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Sheer numbers are sure to draw many visitors to “Vermeer,” the blockbuster exhibition devoted to the Dutch Golden Age master that opens at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam on Friday.
“The latest data on the course of the Extrajudicial Debt Settlement Mechanism prove that it is now functioning satisfactorily,” Finance Μinister Christos Staikouras said.
Turkey said on Friday that Western nations, including the United States and Germany, had not given it any information to back up their assertions that security threats had prompted them to close their missions in the country.
The three front-runners vying for the presidency of ethnically split Cyprus wound down their campaigns Friday, putting pronouncements of their leadership credentials ahead of issues two days before the election.
The Smart Attica European Digital Innovation Hub (Smart Attica EDIH) began operation in Greece recently to support small and medium-sized enterprises and public sector agencies in their digital transformation, the Development & Investments Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Police have arrested 19-year-old in Thessaloniki over his alleged involvement in the injuring of a student in a knife attack outside a high school in the neighborhood of Oraiokastro.
If you walk into a tiger’s cage, a friend quipped, make sure you don’t touch the wild cat’s whiskers.
NEWS
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of Methoni, in the southern Peloponnese, on Friday afternoon at 2.44 p.m. according to the Geodynamic Institute of the Athens National Observatory. The quake’s epicenter was located 20 kilometers southwest of Methoni, at a depth of 6 kilometers.
ECONOMY
TUS Airways will launch flights from Cyprus to four Greek destinations this summer as part of its ongoing growth strategy. In addition to the recently launched flights between Larnaca and Iraklio, the airline will start new flights from Larnaca to Preveza, Corfu, Kefalonia and Hania, with one-way fares starting at 107 euros.
SPORTS
Olympiakos scored a hard-fought home win against Anadolu Efes on Friday to continue as joint leader of the Euroleague along with Real Madrid, while Panathinaikos worked well at Baskonia but could not overcome its host.
CULTURE
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center’s Jazz Chronicles series continues on Sunday with Martha Mavroidi and her band.
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