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Why locals and tourists keep dancing in circles in Ikaria

It’s midnight in the Aegean Sea but on the Greek island of Ikaria, in the courtyard of the church of St Elijah, the revelry was barely getting started. Dozens of …

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Adopted in US, Greek Cold War kids find long-lost families

Robyn Bedell Zalewa grew up and spent all her adult life in the United States, but is part of a little-known chapter of Greek history — the adoption of some …

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Acropolis shuts, outdoor work halted as heatwave scorches Greece

Greece’s top archaeological monument, the Acropolis, was partially shut Tuesday as part of emergency measures to protect visitors and workers around the country during a four-day heatwave. The Greek culture …

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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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