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US billionaire returns $70M worth of 180 stolen antiquities, artworks

New York — A prominent US art collector and billionaire philanthropist has returned 180 works of art and antiquities stolen from around the world...

Pope Francis urges respect for lowly in Athens mass

Pope Francis on Sunday urged respect for the "small and lowly" at a holy mass on the second day of his visit to Athens, the...

Pope to pitch migrants in Greece, Cyprus trip

Vatican City—Pope Francis heads to Cyprus and Greece on Thursday for a five-day trip intended to strengthen ties with the Orthodox Church and highlight...

Covid cases spike in Greece, hospitals buckle

Greece is experiencing a fourth wave of Covid, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned Tuesday as daily infections hit their highest since the pandemic began,...

Protest in Greece over death of Roma after police chase

Scores of people demonstrated Sunday in an Athens suburb against the death of a young Roma man whom police shot and killed in a...

As Greece fetes ex-migrant NBA star, others like him suffer

Athens—The sun was barely out in Greece in July when Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis jumped on Twitter to congratulate newly-crowned Greek-Nigerian NBA champion Giannis...

Major fire at migrant camp on Greek island of Samos

A major fire that broke out Sunday evening at the Vathy migrant camp on the Greek island of Samos, was brought under control, the...

Greek megafires highlight failure to prepare, experts say

As devastating wildfires ravage Greece, experts say the blazes cast a harsh light on the failure to prepare against and contain them, threatening irreversible...

Greek beekeepers rue tradition lost to fire

By Alexandros Kottis VOUTAS, Greece—On the scorched earth, dozens of blackened rings mark all that remains of beehives that dotted the once verdant hillsides outside...

Saint-Tropez wildfire forces evacuations

Le Luc, France—Thousands of people, including tourists in campsites, have been evacuated to escape a wildfire raging near the plush tourist resort of Saint-Tropez...

Greece fires ‘slowly coming under control’

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Hundreds flee, homes burn as fires ravage Greek island

Istiaia, Greece—Hundreds of Greek firefighters fought desperately Sunday to control wildfires on the island of Evia that have charred vast areas of pine forest,...

‘Battle of titans’: Two major fires near Olympic games birthplace

Greek firefighters battled Thursday to bring under control two major fires raging near Olympia and on the island of Evia as the country swelters...

Thick smoke over Athens as suburbs battle wildfires

Hundreds of firefighters, water-bombing planes and helicopters battled forest fires near Athens on Tuesday that saw villages evacuated and part of a major motorway...
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