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Italy, Greece relax COVID-19 restrictions before peak summer tourist season
People wear face masks as they step off a public transport bus in Rome, Sunday May 1, 2022. Face masks, for the first time since the start of the pandemic, are no longer required in supermarkets, bars, restaurants, shops and most workplaces throughout Italy, but remain mandatory on public transport, planes, trains and ships, theatres, cinemas, concert halls and for indoor sporting events. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Colourful Greek statue at the ROM questions Western civilization’s ties to whiteness
Kate Taylor
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Twelve still missing after blaze engulfs Greece-Italy ferry
Smoke on the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia, which sailed from Greece to Italy early on Friday and caught fire, is seen from Himara, Albania, February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Florion Goga
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Stranded truck drivers pulled from burning Greek ferry
A ferry is on fire at the Ionian Sea near the island of Corfu, Greece, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. More than 280 people have been evacuated from the ferry in northwestern Greece that caught fire overnight, while heading to southern Italy, authorities said. (Lazos Madikos/debater.gr. via AP)
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Greek farmers threaten to block highways in energy protest
Greek farmers pour milk during a protest on a motorway a few miles south of Larissa town, central Greece, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. The farmers demand the abolition of the electricity price adjustment clause, which reflect changes in the price of oil and natural gas imports, as well as lower fuel taxes. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
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Unvaccinated people 60 and up face monthly fines in Greece
An elderly woman wearing a face mask to curb the spread of coronavirus, walks in central Athens on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Greece has imposed a vaccination mandate for people over age 60, as coverage remains below the European Union average and while a recent spike in infections has sustained pressure on hospitals. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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While Afghan judges await entry to Canada, their visas face expiry deadlines in Greece
Afghan judge Friba Quraishi poses for a picture in her apartment in Athens, Greece, October 15, 2021. Picture taken October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
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International COVID-19 news today: Cities in Bolivia cancel New Year’s Eve events
A vaccinator administers a Moderna booster vaccine to a man at the Antwerp Expo vaccine center in Antwerp, Belgium on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. In Belgium, many flocked to their local vaccine center to receive their booster shots and stay ahead of the surging omicron infections. Others faced their first real test of the latest COVID-19 measures on Monday, with shopping reduced to a maximum of two along with closures of movie theaters and concert halls. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Three charged with murder after migrant boat deaths in Greece
FILE — The Aegean Sea, July 6, 2021, where the Greece Coast Guard rescued 12 survivors from a smuggler boat in distress on Dec. 22, 2021. Three people drowned and up to three dozen more were missing on Dec. 22, 2021 after a smuggling boat carrying migrants from Turkey sank in the Aegean Sea, Greece’s Coast Guard said. (Ivor Prickett/The New York Times)
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5.2-magnitude tremor strikes off Greek island of Crete
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Greece reports third migrant shipwreck in days, with at least 13 dead
FILE Ñ A Greek Coast Guard ship approaches a Turkish Coast Guard ship in the Aegean Sea, July 2, 2021. At least four people died in the southern Aegean Sea on Thursday, Dec. 23, after a boat carrying migrants struck an islet, the Greek authorities said, the second deadly episode of people-smuggling off GreeceÕs shores this week. (Ivor Prickett/The New York Times)
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Three dead, dozens feared missing after migrant boat sinks in Greece
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Pope chides Europe, comforts migrants on return to Lesbos
Pope Francis greets two refugee girls at the Reception and Identification Centre (RIC) in Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, Greece, December 5, 2021. Louisa Gouliamaki/Pool via REUTERS
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Pope Francis to seek deeper ties with eastern churches as he heads to Greece
A man decorates with flowers the interior of the Catholic Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite, one day ahead of the visit of Pope Francis in Athens, Greece, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. Francis is on a five-day trip to Cyprus and Greece by drawing attention once again to his call for Europe to welcome migrants. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
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Countries across Europe tighten COVID-19 restrictions
FILE PHOTO: Police officers check the vaccination status of shoppers at the entrance of a store after the Austrian government imposed a lockdown on the roughly two million people who are not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Vienna, Austria, November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
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Greece criminalizes migration, prosecutes aid workers: critics
