Author: Athanasios Koutoupas
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Workers find remnants from Byzantine church in Gaza
The findings include segments of marble pillars with ornate Corinthian capitals and a foundation stone bearing a Greek symbol for Christ. During the works to build a shopping center in Gaza, Palestine, a group of construction workers discovered ancient ruins that archaeologists believe they are parts of a Byzantine church sating from around 1,500 years…
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Egypt looks forward to holding Egyptian-Cypriot-Greek Summit in Cairo
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Tuesday 12/4/2016 visiting Cypriot Parliament Speaker Yiannakis Omirou in the presence of Speaker of the House of Representatives Ali Abdel Aal and the Cypriot Ambassador to Egypt. Sisi welcomed the Cypriot legislator and highlighted the depth of relations binding the two countries, said presidential spokesman Alaa Yousef, adding…
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Greek consulates around the world to issue official documents
The ministries of the Interior and Foreign Affairs on Friday launched an initiative that will allow Greeks living abroad to apply for official certificates and documents from the country’s consular services around the world. The new scheme will operate in pilot mode for a week at the Greek Consulate in Dusseldorf, which is home to…
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Photographers capture loss of Alexandria’s historic architecture over last 20 years
Photographers Mostafa Mamdouh and Abdallah Hanafy took to Alexandria’s decades-old streets with their cameras in a quest to display how time has taken its toll on the city’s historic landmarks over the last two decades. The photos document the replacement of beautifully-crafted buildings with modern, dreary towers between 1996 and 2016. Mamdouh and Hanafy collected…