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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. …

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Divers fish deadly ‘ghost nets’ from Santorini’s depths

Off the spectacular Greek tourist island of Santorini, divers drag deadly “ghost nets” from the depths of the Aegean Sea which have claimed the lives of thousands of fish. “These …

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Greece to rescue asylum seekers on border river: police

Greece on Sunday said it would rescue dozens of asylum seekers claiming to be stranded on the country’s river border with Turkey for days. “We will rescue them as there …

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