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Cyprus - history and geopolitics with Turkey and Greece
Greece - travel, tourism
a collection of articles and videos about Greece
a collection of articles about the EU - European Union - austerity and the debt crisis (2009-present)
a collection of articles and videos about Roman and Greek Empires (History)

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The division of Cyprus looks indefinite

Cyprus. Fifty years of division. There seems no prospect for the reunification of the island, half a century after turkey invaded the north. The i... (2024)


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Retiring Abroad: 6 Countries with Incentives to Retire There | Condé Nast Traveler

From Greece to Panama, these countries offer tax breaks, steep discounts, and more for Americans retiring abroad. (2024)


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Collections: This. Isn’t. Sparta. Part I: Spartan School – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

This is Part I of a seven part series (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII) comparing the popular legacy of Sparta (embodied in films like 300) with the his... (2019)


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Israel, Cyprus and Greece agree to link power grids via subsea cable | Reuters

Cyprus, Greece and Israel on Monday signed an initial agreement to build the world's longest and deepest underwater power cable that will traverse ... (2021)


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10 of the best novels set in Greece – that will take you there | Greece holidays

10 of the best novels set in Greece – that will take you there | Greece holidays | The Guardian (2020)


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16 Beautiful European Cities You Can Actually Afford to Visit Right Now

The dollar is at historical highs against the euro and the pound. It's time to go bargain-hunting in the best cheap cities in Europe. (2017)


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Greek archaeologists uncover first remnants of ancient city of Tenea - CNN Style

Greek archaeologists have uncovered the remnants of a city believed to have been founded by Trojan prisoners of war in the 12th or 13th century BC. (2018)


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Urnings report: Greek unemployment 2018-08-10 | The Economist

The sovereign-debt crisis triggered an economic collapse that lasted longer than America’s Great (2018)


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Rome vs Greece: a little-known clash of empires

The fate of Greek city states which had aided the Roman invasion was most ironic (2018)


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Will Cyprus be reunified? - The Economist explains

THE formal split of Cyprus dates to Turkey’s invasion of the island in 1974, which followed a Greece-inspired coup aimed at enosis (union with Gree... (2018)


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Meet the last practitioners of sfyria, Greece's whistling language | The Outline

On a small Greek island, practitioners of an ancient whistling language are holding onto their culture as it slowly dies out. (2018)


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Why Turkey and Greece cannot reconcile - The Economist explains

LAST week Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the first trip by a Turkish president to Greece in over six decades. Mr Erdogan called on his Greek counterpart... (2018)


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Greeks stub out cigarette habit in record numbers | The Guardian

As tobacco use plummets, figures reveal dramatic attitude shift from EU’s worst offender (2018)


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New underwater discoveries in Greece reveal ancient Roman engineering | The Guardian

Underwater excavations at Lechaion, the ancient harbour of Corinth, provide insight into engineering by the Roman Empire (2017)


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The European Union’s delicate political economy - Free exchange

GREECE’S marathon crisis is at least instructive. Past flare-ups have illustrated a textbook’s worth of economic principles. The latest episode—a d... (2017)


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Athens and Side-Trips

Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide | The thriving capital of Greece sprawls out from the foot of its magnificent Acropolis. We'll tour the must-sees ... (2023)


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Greece's Peloponnese

Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide | After enjoying Greece's charming old port town of Nafplio, we'll time-trip through the ruins of Olympia, take ce... (2023)


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Why is Cyprus Divided? (Short Animated Documentary)

Cyprus, like many countries, isn't whole. However unlike most nations which are split, it's split into three parts with Cyprus itself holding the s... (2023)


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Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes

Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes (2023)


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The Second Balkan War - Explained in 10 minutes

The Second Balkan War - Explained in 10 minutes (2023)


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The First Balkan War - Explained in 10 minutes

The First Balkan War - Explained in 10 minutes (2023)


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The Economy of Greece - How Not to Manage a Nation

The Economy of Greece - How Not to Manage a Nation (2021)


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Imperfect Union: The Eurozone in Crisis - Full Episode

After WWI, Europe's leaders established greater economic ties to help prevent future continental conflict. Now, more than half a century later, the... (2018)


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How the euro caused the Greek crisis

Greece is in a state of economic and financial crisis that's dominated global headlines this week. Vox's Matt Yglesias explains the real roots of t... (2018)


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