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New Democracy announced on Wednesday that it has terminated the party membership of Constantinos Michalos, the president of the Union of Hellenic Chambers and the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEA).

The government has approved BGN 100,000 in addition to the budget of the Ministry of Culture. The funds are provided for the continuation of the field archaeological researches of one of the most significant archaeological sites in Bulgaria - Heraclea Sintica in the Rupite area near Petrich, BGNES reported.

I recently attended a lecture at the Hellenic Institute of Architecture by Alexandros K. Samaras, an architect and longtime chairman of the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation's Board of Directors, on Walter Gropius and his mid-1950s design for the US Embassy in Athens.

Award-winning French-Greek film composer Alexandre Desplat - whose received his second Best Soundtrack Oscar this year for "The Shape of Water," after bagging his first for "The Grand Budapest Hotel" in 2015 - will hold a masterclass at the Athens Conservatory on Tuesday, April 24, starting at noon.

A Turkish helicopter flew around the perimeter of the eastern Greek islet of Ro, west of the Dodecanese island of Kastellorizo, at a low altitude late on Monday, Kathimerini reported. 

The helicopter left the area after Greek troops reportedly responded by firing tracer rounds as a warning.

Macedonia will soon start replacing the old "Alexander the Great" name signs from Skopje airport and from the E-75 highway that leads toward Greece.

The government's decision to rename key infrastructure was published on Thursday in the official gazette.

Blue Flag 2017, the largest international aerial training exercise in Israel’s history, began today upon the arrival of aircraft from seven different air forces to Ouvda AFB. Throughout the combined training exercise, held this year for the third time, the visiting squadrons will fly alongside Israeli squadrons.

More than any other Sicilian city, Syracuse reflects the ancient Hellenic history of the Mediterranean’s largest island. Located on the east coast, Syracuse developed from a Greek colony founded by Corinthians in the 7th century BCE.

Monday was another mixed day for the Greek bourse. Stocks were split between winners and losers, the benchmark had some moderate gains but the banks' index was virtually unchanged, and mid-caps conceded some ground. The drop in turnover compared with three declining sessions last week shows that a likely return of sellers is on the way.

Tassos Isaac, 24, and Solomos Solomou, 26, two young, brave Greek Cypriots standing up against the occupation, were brutally killed on Aug. 11 and 14, 1996 by Turkish occupation forces.

The civilized world should remember and honor their memories.