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Greens set example by binning party posters

Members of the Ecologist Greens yesterday pressed on with an initiative to remove political parties' campaign posters from roadsides across Attica, taking down dozens of posters in the coastal suburb of Glyfada following...

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In September, memories and feelings of hope

Voula Mastori has been writing children's books since 1974. She was a candidate for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2008. «I had the good fortune to have a carefree early childhood in the provinces. The return to school...

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Paragon Shipping Inc. Reports Completion of its Controlled Equity Offering

ATHENS, September 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Paragon Shipping Inc. , a global shipping transportation company specializing in drybulk cargoes, announced today the completion of its Controlled Equity Offering made pursuant to...

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Flying ash

Readers living in the areas affected by the Greek fires have been keeping the BBC updated on the latest situation on the blazes threatening areas north of Athens. MARINA CHATZISMALI, NEA MAKRI, MONDAY 24 AUGUST 1100 GMT I live...

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A ‘paramemoir’ on surviving in occupied Greece

Irene Kacandes calls her book, «Daddy's War: Greek American Stories,» a «paramemoir.» Her narrative is many things at once: autobiography, testimony, history and an essay on memory and the meaning of mental trauma. It resembles...

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Paragon Shipping Inc. Schedules Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Release and Conference Call

ATHENS, Greece, July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Paragon Shipping Inc. , a global shipping transportation company specializing in dry bulk cargoes, today announced that its financial results for the second quarter ended June...

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Three medals in European junior track and field

Greece took three medals in the European Track and Field Junior Championship in Kaunas, Lithuania, including a gold medal in the women's triple-jump. Voula Papachristou confirmed her progress on Friday with an effort at 14.34...

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Paragon Shipping Inc. Announces New Two Year Charter Agreements for Calm Seas and Coral Seas

ATHENS, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Paragon Shipping Inc. , a global shipping transportation company specializing in drybulk cargoes, announced today that it has entered into new two year time charter contracts for the...

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Cook the Book: Mama Voula's Spanakopita

Photograph from avlxyz on Flickr While I was in college, art school to be exact, I was a vegetarian. I also wasn't a very adventurous cook. Spaghetti with jarred pasta sauce with some soy "meat" substitute, taco salad made...

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Firefighters battle wildfire for a second day near Athens

Athens - Greek firefighters and residents battled side by side to contain a wildfire that raged for a second day Tuesday on the outskirts of Athens, burning through miles of forest and olive groves and threatening homes....

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