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Girl confirmed dead as Greece finds 38 migrants near Turkish border

The UN says the group of 35 Syrians and three Palestinians had been stranded for several days in a restricted military zone.

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Greece tennis resort hopes to develop the next generation of champions

The Rafa Nadal Tennis Center offers players the same training methods that helped the 22-time Grand Slam winner reach the top of his game.

Greece

Search continues for dozens of migrants missing off Greek coast

Rescue workers are searching for up to 45 people in the Aegean Sea after a boat sank off the coast of Greece.

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Greece 'turning a page' as it exits enhanced surveillance programme

It comes 12 years after requiring an international bailout.

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Dozens missing after migrant boat sinks off coast of Greek island

Greek authorities say a major search and rescue operation has been launched east of the island of Karpathos.

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Greek PM 'did not know' about opposition politician wiretap

Mitsotakis said the wiretap of Nikos Androulakis was wrong.

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NATO deploys record 40 firefighting aircraft to Greece

Halfway through the summer wildfire season, about 600,000 hectares had been burnt across the EU. This is second only to 2017 when nearly a million hectares when up in smoke.

Greece

Greek intelligence chief resigns over alleged spying scandal

Panagiotis Kontoleon resigned Friday over allegations Greece's National Intelligence Agency hacked the phones of a journalist and a socialist opposition leader.

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Fire broke out at the Greek Balıklı Hospital in Istanbul

A fire broke out at Balıklı Rum Hospital in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul for an as yet undetermined reason.

Greece

Athens has not offered enough support over Evia wildfire, say locals

It's a year since the devastating blaze.

Greece

'I fear new famine,' Live Aid relief organiser Geldof tells Euronews

In an interview for Euronews at the Sani music festival in Greece, the Irish rock star and activist accused Vladimir Putin of "using food as a weapon".

Europe News

Frontex 'covered up' illegal migrant pushbacks by Greece: report

Frontex's former boss and some of its staff covered up the pushbacks and lied to MEPs about it, a leaked report by the European Anti-Fraud Office (Olaf) states.

Greece

MBS visits Europe

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is in Athens on his first European Union trip since the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

World News

Wildfires Europe: Greece, Tenerife, and Czech Republic battle new and ongoing blazes

Several major fires are burning across Greece where the heatwave, which started on Saturday, 23 July, has increased the danger of new ones. Meanwhile, a fire in Tenerife has burnt almost 2,500 hectares.

Greece

Major wildfires sweep through north, south and east Greece

Greece is battling three major forest fires sweeping across the north, south and east of the country on Sunday.

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Emergency evacuation on the Greek island of Lesbos due to forest fire

Evacuation of the popular resort of Vatera on the island of Lesbos due to a forest fire threatening the first houses of the village.

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Jordan-bound Ukrainian cargo plane carrying weapons crashes in Greece

The Ukrainian-owned Antonov was carrying 11,5 tonnes of munitions from Serbia to its final destination in Bangladesh, Serbian Minister of Defence Nebojša Stefanović confirmed on Sunday.

Food and Drink

Feta cheese is Greek, EU's top court tells Denmark

The European Union's top court has ruled against Denmark and says the country has mislabelled white cheese as "feta".

Culture news

These Ancient Greek statues used to be colourful

Two historians have created a new exhibition at the Met, returning Greek and Roman statues to their original colours.

Greece

Firefighting helicopter crashes in Greece with four people on board

Authorities say the aircraft went down in the Aegean Sea while battling a forest fire on the island of Samos.