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Thirty-five more people charged after fatal stabbing of Greek football fan
Greek prosecutors on Sunday charged 35 more people in connection with the fatal stabbing of a young Greek football fan before a Champions League game, taking the total to face …
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ERT World’s Commemoration of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
In a meld of faith, tradition, and cultural richness, the Greek national broadcaster, ERT World, will curate a remarkable line-up of programming, accessible online, that aims to capture the essence …
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Seven Romanians arrested for arms possession ahead of Thursday’s Europa League match
Seven Romanians were arrested on the border between Greece and Bulgaria for weapons possession on Thursday as police continued to probe the fatal stabbing of a Greek football fan, officials …
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Greek police under fire over deadly football violence
Greek police were accused Wednesday of having ignored warnings about a convoy of Croatian football “hooligans” heading for Athens days before a Greek supporter was killed in clashes between fans. …
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Greek Australian volunteers in Rhodes say ‘if it weren’t for locals, the whole island would have burnt’
It took 11 days for the bushfires in the Greek island of Rhodes to be officially declared under control. Early estimates paint a bleak picture of over 200,000 acres burnt, …
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Eleven fires from 2017 to 2023 burned 23 per cent of Attica Region
Eleven large-scale fires in the Attica Region from 2017 to the end of July 2023 have destroyed over 55,000 hectares (550,000 stremmas), the National Observatory of Athens/meteo.gr said on Monday …
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Cyclists brave storms, in their London to Athens race for the Parthenon Sculptures make it to France
Vasiliki Voutzali and Dionisis Kartsambas from Greece, Steffen Streich from Germany, Christopher Ross Bennett from New Zealand, and Paul Alderson from Britain had, by Sunday, August 6 (Australian time), ridden 240 …
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Greek island healthcare in desperate need of revamp
When Maria’s nephew had a car accident last month, the family had to wait around 40 minutes for the only operating ambulance on the Greek island of Kos to pick …
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Italian fugitive in Greece betrayed by football fever
A fugitive on Italy’s most-wanted list has been caught in Greece after he was snapped celebrating a historic win by his football team, Italian police said Saturday. Vincenzo La Porta, …
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Presidents of Mediterranean nations unite to fight climate crisis
Presidents of Mediterranean nations Greece, Italy, Croatia, Malta, Portugal and Slovenia have issued a joint statement calling for urgent action to address the dangers posed by the climate crisis. In …