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- Croatia and Puerto Rico head into semis
ATHENS, Jul 18 (Reuters) Puerto Rico produced a major surprise when they beat Slovenia 81-70 to book their place in the semi-finals of the Olympic qualifying tournament today. In the other early game, Marko Popovic scored 17 points as Croatia crushed
- Turkey-Greece-Italy pipeline very important
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov emphasized importance of the Turkey-Greece-Italy pipeline to pump Caspian gas to the world markets and highly appreciated Azerbaijan-Greece cooperation in this sphere, during his meeting with the Greek
- Chinese soprano holds solo concert in Greece
BEIJING, July 18 -- Chinese soprano Tang Can has become the first Chinese to perform a solo concert in Greece. The Chinese folk singer performed at the Athens Concert Hall, Tuesday night. The performance was meant to resonate some of the spirit for this
- Greece: Shares end stronger on rebound; National Bank shines
Shares in Athens rallied on Thursday with National Bank leading the recovery and recording heavy gains.The eurphoria was spread across the board and blue-chips ended stronger but in a highly volatile session with intra-day profit-taking featuring. The
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Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories with Greek-speaking populations. Following the defeat of communist rebels in 1949, Greece joined NATO in 1952. A military dictatorship, which in 1967 had suspended many political liberties and forced the king to flee the country, was itself overthrown seven years later. Democratic elections in 1974 abolished the monarchy and created a parliamentary republic; Greece joined the EU in 1981.
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