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Funeral for fallen Mirage 2000-5 pilot held in Karditsa

The funeral for Hellenic Air Force pilot Giorgos Baltadoros, who died when his one-seater Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet crashed into

‘Turkish helicopter did not violate the national airspace’

The Turkish helicopter did not violate the national airspace, we reacted only as a warning, sources of Maximos Mansion say,

Workshop on combating fake news on the Internet

The European Institute of Communication (ECI), the European Parliament’s Office in Greece and the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, in cooperation with

HAF aircraft crashes off the coast of Skyros island

Α Mirage 2000-5 aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force crashed into the sea, 9 nautical miles to the northeast of

Antikythera shipwreck yields bronze arm – and hints at spectacular haul of statues

Arm points to existence of at least seven statues from Greek shipwreck, already the source of most extensive and exciting

Research vessel scans and reveals the secrets of Santorini and Kolumbo volcanoes

The research vessel RV Poseidon of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research of Kiel in cooperation with the Geology

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Apr 14, 2018

Funeral for fallen Mirage 2000-5 pilot held in Karditsa

The funeral for Hellenic Air Force pilot Giorgos Baltadoros, who died when his one-seater Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet crashed into the sea off the island of Skyros, was held at his home in Morfovouni in Karditsa on Saturday.

The jet piloted by 34-year-old Giorgos Baltadoros plunged into the sea on Thursday morning, about nine miles out of Skyros, as he was returning from a mission to intercept a pair of Turkish F-16s that had violated Greek air space.

The funeral was attended by friends, family, colleagues and a number of officials, among them Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, Alternate Defence Minister Fotis Kouvelis, Deputy Rural Development and Foods Minister Vassilis Kokkalis, main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Centrists’ Union party leader Vassilis Leventis, ND Vice-President Adonis Georgiadis, MPs and local government officials.

Politics

Zaev: Three out of the seven issues of the negotiations between Greece and FYROM have been settled

The Prime Minister of FYROM, Zoran Zaev, estimates that three out of the seven issues of the negotiations regarding the naming dispute have been settled. When asked about the geographical qualifier, Mr. Zaev confirmed that it is an acceptable option for his country, and said once again that several names have been mentioned. FYROM’s Prime Minister also stated that Wednesday’s meeting of the UN special mediator, Matthew Nimetz, with Foreign Ministers Nikos Kotzias and Nikola

/ Feb 19

Greece

‘Greece on the radar of foreign investors’

The funding of the Development Bank has been secured as besides the Hellenic Fund for Entrepreneurship and Development and other funds that will be integrated into the new organisation, the respective banks of France, United Kingdom, Germany and Brazil’s will also contribute, stated Alternate Economy Minister Alexis Charitsis in an interview with the Sunday newspaper kontranews. He also added that until the end of June the necessary institutional frameworks will be completed and the Bank

/ Feb 25

Greece

Moody’s upgrades Greece’s credit rating

On Wednesday, Moody’s credit rating agency upgraded Greece’s credit rating by two notches to “B3”, from “Caa2”, in line with the positive ratings of two other credit rating agencies in the last period. The agency also maintains a positive outlook. In its report, which accompanies the announcement, Moody’s sees a “clear exit” of Greece from the support program, and speaks of a significant fiscal progress. It also explains that it could further upgrade the rating

/ Feb 22

Greece

Greek terrorist’s prison parole sparks global outrage

US expresses fears Dimitris Koufodinas of November 17 leftist group, who is serving 11 life sentences for murder, could abscond

/ Nov 13

On This Day

April 20

1914: Louis Tikas, Greek-American labor organizer, was slain in the "Ludlow Massacre"
1946: Stelios Kyriakidis won the Boston Marathon with a record-breaking time of 2hr 29m 27s."
1961: Father Kosmas Aitolos was proclaimed a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church.
2000: Panathinaikos defeated Maccabi 73-67 and won the Euroleague for the second time in their history.
Births: Yiannis Gaitatzis, football player (1944).
Deaths: Louis Tikas, Greek-American labour organiser (1914), Manolis Triantafyllidis, linguistic expert and Demotic language advocate (1959), Timos Perlegas, actor (1993), Nikos Rizos, actor (1999)

Recent days: April 19 - April 18

WORLD

World

Putin calls for UN Security Council meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned U.S. coalition airstrikes in Syria as a violation of international law. In a statement posted to the Kremlin website, Putin called the coalition airstrikes an “act of aggression against a sovereign government” and accused the United States of compounding the humanitarian catastrophe in war-torn Syria. Putin called for emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss the attack. “The current escalation of the situation around Syria has a devastating

/ Apr 14

Europe

Reaction in France mixed toward allied Syrian airstrikes

Reaction has been mixed in France to President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to join the United States and Britain in launching strikes against the Syrian regime. On Saturday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian described the joint military action as justified, limited and proportionate and said it’s objectives had been realized. “A large part of his chemical arsenal has been destroyed,” Le Drian told France’s BFMTV in an interview, referring to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. On

/ Apr 14