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Cyprus starts peace talk preparations on Friday

Athens/Nicosia  -  Greek and Turkish Cypriots will launch the groundbreaking work for new Cyprus reunification talks on April 18, the United Nations mission on the divided Mediterranean island said

Arsonists in Athens destroy second Saudi embassy car

GreeceAthens  - Arsonists claimed responsibility for bombing a diplomatic car belonging to the embassy

Arsonists in Athens destroy Saudi Arabian embassy car

AthensAthens - Arsonists destroyed a diplomatic car belonging to the embassy of Saudi Arabia on Monda

Archaeologists speed up pace of Parthenon restoration

Athens  - The decades-long restoration effort of Athens' famed Acropolis is set to speed up pace with the removal of a further 17 metopes from the ancient landmark for cleaning, the Culture Ministr

Greek journalists walk off the job over pension

Athens - Greece suffered a news blackout for five hours on Tuesday after the country's journalists walked off the job, joined by telecom workers who are protesting the government's plans to revamp

Wild and remote - the Greek island of Karpathos

Pigadia, Greece (dpa) - Their eyebrows are black and thick and their
facial expressions austere and proud. The women from the small town of

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