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Showing posts with label Greece 1996. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greece 1996. Show all posts
06 July 2026

At sea in the Aegean 30
years ago, when tensions
between Greece and
Turkey raised fears of war

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Peaceful afternoons on the beach near Rethymnon are seldom interrupted by sonic booms and overflights, unlike 30 years ago (Photograph: Patr...
13 May 2024

Memories of a day
on Dia, a legendary
and mythical island off
the north coast of Crete

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The small island of Dia can be seen clearly from the road between Iraklion and Hersónissos (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2024; click on im...
04 December 2022

Is Turkey voting
this Christmas
for a new Aegean
conflict with Greece?

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Ephesus, a major Greek classical site, is at the heart of a new Turkish tourism campaign for the Aegean (Photograph: Patrick Comerford) Pa...
06 July 2016

Valuing the freedom of land, sea and air
20 years after a crisis that threatened war

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Peaceful afternoons on the beach near Rethymnon are seldom interrupted by sonic booms and overflights, unlike 20 years ago (Photograph: Patr...
13 December 1996

Greece stresses need to safeguard borders

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By Patrick Comerford, Foreign Desk Editor The Greek Foreign Minister, Mr Theodoros Pangalos, says the EU needs “an efficient, common fore...
09 November 1996

Cyprus problem
looks increasingly
for EU solution

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World View Patrick Comerford THE Irish Ambassador, Mr Liam Rigney, is in Cyprus this weekend for talks in advance of a visit to Cyprus ...
20 July 1996

An Irishman’s Diary: CP Cavafy

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An Irishman’s Diary Patrick Comerford CP Cavafy ... a portrait by David Hockney IT IS HARD to imagine that modern Egypt dates from 17...
06 July 1996

Dropping Ankara in Rhodes

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By Patrick Comerford Early summer is the time to go island hopping in the Aegean. The harbours of Greek islands such as Rhodes, Kos and Ka...

Athens seeks EU interest in bringing peace to the Aegean

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World View Patrick Comerford When the Tanaiste Mr Spring meets the Greek Foreign Minister, Mr Theodoros Pangalos, next Friday, his main e...
24 June 1996

Strongman of the left
who returned from
exile to recast
Greek democracy

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Greece’s most colourful politician since the second World War, Andreas George Papandreou, was born on the Greek island of Chios By Patrick...
18 June 1996

Elgin Marbles may see the blue skies of Athens after 200 years

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Letter from Athens Patrick Comerford Despite the heat, hundreds and thousands of tourists climb the steps up the Acropolis in Athens each...