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Phishing Scam Threatens Piraeus Bank Customers in Greece
Region: GreeceA new phishing attack started today, targeting customers of the Greek Bank Piraeus Bank. The attack is using a fake email message, warning users that there is a security breach to their account and prompts them to click o... more
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Greek Thief Breaks Out of Prison Via Helicopter
Region: GreeceNotorious Greek robber and kidnapper Vassilis Paleokostas escaped by helicopter from a high security prison together with his Albanian sidekick Alket Rizai. Paleokostas and Rizai fled the “Korydallos”- Prison i... more
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Witnessing the Greek Riots Through Foreign Eyes
Region: Greece
Athens: Last night I saw a nine-year-old boy wearing a black hood, with his mouth covered by a bandana, hurl glass bottles at the riot police in the heart of the anarchist stronghold, Exarchia. It was 2am, and no one seeme... more
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Laser helps in cleaning the monuments
Region: Greece
Technology not only serves the present but also the past and the future. Laser beams are used for the removal of the black crust from monuments which is caused by pollution. Greek restore... more
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The Allure of Hydra
Region: Greece
The allure of Hydra is enhanced by the reality that the entire island is prohibited to any kind of motorised vehicle and only donkeys can serve as a means to transportation. Hydra was first exposed in the fifties a... more
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Russia 1-0 Sweden: Unfancied Russians and Unbeatable Manager Triumph
Region: Austria
Wednesday, 18 June 2008 Day twelve of GroundReport's exclusive on-the-ground coverage of Euro2008. Lucky Guus has done it again. Russia have defeated Sweden 2-0 to clinch a berth in the quarterfinals today. They... more
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Sweden 2-0 Greece: Reigning Champions Look Doubtful
Region: Austria
Tuesday, 10 June 2008 Day four of GroundReport's on-the-ground coverage of Euro2008: Euro 2004 champions Greece did not impress in their first outing against Sweden today, going down 2-0 in Salzburg during the second of... more
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Just How British are the Parthenon Marbles?
Region: GreeceWith the completion of the Acropolis museum in Athens, the argument concerning the Elgin marbles has once again come to the forefront of debate with what is arguably a clear and simple argument. Greece wants them bac... more
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Child of Serres
Region: Greece
White city on brown soil plains, houses planted and breathing each other's hidden air. Serres rains me, three days, blessing or burden three days the same. I pine for donkey carts or the sun on postcards racked beh... more
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…and the times they are a changin: A Eurosceptic accepting the Euro
Region: Greece
Major economic reforms have been taking place in Greece since the early 1990s and one of the strongest catalysts for these changes has been the Euro. In November 2001, the price of a return ticket from Pire... more
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