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€320 sunbeds: Athens beach prices cause alarm

The spike in pricing among Athens’ popular seaside areas has raised major concerns for locals and tourists alike with sunbeds singled out particularly for having reached as high as €320. …

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5.3-magnitude quake rocks Greece’s Mount Athos

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake on Saturday rocked the Greek Orthodox religious enclave of Mount Athos in northern Greece, Athens’ Institute of Geodynamics said. The undersea quake had a depth of just …

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Greek artist warns of fanaticism after art vandalised

A Greek artist whose work was vandalised by a far-right nationalist MP warned last week that fanaticism could spiral out of control in Western democracies. “This violence is increasingly present …

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Restaurants strike on popular Greek tourist island over beach clampdown

Restaurant owners on the Greek tourist island of Paros staged a 24-hour shutdown Thursday to protest against zoning regulations blocking them from using part of the island harbour’s beachfront. “There …

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Former top Greek fire officials convicted over deadly 2018 blaze as victims’ families remember

A former Fire Service chief and nine others have been convicted for their roles in managing a 2018 wildfire that killed more than 100 people outside Athens. Several former civil …

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Greece to toughen migration laws: minister

Greece plans to eliminate a provision allowing irregular migrants to apply for residency after seven years in the country, the migration minister announced Thursday, saying the rule had been abused. …

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Greece vows ‘full transparency’ in EU farm subsidy row

Greece’s agriculture minister on Tuesday promised “full transparency” in the disbursement of EU farm subsidies after a top Greek official was sacked in a fraud probe row with Brussels. Costas …

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Over 500 migrants rescued off Greek island in recent days

Greek authorities have rescued more than 500 migrants off the southern island of Crete in recent days, the coastguard said in a statement Sunday. Greece is one of the main …

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Blaze-hit Athens suburb trains to tackle new fire season

On a trail bordering the last green vestiges of Penteli, the mountain above Athens ravaged by fires last year, cyclists and runners enjoyed the closing days of spring before the …

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Greece beefs up firefighting prowess for blazing summer

Greece is deploying a record number of firefighters and nearly doubling its drone fleet this summer to address growing wildfire risks driven by climate change. Civil Protection Minister Ioannis Kefalogiannis …

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