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Wounded Ukrainian soldiers find solace in Greek monasteries
MOUNT ATHOS, Greece - The Ukrainian soldiers arrived in Greece with marks of war - one with a head scar, another with both legs amputated...
Dec 17, 20241 min read
Greece to scrap some bank fees for retail customers, parliament approves budget
ATHENS - Greece will scrap bank fees and charges for some retail transactions as part of measures to help households cope with a...
Dec 2, 20241 min read
Storm Bora floods homes, streets in Greek island of Rhodes
ATHENS - Torrential rains flooded homes, businesses and roads in the popular Greek tourist island of Rhodes on Sunday, forcing...
Nov 21, 20241 min read
Greek potter keeps ancient ways alive, wins UNESCO recognition
LESBOS, Greece - In his seaside workshop on the Greek island of Lesbos, Dimitris Kouvdis uses ancient techniques to create pottery pieces...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Hopes fade of finding dozens of migrants missing after boat sinks off Canary Islands
EL HIERRO, Spain - Hopes of finding any of the 48 migrants missing since their boat sank near the Spanish island of El Hierro are...
Sep 20, 20244 min read
As wildfires wipe out forests, Greeks debate: to replant, or not?
ATHENS - When a wildfire tore down a hillside towards Athens last month, its southernmost flank halted in a treeless area burned by fire...
Sep 18, 20241 min read
Three slightly injured in fire inside Greek oil refinery near Athens
ATHENS - Three people were slightly injured on Tuesday in a fire inside Greece's second-biggest oil refinery west of Athens, the company...
Sep 5, 20242 min read
Sunken village emerges in Greece as drought dries up lake
LAKE MORNOS, Greece - From beneath the shrinking Lake Mornos in central Greece, the muddied remains of homes are reemerging nearly 45...
Aug 15, 20243 min read
Greece tackles last of wildfire near Athens, assesses damage
ATHENS - Firefighters battled on Wednesday to extinguish the remnants of a wildfire near Athens that killed a woman, torched buildings,...
Aug 14, 20242 min read
Panic and destruction in Greece as wildfire and city meet
ATHENS - Vangelis Ilias was returning from holiday on Monday when friends called to tell him the unthinkable. A wildfire in forests north...
Aug 13, 20242 min read
Greek wildfire eases near Athens after one death
ATHENS - Greece's worst wildfire of the year eased on the outskirts of the capital Athens on Tuesday thanks to weaker winds, pausing...
Aug 12, 20242 min read
People flee wildfire near Athens as it spreads 'like lightning'
VARNAVAS, Greece/ATHENS - Residents fled their homes on Sunday as a fast-moving wildfire outside Athens fuelled by hot, windy weather...
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