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Pahor to attend memorial ceremony for Giscard d’Estaing
Strasbourg – President Borut Pahor will attend in Strasbourg on Thursday a ceremony remembering Valery Giscard d’Estaing, who served as the president of France from 1974 to 1981. On the first anniversary of his death, Giscard d’Estaing will be remembered for his role in the creation of the European Union.
Contemporary philhellenes
Greece must honor the people who stood and continue to stand by it in difficult times. From the country's War of Independence to the present day, there have been friends of Greece, or philhellenes, who have played a key role in the nation's course. Driven by the cynicism of our times, skeptics are inclined to debunk such figures.
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A priceless legacy
The passing of former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing is an opportunity to look back on his important contribution to the restoration of Greek democracy and the country's participation in the European Union project.
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Friends in Europe
Valery Giscard d'Estaing, who died on Wednesday, is tied to Greek history by his providing his presidential plane to bring Greek statesman Konstantinos Karamanlis back to Greece from France as the seven-year dictatorship was collapsing in July 1974.
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Greek officials salute ex-French leader as ‘ally of Greece’
Greece's President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister hailed the role of former French leader Valery Giscard d'Estaing in championing European integration and his support for Greece's accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) on the announcement of his death on Wednesday at the age of 94.
Back to the future
The file that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis took along with him on his working visit to Berlin on August 29 contained, among other things, a copy of a story from the German magazine Der Spiegel - put there by a close associate and not by this writer.
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D’Estaing to Kathimerini: We need 'a clear vision' for Europe
On the eve of European elections, Kathimerini spoke with a "wise" European who may have the answers to some of the most fundamental questions challenging the Continent right now: How worrying is the rise of euroskeptic parties? What steps need to be taken in order to restore citizens' faith in the European project? Is Greece out of the woods yet?
France Raises Terror Alert Level as Police Search For Gunman Who Killed Three at Christmas Market
A large-scale manhunt has been launched in France for a suspected extremist gunman who shot at a Christmas market in Strasbourg, killing three people and injuring at least 12, reported the Independent.
Britain's Queen 'Hid' to Avoid Romanian Dictator - Book
A new book about the British monarch's diplomatic activities recounts how Queen Elizabeth "hid behind a hedge" in the garden of London's Buckingham Palace to avoid having to meet Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife during their controversial state visit to Britain in 1978.
Waiting for Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Greece on the eve of the prime minister's customary speech at the opening of the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) is a move tied to our internal politics because the opposition will criticize the agreement made by the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks (ANEL) coalition with the institutions, as our high-level visitor will praise the country's prospects.
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