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Quakes leave Greek tourist island on tenterhooks
For three weeks Dionysia Kobaiou has been dealing with “the anxiety and stress” of her students on the Greek island of Amorgos which has felt thousands of earthquakes. She has …
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Medical help arrives by sea to Greece’s isolated islands
Outside the school of one of Greece’s smallest inhabited islands, Sikinos, two massive trucks have braved an eight-hour sea voyage to bring residents much-needed medical expertise in the depths of …
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Greece pushes green transition on its fragile islands
Greece this week signed a clean energy deal with the EU in a bid to fast-track the green transition on its fragile islands threatened by overtourism and climate change. Hundreds …
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German president visits Greek village gutted by Nazi forces
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be visiting the Greek village of Kandanos in Crete today, site of one the worst atrocities committed by Nazi occupation forces during World War II. …
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Greece’s ‘Instagram island’ Santorini nears saturation point
One of the most enduring images of Greece’s summer travel brand is the world-famous sunset on Santorini Island, framed by sea-blue church domes on a jagged cliff high above a …
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Ancient Greek sanctuary slowly sinks into the Aegean Sea
A brief boat ride from the thrumming nightclubs of Mykonos lies the UNESCO heritage site of Delos, one of the most important sanctuaries of the ancient Greek and Roman world. …
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Greeks celebrate carnival on great ‘Ghost Night’
The clanking of cowbells signals the arrival of the ghost of Amfissa, as a sound system spits out the cries of ferocious beasts and crowds of carnival-goers brandish smartphones. In this …
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Greece legalises same-sex marriage, adoption
Greece’s parliament was set to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption on Thursday, a landmark reform promoted by the conservative government over the opposition of the country’s powerful Orthodox Church. Dozens …
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Why Greeks still love their smashing nights out
A Greek crooner is showered in red and pink carnations by customers in an Athens taverna as they sway to his songs of love and passion. But suddenly the flower-throwing …
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Greek election deals bitter blow to leftist ex-PM
Greece’s leftist former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, who nearly crashed his country out of the eurozone in 2015, has been left reeling by electoral defeat, which he conceded Tuesday had …