Greece
Greece races to shelter migrants after Lesbos camp fire
The migration ministry on Thursday said a ferry had been sent to temporarily accommodate hundreds of people, ahead of the expected arrival of European...
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Thousands homeless as blaze guts Greece's main migrant camp
Over 12,000 men, women and children had overnight fled in panic out of their containers and tents into nearby olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp.
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Greece delays school reopening to 14 September
Masks will be compulsory in class and on-board school buses, in addition to outdoors in congested areas, and will be provided for free.
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Greek PM reshuffles cabinet, retains key ministers
The conservative premier wants to make the government scheme more efficient as the country tackles the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic that has hurt its fragile economy emerging from a decade-long debt crisis.
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Churches reopen in Greece with communion
As part of the gradual deconfinement started on May 4, churches were permitted to reopen their doors from May 17, so long as they respected a series of measures, in particular social distancing.
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S&P downgrades Greece outlook on coronavirus fears
S&P forecast the Greek economy would contract by around 9% in 2020 on 'uncertainty about the duration of the [coronavirus] pandemic and resulting economic crisis'.
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Greece blocks 35,000 migrants, plans to deport arrivals after 1 March
Greek border guards rebuffed nearly 7,000 attempts in the last 24 hours alone, taking the total since 29 February to 34,778 and the number of arrests of those who got through to 244, the Greek government sources said.
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Parliament to elect Greece's first woman president
The candidacy of Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou has already won cross-party support and been welcomed by some commentators as a consensus candidate during a difficult time for Greek foreign policy.
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Greece 'wants a say' in Libya peace process - PM
Libya has become another diplomatic front for Greece and Turkey as the traditional rivals jostle over Mediterranean maritime rights and the competing camps in the North African country's conflict.
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Adam Catzavelos insists he is not a racist
Legal counsel for Catzavelos Lawley Shain said his client had suffered two criminal incidents prior to the incident in Greece.
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One dead, two injured in Greek migrant camp fight: report
The incident occurred late on Saturday in the unit for unaccompanied minors when the boy attacked a group of other Afghan teens with a knife. The cause of the fight is not yet known.
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'I’m here to face the consequences of my actions' - Adam Catzavelos
Racist Adam Catzavelos is now approaching the director of public prosecutions regarding the jurisdiction of South African law in his crimen injuria charge - as he made the inflammatory comment in Greece. Last year a viral video showed Catzavelos on a Greek island giving a parody weather report. He used the k-word as he spoke about how there were no black people on the beach.
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'Ashamed' racist Catzavelos heads to NDPP over crimen injuria case
Last year, a video went viral when Catzavelos posed on camera on a Greek island giving a parody weather report where he used the k-word to describe how there were no black people on the beach.
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In Greece, smoking is alive and kicking despite bans
It was then that Balafoutis, now 38, decided to build a website dedicated to informing non-smokers where they could enjoy a meal or coffee unmarred by other patrons' cigarette smoke.
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Greece PM Tsipras faces confidence vote ahead of triple election challenge
Greece will hold local elections at the same time as European Parliament polls on 26 May, followed by a national vote expected in October.
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Katie Holmes meets 'incredible women' in a Greece refugee camp
Katie Holmes took her 12-year-old daughter Suri - whom she has with ex-husband Tom Cruise - to the Moria Refugee Camp in the Greek island of Lesbos.
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Greece to send 1,000 refugees to Portugal - migration ministry
Over 70,000 refugees and migrants have been stranded in Greece following a mass influx from 2015 onwards.
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Greeks rally against Macedonia name accord, police fire tear gas
Soon after the rally started at 1200 GMT, police fired tear gas to disperse protesters outside parliament as demonstrators chanted Macedonia is Greek and waved Greek flags.
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Deputies agree historic name change for Macedonia
Parliamentary speaker Talad Xhaferi said 81 MPs had voted in favour of the name change in the 120-seat chamber, securing the required two-thirds majority.
