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Greek tanker crippled by Huthi rebels starts oil transfer
A Greek oil tanker crippled by Yemen’s Huthi rebels and towed to avert an environmental disaster began transferring its cargo of over a million barrels on Thursday, the state-run ANA …
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Four die in Greece migrant boat sinking: coastguard
Four migrants died in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday, the Greek coastguard said, the latest migrant boat sinking in recent weeks. The coastguard said in a statement the bodies of …
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Greece says migrant arrivals rising in south-east islands
Some islands in the southeast of the Aegean sea, including Rhodes, are seeing an increase in migrants arriving by boat from Turkey, Greek migration and asylum minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said …
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Greek anti-terror police arrest man after deadly Athens blast
Greek anti-terror investigators have arrested a man in connection with a deadly explosion in Athens, police said on Saturday, warning of “a new generation of terrorists” at work. Thursday’s blast …
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Row sparked in Greece after Novartis probe witnesses exposed
A political row erupted in Greece on Friday after judicial authorities named two protected witnesses in a long-running bribery probe involving Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis. Critics said the move, which …
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Greece wants Turkish crackdown on migrant smugglers: official
Greece is to ask neighbouring Turkey to crack down harder on gangs trafficking would-be asylum seekers, a senior migration official said on Thursday. “We are not doing enough about migrant …
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Greek PM deplores worst climate conditions in four decades
Wildfire-plagued Greece has suffered its worst year in terms of climate conditions in four decades in 2024, its prime minister told parliament on Wednesday. The already sun-baked Mediterranean region has …
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Forest owner Marinakis banned for spitting towards officials
Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has been given a five-match stadium ban for spitting on the floor as match officials walked past in the tunnel after a 1-0 defeat to …
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Greek ruling party fined over data breach
Greece’s data watchdog on Tuesday said it had fined the country’s ruling New Democracy party 40,000 euros after thousands of people were sent unsolicited voter emails before European parliament elections …
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Greek sailors begin two-day strike
Greek sailors on Tuesday began a two-day strike to demand a 12 per cent wage hike, shutting down island ferry services nationwide. The sailors’ union PNO is demanding a new …