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Nine alleged people smugglers held over Greek migrant disaster: legal source
Nine Egyptians suspected of being people smugglers connected with the deadly sinking of an overloaded migrant boat off Greece have been charged with human trafficking and remanded, a Greek legal …
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What to know as Greece votes again in legislative polls
Greece once again holds legislative elections on Sunday, June 25. Conservative former prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is seeking another term, is expected to come out victorious. These are the …
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Greek MP expelled from Mitsotakis’ party over shipwreck comments
A right-wing Greek parliamentarian was expelled from the party of former prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, seeking a second term at polls next weekend, for racist remarks after the mass drowning …
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More than 120 Syrians aboard Greece migrant shipwreck
At least 125 Syrians were on board a migrant ship that sank off Greece this week, relatives and activists said Friday, as rescuers scoured the waters for hundreds feared missing. …
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Hope fades for survivors of migrant boat disaster off Greece
Greek rescuers on Friday scanned the Ionian Sea by air and boat for survivors of a migrant boat sinking, as hope faded of finding more people alive two days after …
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9 suspects held after Greece boat tragedy: port source
Nine Egyptians have been arrested on suspicion of being people smugglers after the migrant boat disaster off Greece that claimed at least 78 lives, a port source told AFP Thursday. …
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Greece says 80 migrants rescued after ship capsizes
Greece’s coastguard said Wednesday that 80 migrants had been rescued after their boat capsized and sank in international waters off the southwestern Peloponnese coast. Strong winds were complicating efforts, which …
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Greek priest suspended after girls help in ceremony
A priest in Athens has been suspended after including two girls as altar servers in a church service, angering hardliners in the country’s all-male Orthodox church, his parish and media …
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Greek shipwreck hunter finds long-lost British WW2 sub
A veteran Greek diver specialising in locating sunken ships has found a British submarine that disappeared during a World War II mission in 1942, state news agency ANA reported Wednesday. …
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Tsitsipas to cut out ‘naps and melatonin’ after French Open exit
Stefanos Tsitsipas pledged Tuesday to cut out “naps and melatonin” after admitting virtually sleepwalking into a French Open defeat by Carlos Alcaraz. The world number five from Greece slumped to …