepped off their plinths into the evening sky of Athens on Saturday during the lavish launch of the new Acropolis Museum, a decades-old dream that Greece hopes will also help reclaim a cherished part of its heritage from Britain.

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AEK Athens vs Thrasivoulos Greece Super League

AEK Athens vs Thrasivoulos Greece Super League

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AEK Athens vs Kerkyra Live Streaming Greece Cup

AEK Athens vs Kerkyra Live Streaming Greece Cup

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Greenstone launches the first “themed gathering” on real estate issues.

Greenstone, the real estate development subsidiary of Johnny Saadé Holdings, invited two select groups on the 4th and 12th of December 2008 at Vintage (Saifi) to a Dinner/Seminar to discuss key subjects related to the real estate market in Lebanon. Being a first, both gatherings featured the intervention of Mr. Raja Makarem, RAMCO Managing Partner and Mr. Alexandre Richa, APAVE-Liban Senior Director.