Greece News 2024

NEWS ARCHIVE - December 2024

Timeless Villages, Scenic Hikes, Local Flavors - Moon's Greek Islands & Athens Travel Guide – Amazon 560 Pages

December 19, 2024 Thursday

Mitsotakis proposes special February defense summit for EU

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

Athens returns to Ankara cache of 1,055 ancient coins brought into Greece illegally

Story at Protothema [Greek]

Thirty five fatalities "assumed" in migrant boat sinking

Story at Dawn.com [English]

Rooftop view of Athens buildings - click image to expand and enlarge the photograph

Team from Pakistan confirms deaths of five Pakistani nationals in migrant boat sinking off Gavdos

Story at Tribune [English]

How Giannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo played basketball in Greece before NBA draft

Story at MSN Video Basketball [English]

How the weather is going to change

Story at Kathimerini [Greek]

The issues of the royal family and Greek citizenship

Story at Parapolitika [Greek]

Mitsotakis agenda at the European Council meeting

Story at Athens News Agency [Greek]

Turkey rejects Donald Trump's remark of "unfriendly power seizure" of Damascus by Turkey

Story at Athina984 [Greek]

"Blind" support for Ukraine from the EU

Story at EFSYN [Greek]

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Banana shipment seizure yields million-euro cocaine haul

Story at Bloko [Greek]

Any change for the 2025 PanHellenic?

Story at Athina984 [Greek]

Musk supporting Farage in UK

Story at Iefimerida [Greek]

The impact of the FED rate cut

Story at Liberal [Greek]

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NEWS ARCHIVE - December 2024

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Guide Book for the Peloponnese: with Athens, Delphi and Kythira – Paperback – Amazon – Bradt Travel Guides, 288 Pages, November 18, 2025

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Lycabettus in the sun in Athens, Greece

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Guide Book for the Peloponnese: with Athens, Delphi and Kythira – Paperback – Amazon – Bradt Travel Guides, 288 Pages, November 18, 2025

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Fodor's Essential Greece: with the Best of the Islands (Full-color Travel Guide) – Amazon

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