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NGOs urge Greece to scrap coastline reform: statement

WWF, Greenpeace and six other environmental NGOs called on Greece on Thursday to withdraw a bill that will remove a coastal protection zone designed to limit seaside construction. The finance …

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London Fashion Week show at British Museum irks Greece

The Greek Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, expressed her anger late on Saturday after a London Fashion week show took place in front of the Parthenon Marbles at the British …

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Same-sex parenting rights worldwide

Becoming parents is an uphill battle for same-sex couples, with less than one country in five allowing them to adopt and many restricting their use of IVF and surrogates. After …

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Greek farmers vow to step up protests

Greek farmers on Thursday vowed to continue blocking roads with tractors and to intensify their protests by converging on Athens next week. The move comes just two days after conservative …

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Vessel reports missile attack off Yemen’s coast: security firms

A vessel reported coming under a missile attack off Yemen’s southern coast on Monday while transiting the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, security agencies said. Yemen’s Huthi rebels, who have repeatedly …

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Gunman kills three at Greek shipping company: police source

A former employee of a Greek shipping company shot dead three people including its owner before killing himself on Monday in a coastal suburb of Athens, police said. The shooter, …

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Greece’s Olympic Stadium to reopen by April: prime minister

The Olympic Stadium in Athens, shut down last year over roof safety concerns, will reopen by April, the Greek prime minister said Sunday. “The stadium will reopen from the end …

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Greeks protest against same-sex marriage, adoption reform

A protest against legalising same-sex marriage and adoption in Greece drew several thousand people in Athens on Sunday ahead of a debate in parliament next week. Some 4,000 people responded …

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Greek police arrest four after blast near ministry

Greek police on Saturday said they had arrested four men accused of possessing explosives, a week after a bomb exploded outside the labour ministry in Athens. The bomb exploded early …

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Greece rejects EU media freedom resolution

Greece on Thursday dismissed as “mudslinging” and “slander” a European Parliament resolution decrying a hostile media environment in the country which the body said poses a “very serious” threat to …

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