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Molotov cocktail attack against Iran embassy in Athens
Athens: A Molotov cocktail bomb was thrown against the Iranian embassy in Athens on Sunday, Athens News Agency reported. According…
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Turkey, Greece smooth relations after Ankara spat
ATHENS: Greece and Turkey yesterday smoothed over their most recent diplomatic spat by setting up a June meeting between their…
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Greek firefighters control forest fire near Athens
ATHENS: Greek firefighters said yesterday they were slowly bringing under control a major forest fire in a nature conservation area…
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‘Ecological disaster’ feared as Greece battles forest fire
ATHENS: Hundreds of firefighters battled Greece’s first major forest fire of the summer yesterday, as experts warned of a “huge…
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Greece reopens shops despite high infections
ATHENS: Greece yesterday relaxed a nationwide lockdown by opening most retail shops despite a high level of COVID-19 infections and…
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Greece celebrates revolution bicentennial with pomp, allies
ATHENS: Greece yesterday celebrated 200 years since the start of its independence war with the Ottoman Empire with parades and…
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In pandemic e-work, Greece sees a chance to reverse brain drain
ATHENS: The pandemic was a wakeup call that reminded Christophoros Xenos of what he misses most in London-the Greek sun…
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Athens’ first official mosque opens its doors
ATHENS: Worshippers pray in the first official mosque in the Greek capital on Tuesday. – AFP ATHENS: The first official…
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Coronavirus-hit Athens kiosk owners fear for their future
ATHENS: Locals and tourists walk by a kiosk at Monastiraki square, an area popular with tourists, in Athens on Saturday.…
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Greece’s Golden Dawn branded a ‘criminal group’
ATHENS: Magda Fyssa, the mother of murdered singer Pavlos Fyssas, reacts in court following the verdict in the trial of…
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Greece warms to EU asylum pact but refugee groups rage
ATHENS: Greece’s government has cautiously welcomed a plan from Brussels to reform the EU’s shaky asylum system, but charity groups…
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7 dead as floods hit Greek island
EUBOEA, Greece: Goat stands in a flooded field, following a storm at the village of Politika, on Evia island, northeast…
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