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Greek parliament sets up probe into train tragedy
Greece’s parliament on Wednesday set up a special committee to investigate the country’s deadliest train disaster that claimed 57 lives in February. A majority of 266 lawmakers in the 300-seat …
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Greek police suspend officer after fatal Roma shooting
Greece’s police department on Wednesday said it had suspended an officer suspected of fatally shooting a teenage Roma boy, the second such incident in less than a year. The 17-year-old’s …
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Cyprus pledges to probe Russia sanction busting allegations
Cyprus vowed Tuesday to investigate new allegations by a group of international journalists that it was a hub for Russian money-laundering enabling oligarchs to bypass sanctions. According to an investigation …
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Greece’s bailout finance minister quits Syriza party
Former Greek finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos, who navigated the country out of its debt crisis and EU bailouts, cut ties with his Syriza party Sunday, accusing its new leader of …
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Greek ‘Rambo’ actor Spiros Focas dies aged 86
Greek actor Spiros Focas, a Hollywood and Italian film regular who played villain in Rambo 3, died Friday at the age of 86, his family said. Focas died in an …
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Overcrowded Greek migration centres cannot cope: NGOs
Greek centres used to house migrants are overflowing and can barely cope, a coalition of aid groups said Thursday as the country confronts a huge increase in new arrivals. The …
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Turkish EU aspirations no closer without Cyprus resolution
The European Union, whose executive on Wednesday recommended opening formal membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova, has gone through several waves of expansion in the past 50 years. The European …
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Media watchdog RSF says Greece ‘sabotaging’ wiretap probe
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has accused Greece of the “political sabotage” of a probe into a months-long wiretap scandal, as new allegations targeted a former prime ministerial aide. “The …
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Several held after far-left, far-right clash in Greece
Greek authorities said Thursday 14 people had been arrested after far-right and far-left groups clashed in Athens on the 10th anniversary of the fatal shootings of two neo-Nazis. Police had …
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Greece’s Giakoumakis, not Messi, named top MLS newcomer
Argentine World Cup hero Lionel Messi won his eighth Ballon d’Or on Monday and brought global attention to Major League Soccer, but settled for second-best on Thursday in voting for …