Greek history with big data

Greek history with big data

What were the deepest causes of the 1821 Greek Revolution against the Ottoman Empire? What did the bankruptcies of 1893 and 1932 leave behind, and how do they compare with Greece’s recent bankruptcy in 2010? What were the effects of the Civil War? What were the results of the dictatorship of the colonels and how …

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Health system readies for repatriation of Greek from virus-hit cruise ship

Health system readies for repatriation of Greek from virus-hit cruise ship

A Spanish Coast Guard vessel operates next to hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, on Sunday, May 10, 2026. [REUTERS/Hannah McKay] Health authorities are preparing for the repatriation of the sole Greek national on a luxury cruise ship hit by a potentially fatal virus outbreak in …

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Diplomacy Conference to begin in Orestiada Monday

Diplomacy Conference to begin in Orestiada Monday

A conference on “Diplomacy in the era of geopolitical revisions – in the Footsteps of Alexandros Caratheodoris” will take place in the northeastern town of Orestiada, close to the border with Turkey, on Monday and Tuesday. The conference is part of a series, Applied Greek-French Dialogues, organized alternately in France and Greece, and will be …

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How do we judge Justice?

How do we judge Justice?

In almost all opinion polls and in a recent Eurostat survey (fall 2025) we observe something very worrying: Greeks trust the justice system less than other Europeans. The reasons are many and in some cases unfair. The causes of distrust are often not due to system itself, but to the inability of many people to …

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Faliro air show to celebrate Air Force’s 95th anniversary

Faliro air show to celebrate Air Force’s 95th anniversary

Greece’s Air Force is celebrating its 95th anniversary with an air show Sunday above southern Athens involving historic aircraft like its iconic, airworthy Spitfire fighter as well as modern jets, with the participation of Britain’s Red Arrows aerobatic team. The display will start at 6 p.m. with members of the public invited to view it …

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More than 80,000 attend Metallica concert

More than 80,000 attend Metallica concert

More than 80,000 people attended Saturday’s Metallica concert at the Olympic Stadium in northern Athens, while earthquake-monitoring equipment registered minor tremors from the event. Together with their own work, the band also performed doodles on Mikis Theodorakis’ score for the Zorba the Greek Academy Award-winning film and on Greek alternative rock band Trypes’ “You don’t …

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13 migrants found squashed into cars at border

13 migrants found squashed into cars at border

One of the cars used to drive migrants west from the Turkish border. [Handout/Hellenic Police] Two people have been arrested in the northeastern Evros region on suspicion of belonging to smuggling rings that picked up migrants who had illegally crossed the land border with Turkey and drove them west towards Thessaloniki, authorities said Sunday.  A …

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Motorcyclist shot in Athens road rage spat

Motorcyclist shot in Athens road rage spat

File photo. A motorcyclist pulled a handgun and shot another biker in the leg in an apparent road rage incident in central Athens Sunday, police said. A 34-year-old man was hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries following the incident in the capital’s Gyzi district, while the gunman fled the scene where police later located two bullet …

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New migrant arrivals on Crete

New migrant arrivals on Crete

A small boat carrying 40 migrants who made the dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Africa arrived on the southern Greek island of Gavdos, off Crete, on Saturday, authorities said. the Coast Guard said the 33 men, six women and one child were found on the beach of Trypiti, where many migrant boats that successfully complete …

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Police break marijuana-trafficking rings | eKathimerini.com

Police break marijuana-trafficking rings | eKathimerini.com

[Handout/Hellenic Police] Organized crime squad officers have arrested two people accused of drug trafficking after locating nearly 42 kilograms of marijuana hidden in an apartment, police said. A police statement said the suspects, who both had previous arrests for alleged drugs offenses, were arrested Friday following a tip-off. Officers also seized cash and precision scales. …

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