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Greece to raise investment price for ‘golden visas’, PM says

Greece is planning to further raise the investment threshold for "golden visas" to foreigners to 800,000 euros ($861,520) for real estate in cities and islands where demand is high, Prime…

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Greece has absorbed 15 bln euro from EU’s Recovery Fund – minister

ATHENS, (Reuters) - Greece has received nearly 15 billion euros in grants and loans from the European Union's Recovery Fund since 2021, a sum which is equivalent to about 8%…

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Two migrants found dead, nine rescued off Greek island

ATHENS, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Greece rescued nine migrants and recovered the bodies of two dead people, a woman and a man, close to a rocky shore on the island…

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Greece advises vessels to avoid Yemeni waters after Red Sea attacks

ATHENS, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Greece has advised commercial vessels sailing in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to avoid Yemeni waters, keep only the necessary crew on…

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UPDATED: Greece, Turkey seek to restart relations with meetings in Athens

By Renee Maltezou ATHENS, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan sounded an upbeat note on the future of Greco-Turkish relations as he arrived in Athens on Thursday in…

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Greece to repay more euro zone bailout loans ahead of schedule

Greece will next month repay ahead of schedule 5.3 billion euros ($5.8 billion) of loans owed to euro zone countries under its first bailout, and hopes to repeat the move…

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Greece PM laments lack of progress with UK on Parthenon Sculptures

LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Talks over a possible return of the British Museum's Parthenon Sculptures to Athens are not advancing quickly enough, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on…

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Greece starts process to sell 20% stake in National Bank

Greece on Monday announced plans to sell a 20% stake in National Bank of Greece (NBG) after concluding the sale of a 9% stake in Alpha Bank to UniCredit as it looks…

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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Lake Doirani, Greece

A drone image shows a fishing boat, or "plava”, sailing on Lake Doirani, Greece. When compared to the 100 fishermen that fished in Lake Doirani a few decades ago, there…

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Greece’s economy seen growing by 3% next year – 2024 draft budget

ATHENS, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Greece's economy is projected to grow at a faster pace next year on the back of strong tourist inflows, domestic demand and investment, a 2024…

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Greece, Saudi Arabia to look at linking their power grids

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece and Saudi Arabia agreed this week to set up a jointly-owned company that will look at linking their power grids, taking the first step in their…

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Photo Story: Aftermath of Storm Elias in central Greece

A resident wades through the water and mud on a flooded road, in the village of Sotirio after Storm Elias swept across the region, near Larissa, Greece, 29 September 2023.…

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Flooded homes, streets as another storm hits battered central Greece

VOLOS, Greece Sept 28 (Reuters) - Torrential rain battered central Greece, flooding streets, homes and businesses in the city of Volos just three weeks after devastating Storm Daniel killed 16…

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Greece to tap into undocumented migrants to curb labour squeeze

ATHENS, (Reuters) - Greece's conservative government is working on a plan to integrate hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants to fill worker shortages in agriculture, construction and tourism, ministry officials…

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Greek state workers strike against government labour law plans

By Renee Maltezou ATHENS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Greek public sector workers including teachers, doctors and transport staff walked off the job on Thursday to protest against labour law changes…

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Libya says four members of Greek rescue team killed in road accident

CAIRO (Reuters) - Four members of a Greek rescue team en route to the flood-ravaged city of Derna and three members of a Libyan family were killed in a road…

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Greek PM pledges state reforms, disaster relief within fiscal limits

By Renee Maltezou and Karolina Tagaris ATHENS, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Greece will push ahead with state reforms to boost economic growth and offer relief measures to those hit by…

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Greek prosecutor orders investigation into deadly floods

ATHENS, (Reuters) - A prosecutor for Greece's top criminal court has ordered a probe into the causes and handling of floods triggered by a storm that killed at least 15…

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Three more bodies found after Greece storm, raising toll to 14

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek rescue teams recovered the bodies of three more people in central Greece on Sunday, raising the death toll to 14 from the country's most intense rain…

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Greek rescue teams move into worst-hit flood villages

ATHENS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Rescue teams took people out of floodwaters in inflatable boats and in bulldozers on Saturday as they moved into villages hit hardest by a sweeping…

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Boats, helicopters rescue hundreds after storm in Greece

