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Refugee group challenges Greece’s asylum freeze
The Greek Council for Refugees on Tuesday questioned the legal basis of the government’s suspension of asylum claims to stem a surge in arrivals of irregular migrants. Hundreds of migrants …
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Catholic, Greek Orthodox clergy to stay in Gaza City to help weakest
Catholic and Greek Orthodox priests and nuns will remain in Gaza City despite Israel’s plan for a military takeover, the religious communities said in a joint statement on Tuesday. “At …
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Greek health minister stokes ire after praising billionaire’s care
Greece’s health minister has sparked a backlash over the state of the country’s health system after praising the treatment of a “half-dead” New Zealand billionaire at a public hospital in …
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Three burn to death as truck rams cars on Greek motorway
Three people burned to death in Greece Monday when a truck crashed into cars waiting at a highway toll station, police said, with another seven people including young children rushed …
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Greece seizes record amount of narcotic leaf
Greece has made a record seizure of khat, confiscating half a tonne of the illegal plant-based drug, Athens airport said on Sunday. The drug is made from the leaves of the …
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Greece air-drops food aid over Gaza: PM
Greece joined EU countries in dropping food aid over Gaza, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said. “This morning, two aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force dropped 8.5 tonnes of essential food …
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Two tourists die at sea in Greece amid gale-force winds
Two Vietnamese tourists died at sea in Greece on Friday, the coastguard said, as gale-force winds confined many ferries to port, disrupting travel for tens of thousands of summer travellers, …
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Greece says migrant numbers down since asylum pause
The number of irregular migrants reaching the Greek island of Crete has plummeted since the government announced a three-month suspension of asylum hearings condemned by rights groups, the migration minister …
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Summer 2025 already a cavalcade of climate extremes
Record heat, massive fires, deadly floods… August has barely begun, but the summer of 2025 is already marked by a cascade of destructive and deadly weather in the northern hemisphere. …
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Athens mayor clashes with Israel ambassador over antisemitic graffiti
The mayor of Athens became embroiled in a war of words Sunday with the Israeli ambassador to Greece who accused city authorities of not doing enough to clean up antisemitic …