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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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Hundreds feared drowned in migrant shipwreck off Greece
Rescuers have scoured the seas off Greece following a shipwreck that killed at least 78 migrants, as hopes of survivors dwindled and fears grew that hundreds more, including children, may …
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Greece declares three days’ mourning over migrant tragedy
Greece has declared three days of mourning, the interim prime minister’s office said Wednesday, over a migrant boat sinking in the Ionian Sea feared to have claimed hundreds of lives. …
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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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Leading Greek composer Yannis Markopoulos has died at 82
Yannis Markopoulos, one of Greece’s the most important composers, whose pioneering compositions paved musical paths over decades, has died at the age of 82. The great composer, who had been …
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Women rule on the Greek island of Karpathos
“Here it is women who command!” declared Rigopoula Pavlidis, as she sang the virtues of her remote village on the island of Karpathos, one of Greece’s rare matriarchal societies. Sitting …
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Dual tragedies in Greece as ambulance shortages shine light on healthcare crisis
The donations of the Greeks in Australia and America, for three out of the four ambulances that currently exist on the island of Kos in Greece, seem to have gone …
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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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Study investigates ‘Brain Drain’ phenomenon in Greece and seeks solutions
As Greece seeks to tackle the issue of brain drain and retain highly educated individuals who have graduated from Greek universities, initiatives like the ‘Ionian Hall of Science’ provide hope …
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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. …