People united in grief, and anger

People united in grief, and anger

Panoramic view of Syntagma Square. Young and old, workers, students, ordinary citizens, parents with their children, the elderly. They were all there at the massive demonstration for Tempe in the center of Athens on Friday. [InTime News] Hundreds of thousands of Greeks took to the streets across the country on Friday, marking two years since …

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Protests Rage In Greece Over Train Deaths

Protests Rage In Greece Over Train Deaths

Two years after Greece’s deadliest train crash, hundreds of thousands protested across the country demanding justice and accountability. A 24-hour general strike halted public services, grounded flights, and closed businesses as people rallied in cities and towns, chanting “murderers” to denounce the perceived government negligence that led to the tragedy. Fifty-seven people, many of them …

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PKK says it will heed Ocalan’s peace call and declare ceasefire

PKK says it will heed Ocalan’s peace call and declare ceasefire

In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 21, 2018, a youth holds a flag with the image of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in Istanbul, Turkey. [AP/Lefteris Pitarakis] The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia will heed its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call for disarmament and declare …

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Cyprus gets €72 million EIB loan for new museum

Cyprus gets €72 million EIB loan for new museum

[Shutterstock] The European Investment Bank is providing the Cypriot government with a 72-million-euro loan for a new national archaeological museum in the capital Nicosia. The EIB credit will be used to build the planned state-of-the-art Cyprus Archaeological Museum, which will serve as a cultural landmark while contributing to urban regeneration. The EIB Group, which also …

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Charlie Parker Tribute | Athens | March 1

Charlie Parker Tribute | Athens | March 1

The Gilad Atzmon Quartet, led by the renowned saxophonist of the same name, will present a tribute to the legendary jazz musician Charlie “Bird” Parker at the Theater of the No (3 Konstantinou Palaiologou) on March 1. A saxophonist and composer, Parker was a pioneer of bebop, transforming jazz from dance music into high art. …

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Alpha buys Cypriot AstroBank | eKathimerini.com

Alpha buys Cypriot AstroBank | eKathimerini.com

Alpha Bank said on Thursday it has reached a binding agreement to buy small Cypriot lender AstroBank for just over 200 million euros. The transaction will take place through Alpha Bank Cyprus, which is Alpha Bank’s unit in Cyprus, and is expected to be concluded in the last quarter of 2025. It will be financed …

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Piraeus Bank’s largest shareholder reduces stake

Piraeus Bank’s largest shareholder reduces stake

File photo. Piraeus Bank announced on Friday that its biggest stakeholder, Paulson & Co, has reduced its stake to 13.62%. It controls 170.317.912 shares, per the latest update by the investor on Wednesday, added the Greek lender.  Source link

Reds and Greens triumph on the road in Europe

Reds and Greens triumph on the road in Europe

[Intime] Olympiakos and Panathinaikos returned successfully to Euroleague action on Friday scoring road wins that consolidate them in the top four of the table. Olympiakos thrashed Virtus Bologna 92-70 in Italy, in a game that had its name written all over it from the start, when the Reds led 17-2. With the distance up to …

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More EFKA assets up for sale

More EFKA assets up for sale

The list of properties that the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) is putting up for utilization through concession tenders is constantly growing.  EFKA has 517 properties in its portfolio, with an estimated value of over 1.5 billion euros. Of these, approximately 200 host the fund’s services. The latest addition concerns a building located at the …

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Why Hittites never tried to conquer Mycenaean Greece?

Why Hittites never tried to conquer Mycenaean Greece?

Greek City Times Why Hittites never tried to conquer Mycenaean Greece? Hittites were one of the great powers of the Bronze Age, famed for their numerous conquests and wars against fellow empires such as Egypt and Babylonia. In this video, we talk about the Hittite rivalry with the Mycenaean Greece, and examine reasons why the …

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