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Vatican lends Parthenon Marbles fragment to Greece
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The Vatican returned a small fragment of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece on Wednesday on a one-year loan, fuelling calls for the British Museum to hand back its own priceless sculptures from the ancient temple.
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Deputy FM Kassimis on two-day visit to Uruguay
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Deputy Foreign Minister Theodoros Kassimis, on a two-day to Uruguay, had a number of meetings with Vice President Rodolfo Nin Novoa, Foreign Minister Gonzalo Fernandez and Deputy FM Pedro Vaz Ramela in Montevideo.
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On the initiative of Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, and in response to calls to confront the extensive humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo resulting from the recent armed clashes, Greece has proceeded to the provision of 500,000 dollars through the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a foreign ministry announcement said on Wednesday.
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Britain to return stolen icon
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The British Metropolitan Police will hand over to the Educational Attache of the Greek Embassy in London today a 14th century that had been stolen from the Church of St. Ioannis Prodromos in Serres, Greece in 1978.
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Seminar on Aristotle in Crete
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A Seminar of Ancient Greek Philosophy is being organized by AHEPA’s “Daughters of Penelope” of Chania, Crete in cooperation with the male sector of AHEPA “Kydon Crete”.