By Stamos Prousalis and Lefteris Papadimas 10 dead, hundreds feared still stranded in Greece Affected central region is Greece's breadbasket Resident laments lifetime of work lost in two hours LARISSA,…

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As deadly Greek rainstorm ebbs, trail of devastation emerges

Seven dead, hundreds still stranded in Greece Affected central region is Greece's key breadbasket 'Unprecedented...A plain became a sea,' says resident By Angeliki Koutantou and Stamos Prousalis LARISSA, Greece, Sept…

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Greece continues to bear the brunt of Storm Daniel

By Angeliki Koutantou and Louisa Gouliamaki ATHENS, (Reuters) - At least six people have died and more than six were still missing after storm Daniel swept across central Greece, triggering…

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Photo Story: Heatwave in the UK and storms in the Mediterranean

While large parts of the Mediterranean are being battered by Storm Daniel that caused victims in several countries, Northern Europe, especially Britian are registering very hot temperatures. At least seven…

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Two dead, three missing as rainstorm pounds Greece for second day

ATHENS, Sept 6 (Reuters) - At least two people died and three were missing on Wednesday after torrential rain flooded homes and businesses and destroyed infrastructure in central Greece, the…

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Severe storms cause flooding in Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, killing 7

Fierce rainstorms have battered neighbouring Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, triggering flooding that caused at least seven deaths, including those of two holidaymakers swept away by a torrent at a campsite…

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Greece wildfire destroys area bigger than New York City

By Stamos Prousalis and Karolina Tagaris EVROS, Greece/ATHENS (Reuters) - A wildfire burning in northeastern Greece for 11 days has destroyed an area larger than New York City, the European…

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Greece battles Europe’s deadliest fire of the summer for 10th day

Hundreds of Greek firefighters were battling a huge blaze on Monday which has killed at least 20 people over the past ten days, Europe's deadliest wildfire so far this summer…

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Four migrants drown off Greece’s Lesbos island – coast guard

Four migrants drowned off the Greek island of Lesbos while trying to cross the sea from nearby Turkey, the coast guard said on Monday, adding that 18 others were rescued.…

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Eighteen burned bodies, possibly of migrants, found in Greece fires

Eighteen burned bodies, possibly of migrants, were found in a remote, rural area south of the village of Avantas in northern Greece on Tuesday where wildfires have been burning for…

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Dozens of patients evacuated as Greece wildfires burn for fourth day

Dozens of hospital patients were evacuated onto a ferry in the Greek port city of Alexandroupolis early on Tuesday, the fire brigade said, as wildfires in the area raged uncontrolled…

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60 migrants saved from small boats in Aegean Sea

Interceptions have greatly reduced the number of migrant arrivals in Greece, but with intense criticism of potential risk to people following dangerous Mediterranean migration routes. Greek authorities on Saturday rescued…

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Greece offers free holiday to tourists who fled Rhodes fires

ATHENS, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Greece said on Wednesday it will offer a week-long free stay on Rhodes in 2024 to tourists whose vacation was cut short by wildfires that…

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Greece wildfires: how climate change is involved, and what we can do about it

Fanned by strong winds and record temperatures, wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes recently spread from the hilly interior to the densely populated coastline with astonishing speed, leaving authorities…

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Greek minister resigns after going on holiday while wildfires rage

Greece's minister for citizen protection resigned after he was spotted on a holiday as wildfires spread across the country. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis accepted the resignation of the minister responsible…

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Greek wildfires die down after burning for nearly two weeks

ATHENS, July 28 (Reuters) - Wildfires in Greece abated on Friday after burning for nearly two weeks but emergency services worked to prevent new flare-ups in the central part of…

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Greece PM says climate change ‘not an excuse’ as wildfires burn

By Alexandros Avramidis and Stamos Prousalis Death toll from wildfires rises to five Greek PM says more steps needed to fight climate change Rekindles in central Greece force more evacuations…

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Most unaccompanied children failed to win asylum in Greece, NGO says

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Fewer than a third of unaccompanied children succeeded in winning asylum in Greece last year, with the rest of the applications rejected or in limbo, aid agency…

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Greece sees some wildfire respite, though stubborn blazes rage on

ATHENS, July 26 (Reuters) - Wildfires raging across Greece for more than a week abated on Wednesday, though firefighters still battled on several fronts to contain blazes that have killed…

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WATCH: Plane fighting wildfires in Greece crashes with two aboard

A plane fighting wildfires in Greece crashed on Tuesday and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned of tough days ahead with blazes destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of thousands…

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Tourists flee wildfires on Greek island of Rhodes

Thousands of tourists and residents fleeing wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes took refuge in schools and shelters on Sunday, with many evacuated on private boats as flames threatened…

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UPDATED: Jet2, TUI cancel flights to Rhodes because of wildfire

Jet2 cancelled all flights and holidays to Rhodes on Sunday and holiday group TUI has cancelled all outbound flights to the Greek island up to and including on Tuesday because…

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Wildfire on Greek island of Rhodes forces hundreds to evacuate

ATHENS, July 22 (Reuters) - A wildfire raged uncontrolled on the Greek island of Rhodes on Saturday, forcing hundreds of people to flee affected villages and beaches, authorities said. Coastguard vessels…

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Wildfires in Greece burn for fifth day as another heatwave hits

By Fedja Grulovic ATHENS, July 21 (Reuters) - Greece struggled to contain a wildfire west of Athens that burnt forestland for a fifth day on Friday as another heatwave hit…

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Wildfires slowly abate in Greece but temperatures rise

ATHENS, July 20 (Reuters) - Wildfires across Greece slowly abated on Thursday after razing swathes of forest and dozens of homes in the past days, but temperatures rose, threatening new…

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Staff at Athens tourist sites protest against heatwave working conditions

Staff at the Acropolis, Greece’s top tourist attraction, and other ancient sites in the country will stop work for four hours a day from Thursday in protest at working conditions…

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Wildfires northwest of Athens rage into the night, burn homes

Wildfires rage uncontrolled for second day north of Athens Strong winds rekindle flames in Corinth area PM cuts short trip to Brussels, returns home Greece requests help from EU countries…

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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Nafplio, Greece

A picture taken with a drone shows people sunbathing at a beach near Nafplio amid a heat wave, Greece. The heatwave codenamed 'Kleon', which has been affecting Greece over the…

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Greek parliament gives backing to new government’s four-year plan

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's new government won a key vote in parliament on Saturday after promising to rebuild the country's credit rating, create jobs, raise wages…

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Greek unemployment drops to 10.8% in May

June 30 (Reuters) - Greece's jobless rate stood at 10.8% in May, down from an upwardly revised 11.3% in April, data from statistics service ELSTAT showed on Friday. Seasonally adjusted…

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Greece’s Tsipras resigns as Syriza party leader

ATHENS, June 29 (Reuters) - Greece's Alexis Tsipras resigned on Thursday as leader of the leftist Syriza party following a heavy defeat in a national election on Sunday, a source…

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UPDATED: Mitsotakis sworn in as Greek PM, promises more jobs and ‘big changes’

By Lefteris Papadimas and Karolina Tagaris ATHENS, June 26 (Reuters) - Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised to rebuild Greece's credit rating, create jobs, raise wages and boost state revenues after he was…

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Greece’s election on Sunday: how the system works

ATHENS (Reuters) - Following is the political backdrop to Greece's parliamentary election on Sunday. Opinion polls show former Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' New Democracy party winning by a wide margin…

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Greek conservatives appear set to win Sunday election tinged by tragedy

Conservatives seen winning June 25 poll Vote tinged by migrant disaster off Greece on June 14 Row over shipwreck overshadows campaign By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS, (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister…

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Pakistan’s economic meltdown spurs more people to risk lives to reach Europe

By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KHUIRATTA, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, June 23 (Reuters) - Hameed Iqbal Bhatti had prospered over two decades working in Saudi Arabia, but after returning to Pakistan three years…

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The Greek migrant shipwreck is another preventable tragedy at the borders of Europe

The Mediterranean route between Libya and Italy has been described as the “world’s most dangerous maritime crossing”. This was proven once again last week in the tragic shipwreck of a…

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At least 209 ‘victims’ from Pakistan in Greece boat tragedy

(Reuters) - There were at least 209 Pakistani "victims" on an overloaded boat that capsized and sank in open seas off Greece, data shared with Reuters by a Pakistani investigative…

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