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Greek diplomats to leave Damascus over safety fears: embassy head

Greece’s diplomats will leave the Damascus embassy on Monday over safety fears amid looting by Islamist-led rebels who seized the city from the forces of President Bashar al-Assad, the embassy …

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UK museum in talks with Greece over ‘long-term’ deal for Parthenon Marbles

UK officials hinted Tuesday that a deal was in the works with Greece to end a decades-long dispute over the highly contested and priceless Parthenon Marbles. The British Museum said …

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Parthenon Marbles to feature in Greek PM’s London talks

As the prime ministers of Britain and Greece meet in London on Tuesday for an agenda expected to include the Parthenon Marbles, talks with the British Museum are said to …

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Three dead as Storm Bora batters Greece

A storm sweeping through Greece has claimed a third victim, state TV reported Monday, after damaging roads and buildings on the islands of Lemnos, Rhodes and other parts of the …

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Storm Bora kills two in Greece, leaves widespread damage

A storm sweeping through Greece has killed two people on the island of Lemnos, and damaged roads and buildings in Rhodes, authorities said on Sunday. Storm Bora, which arrived in …

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Cyprus seeks NATO membership with US help

Cyprus is aiming to join NATO and is in talks with the United States to meet the conditions for entering the military alliance, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. Christodoulides …

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Four dead in Greece migrant boat sinking

Four people died Thursday when a migrant boat sank in the Aegean Sea, Greece’s coastguard said, in the latest drowning involving asylum seekers. The coastguard said it had recovered the …

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Nine including six children die in Greece migrant shipwreck

Nine migrants, including six minors and two women, died on Monday after two boats sank in separate incidents in the Aegean Sea, the Greek coastguard said. The coastguard said nearly …

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Greek Socialists overtake Syriza as leading opposition group in parliament

Greece’s Pasok socialist party is now the main opposition party in the country’s parliament after leftist group Syriza was hit Thursday with new defections. Two Syriza deputies broke away from …

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General strike in Greece against cost of living

Thousands of people demonstrated in Athens and other cities Wednesday as a 24-hour general strike against the rising cost of living shut down public services and part of the transport …

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