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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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Greece accepts new Chevron gas drilling interest: ministry
Greece’s environment ministry on Wednesday said it had accepted additional interest from US energy giant Chevron to join hydrocarbon exploration efforts south of the island of Crete. “The Greek government …