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Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean basin, spanning thousands of islands and nine traditional geographic regions. It has a population of over 10 million. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras.
- Population: 10,300,000+
- Area: 131,957 km²
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- Current Local Time: ailab
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Το Βαλκανικό Πρωτάθλημα Βόλεϊ Κορασίδων διεξάγεται στο κλειστό γυμναστήριο Γρεβενών έως το Σάββατο 25 Ιουλίου. Στη διοργάνωση συμμετέχουν οι εθνικές ομάδες Κορασίδων (U16) από: Ελλάδα, Βουλγαρία, Σερβία, Ρουμανία,Τουρκία και Μαυροβούνιο. Σήμερα Τετάρτη 22 Ιουλίου θα παίξουν:15:00: Μαυροβούνιο – Τουρκία17:30: Ρουμανία – Βουλγαρία20:00: Ελλάδα – Σερβία Πέμπτη 23 Ιουλίου15:00: Ρουμανία – Τουρκία17:30: Σερβία – Βουλγαρία20:00: Ελλάδα – Μαυροβούνιο Παρασκευή 24 Ιουλίου15:00: Σερβία – Τουρκία17:30: Ρουμανία – Μαυροβούνιο20:00: Ελλάδα – Βουλγαρία Σάββατο 25 Ιουλίου15:00: Ρουμανία – Σερβία17:30: Μαυροβούνιο – Βουλγαρία20:00: Ελλάδα – Τουρκία www.ertnews.gr
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ΣΥΡΙΖΑ: Ανεξαρτητοποιήθηκε ο Σωκράτης Φάμελλος
Ο Σωκράτης Φάμελλος γνωστοποίησε στον Πρόεδρο της Βουλής, Νικήτα Κακλαμάνη, την ανεξαρτητοποίησή του από τον ΣΥΡΙΖΑ. Περισσότερα σε λίγο… www.ertnews.gr
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Knossos site temporary closed to visitors during peak of heatwave
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D. Rykner says the Louvre needs to be 'refurbished', Macron's big project is 'useless and expensive'
Stuart Norval is pleased to welcome Didier Rykner, Art Historian, Investigative Journalist and Founder / Editor in Chief of La Tribune de l’Art. Offering a forceful critique of the Louvre's priorities, Rykner argues that the museum's challenge is not a lack of resources, rather a misallocation of them. While acknowledging that security is a both necessary and inevitable expense, he contends that the greater threat to the Louvre lies in the deterioration of its historic fabric and the diversion of funding towards what he regards as an unnecessary, politically driven architectural expansion.
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