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Greek Soccer Legend Kostas Nestoridis Dies at 93

Greek Soccer Legend Kostas Nestoridis, one of the best strikers in the history of AEK Athens and Greek football, died in Athens on Tuesday. He was 93. Nestoridis was born on March 15, 1930 in Drama in northern Greece and...

Construction of New Bridge Linking Greece and Turkey Set to Begin

Greece and Turkey have agreed to begin construction of a new bridge linking the two countries in the Evros region. The bridge will improve road safety conditions and ensure the smoother movement of passengers and goods between the two...

Greece Shuts Sports Venues for Spectators After Hooligan Violence

Greece announced on Monday it asked the Super League to hold soccer matches without spectators for two months after incidents of hooligan violence. This measure, announced by government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis after a meeting at Maximos Mansion on Sunday, follows...

Greek Woman Mauled to Death by Three Shepherd Dogs

Three shepherd dogs escaped from their yard and fatally mauled a 50-year-old Greek woman in her garden near Thessaloniki, northern Greece on Sunday. The woman was attacked at about midday in the village of Neochorouda - 10 miles (16km) northwest...

US Reps Call on the UK to Return Parthenon Marbles to Greece

US Representatives of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues sent a letter calling on the UK to return to the negotiation table in discussions about returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. The recipient of the letter is British PM Rishi...

Why It Feels Like Christmas Comes Around More Quickly Each Year

Christmas is coming around faster the older we get. A survey of 918 adults in the UK found 77 percent of respondents agreed Christmas seems to arrive more quickly with each passing year, but why is this? By Ruth Ogden Think...

Gyaros: The Forgotten Greek ‘Island of the Devil’ Becomes an Oasis of Life

Gyaros an arid, and uninhabited Greek island in the northern Cyclades was during the military dictatorship a place of exile and torture. Today, the small island is becoming an oasis of life. "Mediterranean monk seals nurse their young on open beaches...

Turkey’s Erdogan Offers Greece Nuclear Energy

Upon his return to Ankara from his official trip to Athens, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he wants to develop cooperation with Greece on nuclear energy. Speaking to reporters on his flight back from Greece, where he met Prime Minister...

Flooded Village in Thessaly, Greece to be Relocated

The village of Metamorfosi in Thessaly, central Greece that was flooded in September is to be relocated to a new community on higher grounds PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Friday. Residents of the small Greek farming village have already voted...

Putin to Run for Fifth Term in Russia’s Presidency

Russia's President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday that he will run in the 2024 presidential election, seeking and most likely winning a fifth term. If elected, the 71-year-old will extend his 24-year leadership of Russia, albeit with an eight-year stint...