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Switzerland returns ancient urn to Greece

Athens - Switzerland map returned a 2,400-year-old funerary urn to Greece on Monday after dis

Cyprus negotiations meet to launch groundwork for peace talks

Greek & Turkey FlagAthens/Nicosia - Greek and Turkish Cypriot negotiators met

Arsonists bomb diplomatic cars in Athens

Athens  - Arsonists claimed responsibility for bombing two diplomatic cars belonging to the embassies of Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday, causing extensive damage but no injuries, repor

Arsonists in Athens destroy Saudi Arabian embassy car

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

Russia offers help to resolve Cyprus division

Athens  - Moscow said it was willing to help with efforts to resolve the decades-old division of the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus on Thursday.

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

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