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Elina Tzengko Bags Another Gold for Greece at European Championships
Nineteen-year-old Elina Tzengko dominated the women’s javelin final at the European Championships on Saturday to win gold for Greece.
Tzengko won the contest by almost four meters with a personal best of 65.81 meters on her second attempt.
Serbia’s Adriana Vilagoš...
Greek News
Greece’s Ntrismpioti Wins Second Gold at European Championships
Greek track athlete Antigoni Ntrismpioti won her second gold medal in race walking at the European Championships in Munich on Saturday.
Ntrismpioti (pronounced "Drisbioti"), 38, had already won a gold in the women's 35km race walk on Tuesday and clinched her...
Diplomacy
Kamala Harris, Greek PM Mitsotakis Discuss US-Greece Defense Deal
Vice President Kamala Harris and Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis discussed the ratification of the US-Greece defense deal and the crisis in Ukraine during their meeting in Munich on Saturday.
According to Greek government sources, Mitsotakis informed Harris of his intention...
Europe
Greek Candidate Runs on Diverse Ballot in Munich Elections
A ballot that represents the new face of Munich will vie for power in the March-15 municipal elections in the German state of Bavaria.
The name of the ballot is "Zusammen in Bayern" or ZuBa, which means ''Together in Bavaria.''...
Greece
Greek Shooter Anna Korakaki Wins Gold Medal at H&N Cup in Munich
Greek Olympic gold medalist and world champion shooter Anna Korakaki added yet another prestigious title to her collection on Friday by winning a gold medal at this year’s H&N Cup in Munich, Germany.
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Korakaki won with a total score of 242.7, leaving...
Archaeology
Marble Stele from Asia Minor Returned to Munich Museum
A marble stele from Greece which was given as a wedding gift in 1958, has been returned to a museum in Munich, Germany after an investigation by an Oxford scholar and antiquities dealers.
The marble stele, from the first half...
Greece
Anna Korakaki Wins Gold Medal in Munich ISSF World Cup
Greek Olympic gold medalist and world champion shooter Anna Korakaki added yet another title to her athletic career by winning the gold medal in the ISSF Munich World Cup on Wednesday.
The Olympic gold medalist from Greece won first place in...
Education
Munich Plans to Demolish its Unfinished Greek School
A more than 20-year-old dispute between the Greek state and the local Council of Munich, Germany is set to end with the demolition of the unfinished Greek school, which is currently not much more than a shell.
The German newspaper...
Europe
Munich Greeks Shout “Macedonia is Greek” (video)
..Hundreds of Greeks living in Munich demonstrated against the use of the term "Macedonia" in the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
The protesters gathered at Königsplatz in Munich waving Greek flags and shouting "Macedonia is Greek", complaining...
Europe
Greeks in Munich Pen Angry Letter After German Council Votes to Take Back Land for Greek School
German municipal authorities in Karlsfeld, 12 kilometers from central Munich, have angered the Greek community following a decision to take back a plot of land benchmarked in 2001 for the construction of a Greek school. The construction deal had...