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Greece probes migrant’s death in police custody (graphic content)
Greek authorities on Friday were investigating the death of a migrant in police custody after pictures of the man’s bruised body appeared in online media. Anti-fascist group Keerfa, which distributed …
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Tsitsipas loses in Japan Open first round
Stefanos Tsitsipas’ woes continued after the Greek number four seed exited the Japan Open with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 first-round loss to American Alex Michelsen on Thursday. Tsitsipas, the world …
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Outdated rules, limited metro collide for ‘unbearable’ Athens gridlock
Straining to squeeze his taxi between two hulking trucks blocking an Athens street, 66-year-old cabbie Damianos says he’s never seen traffic congestion in the Greek capital this bad. “It’s unbearable,” groans …
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Four dead as migrant boat sinks off Greece
Four migrants died Monday and five were rescued when an inflatable boat sank off the coast of the Greek island of Samos in the Aegean Sea, the coastguard said. Accidents …
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Ex-Italian PM’s grandson returns ancient vase to Greece
The grandson of a former Italian prime minister has returned to Greece an ancient vase presented as a state gift over 70 years ago, the Greek culture ministry said Friday. …
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Greece denies Germany to return ‘thousands’ of migrants
Athens on Thursday denied that tighter German border controls would result in “thousands” of migrants and asylum seekers being sent back to Greece. Berlin has heightened security measures on its …
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Rockslide in Crete gorge kills tourist
A tourist hiking on the Greek island of Crete was fatally hurt in a rockslide after a sudden downpour, officials said Wednesday. The woman in her early 30s was given …
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Greek-flagged Red Sea tanker towed to safety
A Greek tanker abandoned after Yemen’s Huthi rebels struck it in August, threatening environmental disaster with more than a million barrels of oil on board, has been towed to safety, …
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Lakes drying up leave Greeks in despair
Lake Koronia, one of largest in Greece, is shrinking after a prolonged drought and a summer of record-breaking temperatures, leaving behind cracked earth, dead fish and a persistent stench. Where …
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Greece to tow stricken oil tanker hit by Yemeni rebels
Greece’s coastguard on Thursday said that it would soon begin towing an oil tanker abandoned near Yemen after it was struck by Huthi rebels protesting Israel’s attacks against Hamas militants …