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Greece erects fence at Turkey border to prevent Afghan refugee influx
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], August 22 (ANI): In a bid to prevent the influx of Afghan refugees from the Turkish border, Greece has erected a 25-mile fence and installed a new surveillance system, a media report said on Saturday.
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Greece surveys damage from wildfires of 'exceptional magnitude'
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], August 13 (ANI): Nearly 100,000 hectares of forestry and farmland had burned in wildfires of Greece fuelled by an extraordinary heatwave at the beginning of August, said European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) on Wednesday (local time).
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Greece to modernize air firefighting fleet in aftermath of blazes: Prime M
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Greece will invest 1.7 billion euros ($2 billion) to modernize its aerial firefighting capabilities in the wake of massive wildfires that recently ripped through the country, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday.
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Greece to purchase firefighting aircraft, other equipment as fires rage
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], August 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Greece will purchase fire-fighting helicopters and planes, state-of-the-art fire trucks and floating craft for evacuating people, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras announced Tuesday.
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Death toll from Greece wildfires rises to 2 as PM announces support measur
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], August 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from the raging wildfires in Greece has risen to two on Monday as devastating blazes continue to wreak havoc across the country.
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COVID-19: WHO committed to address mental health gaps in Europe
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], July 22 (ANI): Senior health officials from the WHO's European Region on Wednesday conveyed their commitment to addressing the mental health crisis that has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic across the region.
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Picasso, Mondrian artworks stolen in museum heist recovered by Greek polic
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], June 30 (ANI): Almost after a decade of daring museum heist, Greek police on Monday (local time) recovered the missing artworks by Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian.
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EAM Jaishankar, Greek counterpart unveil Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Athens
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], June 27 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar along with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Athens on Saturday. Taking to Twitter, Jaishankar said that the "universality and timelessness of Gandhi's message is recognis
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Greece joins India-led International Solar Alliance
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], June 26 (ANI): Greece on Saturday signed and handed over the agreement on the International Solar Alliance (ISA) to India.
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People in Pakistan losing trust in army
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], June 26 (ANI): People in Pakistan are losing their trust in its Army in the face of prolonged operations by its troops.
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EAM Jaishankar meets Greece PM Mitsotakis, greets him on country's 200th i
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], June 26 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and congratulated the country on its two hundredth anniversary of independence.
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Jaishankar discusses regional, global issues with his Greek counterpart du
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], June 26 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias, with whom he had a productive discussion on regional and global issues.
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