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Greek PM vows ‘drastic’ train safety upgrade

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday vowed to speed up a nationwide train safety overhaul, two years after the country’s worst rail tragedy left 57 dead. Mitsotakis said a …

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Greece beefs up firefighting force ahead of fire season: PM

Greece will deploy the largest firefighting force in its history for a menacing fire season that has already seen over a thousand blazes break out, the prime minister said Thursday. …

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Greek PM ‘not trying to pick a fight’ with Turkey, to pursue visit

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday vowed to carry out a planned visit to Turkey despite regional tension and the recent arrest of Istanbul’s mayor. The Greek leader was …

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Cyprus launches search for Polish tourist who went missing at sea

Cyprus has launched a land and sea search for a Polish tourist who went missing after renting a boat in the western coastal resort city of Paphos, authorities said Wednesday. …

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Greek general strike hits transport and commerce

More than 15,000 people took to the streets in Greece on Wednesday in the second 24-hour general strike this year, calling for higher wages to match the rising cost of …

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Greece train safety official quits 2023 crash probe

A senior state investigator probing Greece’s worst train tragedy resigned Wednesday, with ongoing confusion about the causes of a huge fireball that killed some survivors. Christos Papadimitriou, head of the …

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Greece nixes Acropolis shoot for ‘Poor Things’ director

Greece’s culture ministry has declined a request by the Greek director of the Oscar-winning “Poor Things” to film at the Acropolis, saying the scenes did not align with the storied …

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Migrant boat sinking kills seven in Greece: coast guard

The coast guard initially said four bodies had been discovered in the Aegean Sea but after a search by patrol boats, three others were found, a spokeswoman told AFP. The …

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Cyprus says ‘progress’ in UN-backed talks on divided island

Cypriot leaders agreed Wednesday to press on with trust-building measures that could revive the abandoned peace process on the divided island, the UN said after a meeting in the capital …

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Cyprus court frees five Israelis accused of Briton’s gang rape

A Cyprus court on Monday dismissed as unreliable the evidence against five Israeli tourists accused of gang-raping a British woman in the holiday resort of Ayia Napa and ordered them …

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