News archive of September 2016

July was 'best month ever' for Cyprus tourism

Cyprus recorded its best ever monthly revenues from tourism in July, scooping more than 400 million euros, official data showed on Friday.

"It is the best month for tourism income ever recorded by the statistical service," said an official statement.

French students' Little Odyssey takes in Corinth Canal

Three French law students from Sete in southeastern France are seen canoeing in the Corinth Canal, which separates the Peloponnese from mainland Greece, Friday. The students are on the final leg of a canoeing trip to Istanbul which they have dubbed L'Odyssette (The Little Odyssey). The route from the coastal village of Sete to Istanbul covers around 7,000 kilometers.

Acropolis run to shut roads in central Athens

Traffic police are to divert motorists from several central roads in Athens on Saturday afternoon as thousands of runners join the Acropolis Night Run, a 5-kilometer mini-marathon, which starts outside the Acropolis Museum at 6.30 p.m.

The run will cover much of the capital's historic district and end where it started.

Archbishop: 'Greece and Orthodoxy not for sale'

Amid growing tension between the Church of Greece and the government over changes to the way religion is taught at schools, Archbishop Ieronymos said on Friday that there are "some who do not love their country and want to de-Hellenize it, and some who don't love the Church and want to de-Christianize it."

Rita Ora poses in her sexy underwear

She’s the face of an underwear brand and Rita Ora has just unveiled some of the label’s hottest new pieces in a sizzling lingerie shoot for Vanity Fair Italia. The pop star showed just why the brand picked her as their ambassador, as she showed off her enviable assets and gorgeous curves in a series of racy black lace bras, basques and bottoms from the forthcoming collection of the brand. Oozin

Three arrested in Alexandroupoli over illegal prescriptions

Police in Alexandroupoli, northeastern Greece, on Friday arrested three people, a 39-year-old pharmacist, a 62-year-old doctor and another 38-year-old man of unspecified occupation, who are alleged to have illegally used the social security numbers (AMKA) of a number of unsuspecting individuals to illegally prescribe medicines and subsequently claim money from insurance funds.

Iraqi PM, KRG president discuss plan to retake Mosul

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Masoud Barzani, president of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, have discussed an upcoming military campaign to retake the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-held city of Mosul. 

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