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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...

Greek ecosystems face increasing fire risk, worst in 13 years–experts

Athens—Two weeks of sweltering heat and wildfires have confirmed fears that Greece’s ecosystem is under increasing risk, experts say. Some 50,000 hectares of forest and...

Greece races to check 600 wildfires

Volos, Greece—Greek fire crews on Thursday scrambled to put out wildfires raging for two weeks around the country that left five dead before strong...

Greece faces new heat wave of high temperatures as wildfires rage on

Athens—Greece braced for a new wave of soaring temperatures Tuesday, as wildfires raged on two popular tourist islands. In the capital city of Athens the...

Greece faces new heatwave as wildfires rage

Greece braced for a new wave of soaring temperatures Tuesday, as wildfires raged on two popular tourist islands. In the capital city of Athens the...

Thousands of tourists flee wildfire on Greece’s Rhodes island

RHODES, Greece—Tens of thousands of people have fled wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes as terrified tourists scrambled to get home. And there were...

Acropolis closes at hottest hours

ATHENS, Greece—The Athens Acropolis, Greece’s top tourist attraction, closed during the hottest hours on Friday and may well close again Saturday as the country...

Greece votes with conservative premier favourite to win

Greek voters head to the polls again Sunday in an election where conservative front-runner Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seeking a second term and an absolute...

In fire-hit Greece, Greens struggle to be heard

Wildfires, floods and climate change have failed to budge Greeks towards voting Green for over a decade, but a new coalition hopes to break through...

Five takeaways from Greece’s May 21 election

Greece is struggling with high youth unemployment, and even those lucky enough to have a job barely earn enough to cover their rent Athens, Greece—A...

Greece eyes new vote as PM to seek absolute majority

ATHENS—A day after national elections failed to produce a single-party government, Greece on Monday was bracing for a new ballot which vote-winner Prime Minister...

Wagon debris

Police and emergency crews examine the debris of a crushed wagon on the second day after a train accident in the Tempi Valley near...

Greece seeks answers over deadliest train tragedy

A station master on duty during Greece's deadliest train accident is to testify Thursday in the central city of Larissa over the disaster that...

Greek foreign minister visits quake-hit Turkey

Greece’s foreign minister arrived in Turkey on Sunday in a show of support after the country was hit by a devastating earthquake seven days...
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