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Two Suspects Arrested After Crash that Killed Six Migrants in Greece
Greek police said on Tuesday that they have arrested two foreign nationals who are suspected of people-smuggling after six migrants were killed in an overcrowded vehicle which veered into a ditch off a...
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Corfu Wildfire Forces Evacuation of Two Villages (video)
Two villages in southern Corfu were being evacuated on Tuesday afternoon as a large fire that broke out for unknown reasons began to approach residential areas. The villages of Neochori and Paleochori...
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Olympiacos Books Place in the Lucrative Champions League Group Stage (video)
Olympiacos advanced to the Champions League group stage after beating FC Krasnodar 2-1 in the second leg on Tuesday to complete a comprehensive 6-1 aggregate victory over the Russians. The Greek...
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Fire Breaks Out in the Athens Suburb of Vyronas (video)
Dozens of fire fighters are battling the flames at the slopes of Mount Hymettus near the Athens suburb of Vyronas on Wednesday. The fire broke out at around 11 am local time and quickly spread aided...
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Greek Government Appoints New Heads of Supreme Court
The Greek Supreme Court. File photo As the result of a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Iosif Tsalaganidis, currently the Supreme Court’s Vice-President, was appointed to...
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Asylum Seekers Taken from Athens Squats to be Moved to Migrant Camps
Greek authorities announced on Tuesday that a total of 134 asylum seekers who were evicted from squats in Exarchia in downtown Athens will be moved to state reception facilities in the next several...
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Growth, Investment Dominate Greek PM’s Meeting With Chancellor Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Berlin on Thursday. Credit: AMNA Greek premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis is meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday in Berlin,...
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Greece to Present 500-Million-Euro Rescue Plan for Struggling Public Power...
The new President and CEO of the Public Power Corporation (PPC), Greece’s struggling public power utility, will present a 500-million-euro rescue package to the company’s board on Friday. According to...
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Measles Threat Resurfacing in Greece, World Health Organization Warns
The number of measles cases is skyrocketing in Europe and the disease is even surging in four countries previously considered to have eradicated it, including Greece, the World Health Organization...
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UNICEF Says More than 1,100 Migrant Children in Greece in Urgent Need of Shelter
The number of unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children who are living in dangerous and overcrowded reception centers on the Greek islands and detention facilities across the country,...
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Giannis Antetokounmpo Ready to Lead Greece to Basketball World Cup (video)
Having Giannis Antetokounmpo and a host of veterans makes Greece an attractive pick to fight for the top spots at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019, which starts this Saturday in China. The Greek...
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PAOK, AEK Knocked Out of Europa League Despite Wins (video)
The remaining two Greek representatives in the Europa League, PAOK and AEK, were dumped out of the competition despite wins on Thursday. Reigning champions PAOK were knocked out by Slovan Bratislava...
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New Clashes Erupt Between Police and Anarchists in Downtown Athens
One person was reportedly injured during clashes between police and anarchists groups in the Athenian district of Exarchia on Thursday night. The clashes erupted at the anarchist squat called “Vox,”...
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More Than 500 Migrants Land on Greece’s Lesvos Island on Thursday
More than 500 asylum seekers landed on Greece’s Lesvos on Thursday aboard a total of thirteen boats which crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey. In scenes reminiscent of the 2015 migrant crisis, the...
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Turkey Reserves New Area Off Cyprus for Oil Drilling
Turkey issued a new Navigational Telex (Navtex) on Thursday night, making it known that they are reserving a maritime area in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) for additional oil drilling...
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Heartbreaking Video Reveals Extent of Disaster on Greece’s Evia Island After...
A drone flying over vast tracts of burned forestland has captured the extent of the environmental disaster on the island of Evia, northeast of Athens, after the huge fire there earlier in August....
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Greece to Open International Bidding for Hellinikon Casino in October
The Greek government announced on Thursday that the long-delayed opening of the bidding process for the lone casino license of the €8 billion Hellinikon resort project will be take place on October 4....
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Greek PM Convenes Security Council Over Migrant Spike
Newly-arrived migrants wait on the beach of Skala Sikamias, Lesvos on Thursday Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday convened a meeting of his top security officials as fears grow that...
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Teenager Killed in Horrific Accident at Greek Amusement Park
A 14-year-old girl was killed on Friday at a horrific accident in an amusement park near the Greek sea-side city of Volos. The accident happened at the town of Almyros when the teenager fell from a...
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Greece Adopts “Robust” Measures to Deal With Migrant Spike
The Greek government on Saturday announced a new “robust” migration policy that, it says, will address the increase of migration flows to the Aegean islands over the last months. At a meeting of the...
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