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Tennis star Novak Djokovic charmed the Athens crowd after a win on Tuesday night, greeting fans in Greek and declaring he feels "truly at home" after moving to the city two months ago.

Three brothers sought in a deadly weekend vendetta in the village of Vorizia have surrendered to police, a major development that coincides with the funerals for the two men killed in the clash.

The first sacrament of marriage ever celebrated at Agia Markella in the Catskills was described as a miracle by the bride's father, Apostolos Leonardos, who holds a prominent position in the long list of donors to the shrine, as well as its pillars.

In December 1889 Vincent van Gogh drew breaths of life, inspiration and creation, capturing on his canvas images from the garden of the psychiatric asylum where he is hospitalized with severe problems.

One of the works he painted during that period, “The Olive Harvest,” which today is exhibited on the first floor of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation Museum in Pangrati, is the subject of a fierce legal battle, since the heirs of a Jewish family claim that they are the lawful owners of it and are demanding its return from Athens, as well as very large compensation from the ΜΕΤ which sold it, in 1972, to the Greek shipping tycoon, art lover and collector.
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