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1471. Alpha Cyprus gets new owner

Alpha Cyprus has switched owners in a multi-million deal, putting full ownership in Cypriot hands but maintaining its affiliation with sister company in Greece with no noticeable changes for viewers....

1472. Airspace violations from Turkish aircraft continue unabated

Five new violations of Greek airspace and six infringements of the Athens Flight Information Region by Turkish aircraft were recorded by the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS) on Tuesday, as tensions continue to broil between the two countries....

1473. Greek troops fire warning shots at Turkish helicopter

It was not clear what type of helicopter was involved in the incident...

1474. Tsipras looking to rein in hawkish defence minister

According to a senior official, the incendiary rhetoric “is not needed” at a time when Greece is trying to de-escalate tension with Turkey...

1475. FYROM and its irredentist claims

Greece has never recognized an ethnic minority and the present government will be no exception...

1476. Uber to suspend service in Greece after new legislation

The new regulations require each trip to start and end in the fleet partner’s designated headquarters or parking area, something Uber does not do...

1477. UK diesel car sales slump by more than a third

Sales of diesel cars have slumped in many European countries as regulators and politicians crack down on the segment with plans for bans...

1478. A solution is the only way forward for Cyprus

The Cyprus issue is not a dice roll, but the dilemma that Cypriots once had – either we solve it or we stay as is – is no longer valid...

1479. Rouvikonas's latest paint attack targets Turkish consulate

Self-proclaimed anarchist group Rouvikonas (Greek for Rubicon) threw paint at the Turkish consulate in Palaio Psychico, northern Athens, on Wednesday, to protest the country's military operation in Afrin, Syria....

1480. Greek community of Alexandria to return for ceremony

The event will be attended by President Nicos Anastasiades, President of Egypt Abdel Fatah al Sisi and President of Greece Prokopis Pavlopoulos...

1481. Greece tells Turkey to tone down aggression

Athens argues that Ankara’s hostile stance is related to domestic developments and geopolitical instability...

1482. Greece fears rising Turkish aggression

1483. UN's Nimetz: Issues remain in FYROM name dispute, talks to continue

Unresolved issues remain in talks between Athens and Skopje for a solution to a long-standing dispute over FYROM's name and talks will continue, United Nations mediator Matthew Nimetz said on Friday....

1484. Cypriot leaders agree to informal meeting

It will be the first time Anastasiades and Akinci have met since the collapse of peace talks in Switzerland...

1485. Gun-totting PAOK president gets 3-year ban

Greek club PAOK Salonika’s president Ivan Savvidis was banned from all soccer stadiums for three years ...

1486. Famagusta mayor pushing for return of town

Famagusta Mayor Alexis Galanos receives reassurances by MEP Kati Piri that a call for the return of the town will be part of her annual report, due out later this year....

1487. Guardian criticized over Greek crisis tour

The Guardian newspaper is arranging an “educational and informative tour of modern Greece, exploring the lessons learned from Greece’s financial crisis.” ...

1488. Greece and Trump's new foreign policy team

it is imperative that Athens establish channels of communication with the new powerful officials as regards American foreign policy...

1489. Cyprus and Turkey before the Grand Chamber

An unsolved murder case is going before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday, with Cyprus and Turkey being accused of refusing to cooperate to solve the crime, despite both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots carrying out separate investigations. ...

1490. Abusive woman is thrown off easyJet flight to Paphos

British woman was headed on a girls' holiday from Manchester to Cyprus...

1491. New divisions

This division is already evident in politics which has sunk to a new vulgar low...

1492. As tension peaks, PM calls on Ankara to stop provocations

With Turkey’s transgressions in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean in full swing, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday urged Ankara to abandon the rationale of constant provocations with Greece....

1493. Ankara attacks EU for backing Cyprus and Greece

Turkey accused the EU of backing Athens and Nicosia simply because they are members...

1494. University of Cyprus among world's best

US News examines the 1250 best schools and colleges of higher education using a wide range of criteria...

1495. Kotzias in landmark visit to Skopje amid rift at home

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is due to conduct a landmark visit to Skopje Thursday, amid signs that Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are edging closer to a solution on the latter’s official name, though differences remain within the coalition in Athens over the issue....

1496. Anti-foreclosure protesters scuffle with police in Athens

Protesters opposing property auctions outside the office of a notary in the upscale Athens neighborhood of Kolonaki on Wednesday clashed with police trying to move them along....

1497. Cobalt launches Athens-London route

The Cypriot carrier's service to Athens out of its main base at Larnaca is its trunk route, served 14 times weekly...

1498. Greece was right to question German airport checks

Officials in Athens say the data vindicate Greece’s reaction to German checks on flights from Greek airports...

1499. Athens, Skopje play down name row before ministers meet

Greece sent draft proposals to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) for settling a decades-old name dispute, drawing a cautiously positive response from Skopje two days before their foreign ministers meet....

1500. Greek soldiers appearing before Turkish court

Two Greek soldiers arrested on March 1 by Turkish authorities for accidentally crossing the border in northeastern Greece while on patrol, are appearing before a court in the city of Edirne on Tuesday....