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Greek PM denies ‘cover-up’ over country’s worst train crash
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday denied that he was attempting to conceal who was to blame for a train crash that killed 57 people in 2023. Mitsotakis has …
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Thousands march in Greece to demand justice for train wreck victims
More than 40,000 people protested in Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki on Sunday, demanding justice for the families of the 57 victims who died in a train crash …
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Albanian Orthodox Church head Archbishop Anastasios, 95, dies in Greek hospital
Archbishop Anastasios, the head of the Albanian Orthodox Church for three decades, has died aged 95 in an Athens hospital after being airlifted to the Greek capital following a virus …
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ExxonMobil launches new Cyprus gas search
US major ExxonMobil and Qatar Energy have launched a new drilling operation off Cyprus as they seek to tap the Mediterranean island’s offshore gas, officials said on Friday. President Nikos …
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Greece’s main animal park to send its dolphins to Florida
Greece’s main zoo on Wednesday said it would transfer its five dolphins to a Florida aquarium, after a long dispute with animal organisations. “It’s not easy to keep dolphins,” Jean-Jacques Lesueur, …
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Ancient statue found dumped ‘near dustbins’: Greek police
Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near dustbins in the northern city of Thessaloniki. …
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Cyprus leaders discuss opening more crossings on divided island
Rival Cypriot leaders met Monday to discuss opening more crossing points across the divided island, the United Nations said, as part of trust-building efforts to revive stalled peace talks. President …
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Greece prosecutes Novartis graft probe witnesses
Greece on Monday prosecuted a pair of protected witnesses in a long-running bribery probe involving Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis for alleged perjury, a justice source said. The man and woman …
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Seven migrants drown off Turkey’s western coast, 15 km away from Samos
Seven migrants drowned in the Aegean Sea off the western coast of Turkey after falling overboard when the authorities tried to intercept their boat, the Turkish coastguard said Friday. They …
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Postecoglou defends Spurs’ lack of action in transfer market
Ange Postecoglou on Friday defended Tottenham’s lack of activity in the January transfer window, saying the club is “working as hard as it can” to bring in reinforcements for his …