Hanad Abdi Mohammad, from Somalia, imprisoned migrant on the northeastern Aegean island of Chios, Greece, is seen in this undated photo in an unknown location. Among the inmates of Chios prison, a squat building nestled in the warren of narrow streets that make up this Greek island's main town, three young men have embarked on dramatically long sentences: 50 years for two of them, and a staggering 142 for Hanad Abdi Mohammad the third. But all three say their crimes were nothing more than finding themselves forced to take over the steering of floundering migrant boats after smugglers abandoned them at sea between Turkey and Greece. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
soccer
Spain profits from Sweden’s slip, Portugal draws in Ireland
Spain's defender Inigo Martinez Berridi (L) fights for the ball with Greece's defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualification football match between Greece and Spain at the OAKA Spiros Louis stadium in Athens on November 11, 2021. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP) (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Whitecaps defender Derek Cornelius making the most of loan spell in Greece
tennis
Qualifier Raducanu stuns Sakkari to reaches U.S. Open final to face Canadian Fernandez
Emma Raducanu, of Great Britain, waves to the crowd after defeating Maria Sakkari, of Greece, during the semifinals of the US Open tennis championships, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Greece creates climate crisis ministry after huge wildfires
In this late Friday, Aug. 6, 2021 file photo, a man watches the flames as wildfire approaches Kochyli beach near Limni village on the island of Evia, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of Athens, Greece. Greece's center-right government has created a new ministry to address the impact of climate change and named former European Union commissioner Christos Stylianides as minister. (AP Photo/Thodoris Nikolaou, File)
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Amplify: I finally travelled to another country again, and it was an awakening
A year and a half into the pandemic, Domini Clark knew a trip to Greece, a country she always dreamed of visiting, would be restorative.
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Firefighters get upper hand on two blazes in Greece
A firefighter tries to extinguish the fire in a house during a wildfire in Thea area some 60 kilometers (37 miles) northwest of Athens, Greece, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. A major wildfire northwest of the Greek capital devoured large tracts of pine forest for a third day and threatened a large village as hundreds of firefighters, assisted by water-dropping planes and helicopters, battled the flames Wednesday. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Greek wildfire burns through forest for fourth day
A firefighter walks outside of a house as burns during a wildfire in Thea area some 60 kilometers (37 miles) northwest of Athens, Greece, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. A major wildfire northwest of the Greek capital devoured large tracts of pine forest for a third day and threatened a large village as hundreds of firefighters, assisted by water-dropping planes and helicopters, battled the flames Wednesday. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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French Riviera wildfire kills one, injures 27
Evacuated campers play cards in a gymnasium in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. Firefighters have been able to "stabilize" the blaze that raced Tuesday through forests near the French Riviera, forcing thousands of people to flee homes, campgrounds and hotels in a picturesque area beloved by residents and tourists alike.. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
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Thousands evacuated as wildfire sweeps through forests near French Riviera
Firefighters work near a major wildfire that broke out in the Var region of southern France, August 17, 2021 SDMIS69/Handout via REUTERS
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Israel asks for help as wildfires rage near Jerusalem
A firefighting plane disperses fire retardant as it assists in extinguishing a fire near the Israeli village of Beit Meir, outskirts of Jerusalem, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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Greek wildfires a major ecological catastrophe, Prime Minister says
A burnt forest in Agia Anna village on Evia island, about 181 kilometers (113 miles) north of Athens, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. Hundreds of firefighters from across Europe and the Middle East worked alongside Greek colleagues in rugged terrain Wednesday to contain flareups of the huge wildfires that ravaged Greece's forests for a week, destroying homes and forcing evacuations. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)
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Crews battle to contain massive wildfire burning on Greek island of Evia
Firefighters operate at Ellinika village on Evia island, about 176 kilometers (110 miles) north of Athens, Greece, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. Firefighters and residents battled a massive forest fire on Greece's second largest island for a seventh day Monday, fighting to save what they can from flames that have decimated vast tracts of pristine forest, destroyed homes and businesses and sent thousands fleeing. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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Wildfire devours Greek island forests as residents urged to flee
Flames approaching at Gouves village on the island of Evia, about 185 kilometers (115 miles) north of Athens, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. Pillars of billowing smoke and ash are blocking out the sun above Greece's second-largest island as a days-old wildfire devours pristine forests and triggers more evacuation alerts. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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Wildfires rampage in Greece, cut Evia island in half
A man watches as a wildfire burns in the village of Vasilika, on Evia island, Greece, August 8, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis