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Some 10,000 original pieces from a private collection of Olympic Games memorabilia are going on display in the western port city of Patra on Monday, in a show running until August 3 at City Hall.

The exhibits have been donated by Pantelis Kotzanoulis, who is believed to have the biggest collection of its kind in Greece, with more than 30,000 pieces.

The Church of Agios Nikolaos and the residential area of Neapoli in Athens in 1918.

Potamos Publications presents the Greek edition of "Voices of the Lost Children of Greece," a collection of essays from Greek-born adoptees from Greece to the USA and the Netherlands in the years of the Cold War, at the Epi Lexi bookstore (32 Akadimias) at 7 p.m. on November 22.

The demolition of one- and two-story historical houses from the interwar period in Athens' old districts, such as Agios Nikolaos Street in Koukaki, in the center of the capital, is taking on worrying proportions. The reason is the possibility provided by new building regulations allowing greater heights and covering plots in narrow streets.

Nikolaos Sialmas fell with his Mirage F1, on June 18th, 1992 during an interception mission

A lantern carrying a flame lit in Jerusalem's Holy Sepulcher Church has been welcomed to Greece with honors reserved for visiting heads of state on the eve of Orthodox Easter.

But a senior cleric boycotted the ceremony, miffed that the holy flame wasn't arriving at the airport within his territorial jurisdiction.

The metropolitan bishop of Fthiotida has caused a stir after banning wedding and baptism decorations both inside and outside the region's churches earlier this month. According to Bishop Nikolaos, extravagant decorations created by wedding planners trying to satisfy their clients' vanity expose the Church of Greece to negative comments.

Former Greek coup leader Stylianos Pattakos, one of three military chiefs who brought down democratic rule in 1967, has died at his home in Athens after a stroke, reports said Saturday.

Ex-Prince Nikolaos of Greece launched five new Soundwall artworks at Christie’s in London. Six months in the making, the “prince” got a little help from United States Soundwall company that featured his images onto a floating aluminium plate with a raspberry Pi 2 computer hidden behind. Each work emits a specially curated playlist enhancing the viewing experience.

Three MPs elected with Golden Dawn and a neofascist party candidate have been charged with firing shots during the funeral of Greek junta collaborator Nikolaos Dertilis on January 31 last year.