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Hope fades for survivors of migrant boat disaster off Greece
Greek rescuers on Friday scanned the Ionian Sea by air and boat for survivors of a migrant boat sinking, as hope faded of finding more people alive two days after …
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‘Fortress Europe’ policies blamed for Greece migrant boat tragedy
Brussels has put the blame on people-smuggling gangs, but for many NGOs and rights groups, the latest migrant boat sinking, off Greece, is the fault of a “Fortress Europe” policy. …
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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 …