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Greece to Ink Deal for 7 Fire-fighting Aircraft at Mitsotakis Visit to Canada
Greece is expected to finalize a deal for the purchase of 7 fire-fighting aircraft from Canada early next week during the official visit of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Montréal, and Toronto.
Canada's PM Justin Trudeau, announced that Mitsotakis, will visit...
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Greece Receives US-Made Romeo MH-60R Seahawk Helicopters
On Wednesday, Greece received three new US-made Romeo MH-60R Seahawk helicopters that will be joining the Hellenic Navy.
The ceremony took place at the Kotroni Air Base near Marathon in East Attica, where Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made a brief...
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Shows First Brain-Chip Patient Playing Online Chess
On Wednesday, Elon Musk's brain-chip startup Neuralink live streamed its first patient implanted with a chip playing online chess and toggling a music stream on and off.
Noland Arbaugh, a 29-year-old man who is paralyzed from the shoulders down due...
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Acropolis View Makes this Apartment the Most Expensive in Athens
With a price tag of 48 million euros ($52 million) an apartment with a panoramic view of the Acropolis is the most expensive house in Athens.
Sotheby's says that "Majestic" is a landmark property located on one of Athens's most...
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Greek Fighter Jet Crashes into Sea, Pilot Rescued
A Greek Air Force F-16 (Block 52+ variant) fighter jet has crashed into a sea off the small island of Psathoura, in the northern Aegean.
The pilot managed to escape from the single-seater aircraft using the ejection system. He was...
Animals
Rare Pygmy Hippo Born in Athens Zoo
A rare and endangered pygmy hippo has been born in Athens' Attica Zoological Park for the first time in 10 years, delighting conservationists.
A lack of male pygmy hippopotamus in captivity had complicated breeding efforts, so zoo staff were "absolutely...
Environment
Experts Call for Massive Overhaul of Greece’s Thessaly Plane to Prevent Floods
Dutch experts have proposed massive infrastructure works, including the relocation of entire villages, in Greece's Thessaly Plain to prevent future floods.
After the deadly floods of last September in Thessaly Greece asked the assistance of the Dutch experts of HVA, an...
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Greece Drops in the Rankings of the World Happiness Report
Greece has dropped in the rankings of the World Happiness Report released on Wednesday to mark the UN’s International Day of Happiness.
This year Greece dropped six places compared to 2023 and is now in 64th place among 140 nations.
The...
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Greek Parliament Debates Tempe Disaster as Cover-up Allegations Intensify
The Greek Parliament will debate the findings of the Tempe railway disaster on Wednesday in what is expected to be a heated debate as allegations of cover-up by the government intensify.
The findings of a parliamentary committee investigating the case...
Ancient Greece
Zominthos: The Ancient Minoan Palace on Crete’s Highest Mountain
The ancient Minoan palace of Zominthos on Crete located about 1,200 meters (nearly 4,000 feet) above sea level shows that Minoans were not just seafarers but highlanders too.
Discovered in 1984 and nestled in a plateau on Mt. Psiloritis (or...