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Greece Offers One Million Euros for Gaza's Reconstruction

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos announced on Monday that Greece will offer one million euros for the reconstruction of Gaza. Speaking at the International Gaza Reconstruction Conference in Cairo on Sunday, the Greek minister noted that the country would add its share to the...

Clashes Between Activists and Tour Guides in Acropolis

Clashes occurred on Tuesday morning on the sacred rock of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, between tour guides and activists protesting against the war in Gaza. The activists hung a banner which read: "Stop Israel Crime at Gaza". According to reports, tour...

Greece Shapes Foreign Policy Based on Respect for International Law

Greece shapes its foreign policy - which is strategically stable in the recent decades - based on respect for international law and the defence of its national interests, the Foreign Ministry said in an announcement on Monday. "In the European...

Greece Offers Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Strip

On Thursday, Greece announced the disbursement of 500,000 euros (669,000 U.S. dollars) to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to deal with the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza Strip after the ceasefire. Debt-laden Greece also expressed via UNRWA and...

Gaza Massacre and Lunacy

My heart bleeds for the innocent. Seeing the brutality and utter barbarity of war that spares no-one from being blown to smithereens infuriates my deep sense of decency and respect for humanity. Those corpses carried away on stretchers or...

First-Ever Bi-communal Humanitarian Mission to Gaza

A bicommunal medical mission, consisting of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot doctors, is expected to travel to Gaza to help the Palestinian people, Cypriot MEP Eleni Theocharous has told CNA. This is the first time Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot...

Greek Woman Helpless in Gaza: "I Pray to God to Protect my Children"

Angeliki is a Greek woman living in Gaza with her five children and her Palestinian husband, whom she met when he was studying in Greece. They fell in love and she moved with him in his country of origin....

Tsipras: Brutality in Palestine Must End

The brutality Palestine is experiencing must end, Greek main opposition SYRIZA party leader Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday during a rally and march to Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece, to protest the Israeli army military campaign in the Gaza Strip. The...

Greek Orthodox Church Shelter for Palestinians

About 1,000 Palestinian Muslims fleeing Israeli shells devastating their Gaza neighbourhood have found shelter in a building they otherwise would rarely if ever enter, the city's 12th-century Greek Orthodox Church. Despite its thick walls dating back to the Crusades, the...

Gaza Rocket Lands Near Israel’s Main Airport – Aegean Airlines Canceled Flights to Tel Aviv

JERUSALEM (AP) — A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed near Israel's main airport Tuesday, wounding one Israeli and prompting all U.S. and some European and Canadian airlines to cancel flights to Tel Aviv — a reflection of...