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Greek opposition slams six-day working week as ‘disgrace’

Athens, Greece—Greece's main opposition party Syriza said Tuesday that the recent introduction of a six-day working week for certain companies was a "disgrace." The measure...

Giannis ends Greek Olympic wait as Spain, Puerto Rico also qualify

PIRAEUS, Greece—Giannis Antetokounmpo steered Greece to an Olympic berth on Sunday as he overcame a slow start to score 23 points in an 80-69...

Athens Acropolis introduces private visits for 5,000 euros

Athens, Greece—The Acropolis in Athens, one of the world's most visited ancient monuments, has begun offering private visits for 5,000 euros ($5,400), setting off...

13 arrested after fireworks trigger fire

ATHENS – Greek authorities have arrested 13 people after fireworks launched from a yacht set off a new wildfire on an island near Athens...

Strikes to mark one year since Greece’s worst train crash when 57 people killed

TEMPI, Greece—Workers across Greece were set to strike on Wednesday to demand answers a year after the nation’s deadliest train crash, which killed 57...

Train tragedy

Relatives and friends of victims take part in a press conference in Athens on Monday almost a year after Greece’s worst train accident that...

Greece legalizes same-sex marriage, adoption

Athens, Greece – Greece’s parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly adopted a bill legalising same-sex marriage and adoption in a landmark reform promoted by the conservative...

Rights NGOs say Greek probes into migrant shipwreck not progressing

Greece's investigations into how its coastguard responded to one of the deadliest migrant shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean have made "little meaningful progress," two...

One dead after ship sinks off Greek island

Athens, Greece - Greek rescuers on Sunday were searching for 12 people missing after a ship sank in gale-force winds off the Aegean island of...

Rescues underway in flood-hit Greek towns as toll rises to 11

Firefighters backed by the army were rescuing hundreds of people Saturday in villages in central Greece blocked off by floods, as the toll rose...

Fresh evacuations as Greek wildfires burn

Athens, Greece - Firefighters in Greece were battling flames for a ninth consecutive day on Sunday, as more areas of the country's north were...

Two dead as Greece battles growing wildfire front

Greece on Tuesday was battling a growing wildfire front that killed two and forced widespread evacuations in the second deadly wave of fires in...

Greece offers F-16 training, reconstruction help as Zelensky visits

By Will VASSILOPOULOS with Khrystyna ZANYK in Warsaw Greece will help train Ukrainian F-16 warplane pilots and assist the reconstruction of Odesa, Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

House confirms no gov’t funds used for Atayde foreign trip

The House of Representatives on Wednesday confirmed that Quezon City 1st District Rep. Juan Carlos “Arjo” Atayde has been issued an official travel authority...
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