Greece
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Strong earthquake hits Greek holiday island of Crete, 'tsunami warning' issued
World | May 02, 2020, 10:44 PM ISTA 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit the Greek holiday island of Crete on Saturday. The depth of the quake was measured to be around 10 kilometers (six miles). There is a potential Tsunami warning in place for the island, the Daily Star quoted the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) as saying.
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5.4 magnitude earthquake hits Greece
World | Mar 21, 2020, 11:11 AM ISTAn earthquake of magnitude 5.4 hit Greece in the wee hours of Saturday, March 21.
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UEFA pledges support for Greek soccer overhaul
Football | Feb 25, 2020, 06:34 PM ISTPresident of UEFA Aleksander Ceferin met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday and signed a seven-page agreement to provide assistance to the Greek Football Federation.
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Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou becomes first woman president of Greece
World | Jan 22, 2020, 03:31 PM ISTEkaterini Sakellaropoulou, a high court judge has become Greece’s first female president. Sakellaropoulou, 63, has served as president of the Council of State, a top administrative court, for the past 15 months.
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Euro 2020 qualifiers: Norway hold Spain, Italy beat Greece to qualify
Football | Oct 13, 2019, 08:42 AM ISTNorway ended Spain's perfect record by earning a 1-1 draw against the former champions while Jorginho's penalty ensured Italy qualify for the 2020 Euro.
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Strong quake hits near Greek capital of Athens, 4 hurt
World | Jul 20, 2019, 07:54 AM ISTThe Athens Institute of Geodynamics gave the earthquake that struck at 2:13 p.m. local time (1113 GMT) a preliminary magnitude of 5.1. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude of 5.3. Firefighters checked for people trapped in elevators amid power outages after the brief but jolting quake.
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4.7-magnitude earthquake hits western Greece
World | Jul 14, 2019, 07:43 AM ISTAn earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale jolted western Greece on Saturday, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the Athens Observatory.
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7 dead, dozens injured in freak storm in Greece
World | Jul 12, 2019, 09:40 AM ISTAt least seven people died, and dozens were injured when strong winds and torrential rain hit the popular tourist area of Halkidiki, near the city of Thessaloniki, on Wednesday night.
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Greece plagued with deadliest wildfire in Europe since 1990, toll reaches 91
World | Jul 30, 2018, 04:45 PM ISTThe death toll from last week's wildfire near the Greek capital city Athens reached 91 on Monday, according to the Fire Department
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Greece: 74 people killed as massive wildfires incinerate popular coastal vacation spot
World | Jul 24, 2018, 09:39 PM ISTGreek firefighters gave the latest death toll as 74, with 187 people injured, including 23 minors.
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20 killed, over 100 injured as wildfires tear through villages around Athens
World | Jul 24, 2018, 09:26 AM ISTA state of emergency has been declared in Greece following the incident, while the country appealed for assistance to its European Union partners.
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Eurozone nations end Greece's 8-year bailout saga
World | Jun 22, 2018, 03:51 PM ISTThe agreement will end the eight-year debt-relief program for Greece, in which the country received 300 billion euros in three financial assistance programs as agreed in 2010, 2011 and 2015 in exchange for structural reforms and fiscal adjustments.
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Greece launches its own space agency
Technology | Mar 20, 2018, 06:38 AM ISTGreece launched its first space agency on Monday as an effort to rebuild the ailing economy as it exits a severe eight-year debt crisis.
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5.7 million years old human-like footprints found in Greece questions our evolution
Life | Sep 03, 2017, 10:59 AM ISTEarlier studies had suggested that all fossil hominins older than 1.8 million years came from Africa.
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Turkey and Greece hit by strong earthquake and tsunami
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4 dead, 5 injured in train derailment in northern Greece
World | May 14, 2017, 10:34 AM ISTAn intercity train derailed in northern Greece, leaving four passengers dead and five seriously injured.
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Another migrant tragedy in Mediterranean; 4 dead, at least 300 missing after boat carrying 700 capsizes
World | Jun 03, 2016, 05:04 PM ISTAthens (Greece): Three bodies were recovered and 302 people rescued on Friday from a sinking migrant boat carrying at least 700 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea off the Greek island of Crete. The International Organization
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Greek Parliament legalizes same-sex civil partnerships
World | Dec 23, 2015, 11:44 AM ISTAthens: Greece's parliament has overwhelmingly approved legislation legalizing civil partnerships for gay couples, two years after the country was condemned by a European human rights court for discrimination. In a result announced early Wednesday, lawmakers voted
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Shocking! Young Greek women selling sex for the price of a sandwich
World | Nov 29, 2015, 12:08 PM ISTAthens: Such is the state of economy in Greece that young women are offering sex for as low as the price of a sandwich, a new study has found.The study, conducted over a period of
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Greek Leftists lead in national polls: Official estimate
World | Sep 21, 2015, 06:48 AM ISTAthens: Greek Leftists of the radical Left SYRIZA party of former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras led in Sunday's snap national polls, according to estimates based on the first official results released by the interior ministry.The