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Greece Wildfires: More Than 5,000 Evacuated From Tourist Hotspot
Wildfires are burning across Europe, with major blazes in Greece and Turkey forcing thousands to evacuate and killing two ...
Wildfires are tearing through a popular tourist hotspot in Greece, forcing mass evacuations
The wildfire flames have spread rapidly across Crete, reaching homes as well as hotels and other tourist accommodations.
Greece Arrests Gang Smuggling Cocaine-Infused Leather From Latin America
ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek police have dismantled a gang that had been hiding cocaine in sheets of leather that were smuggled from Bolivia to Greece on container ships, police officials said on Friday.
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Greece’s Growing Thirst: The Looming Water Scarcity
Water scarcity is no longer a future threat for Greece; it's a pressing reality worsening with each passing year.
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Travelogue: A short two months in Greece, part 5
This is the fifth installment of Edmonds resident Nathaniel Brown’s recent travels to Greece. You can read part 1 here, part ...
New Fire Threatens Homes in Greece's Athens, Blaze in Crete Displaces Over 1,000, as Europe Bakes in Heatwave
IERAPETRA, Crete (Reuters) -Firefighters battled a blaze Thursday on the island of Crete that scorched forests and olive ...
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Eretria: A Forgotten Powerhouse of Ancient Greece
Nestled on the coast of the island of Euboea (Evia), the ancient city of Eretria was one of the most influential centers in ...
Ancient shipwreck hid dozens of treasures — until now. See the finds in Greece
Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana Jones movie. From its beginnings as an accidental discovery to the recent ...
Greece to present plan to settle Swiss franc mortgage dispute, sources say
The Greek government will soon announce an out-of-court settlement for billions of euros in Swiss franc-denominated mortgages ...