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Greek train tragedy station master moved to house arrest
The station master at the heart of Greece’s worst rail tragedy was on Thursday granted conditional release from prison ahead of a trial expected to start next year, a justice …
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Greek journalist’s murder trial ends without convictions
A Greek court on Wednesday acquitted two men held over the 2021 murder of a prominent investigative journalist, a case that sparked widespread concern about press freedom in the country. …
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Greek probe clears state intelligence of malware use
Greece’s Supreme Court on Tuesday said a two-year probe had found no proof that the country’s intelligence service used a notorious malware software at the heart of a wiretap scandal. …
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Greece bans sheep transport as new plague cases found
Greece’s agriculture ministry on Monday banned the transport of sheep and goats around the country as a highly contagious ruminants plague surfaced in more areas following a July 11 outbreak. …
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Sheep ‘buried alive’ in Greece amid disease cull: official
A senior veterinary official in Greece was replaced after it emerged that sheep had been “buried alive” in a disease control move, a regional governor said Thursday. “We received a …
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Greece marks 50th anniversary of restoration of democracy
Greece on Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of the restoration of democracy after a seven-year dictatorship collapsed in 1974, with the prime minister hailing the people’s “resilience” to oppression. In …
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Turkey ready to build Cyprus naval base ‘if necessary’: Erdogan
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that his country was ready to build a Cyprus naval base “if necessary”, 50 years after Turkish forces invaded the now-divided island. “If …
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Greek border guard shot from Turkish side: police
A Greek border guard was hurt Saturday after being shot from the Turkish side of the frontier, Greek police said. The border patrol “took fire from unknown persons on the …
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Berrettini overturns Tsitsipas to reach Gstaad final
Matteo Berrettini took another big step on his road back to the top echelons of the ATP circuit when he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (8/6), 7-5 on Saturday to reach …
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‘Absolutely boiling’: Τourists dejected as heat shuts Athens Acropolis again
Scorching temperatures on Wednesday prompted authorities in Athens to again shut down the Acropolis, the country’s most visited tourist attraction — to the frustration of tourists missing out at the …