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Two people arrested in Rhodes on espionage charges
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Greek police have detained two people on Rhodes Island on suspicion of espionage, Hellenic Police said in a statement.
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Fire breaks out at refugee camp on Greece's Samos island
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Samos [Greece], November 2 (ANI/Xinhua): A fire broke out at a refugee camp on the Greek island of Samos, which also recently suffered from a powerful earthquake, the country's Migration and Asylum Ministry said on Monday.
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WHO closely following situation in Greece, Turkey after deadly earthquake
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) is closely monitoring the situation in Greece and Turkey, where powerful quakes struck earlier in the day, and stands ready to provide assistance, if necessary, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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Stefanos Tsitsipas pulls out of St. Petersburg Open
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Vouliagmeni [Greece], October 12 (ANI): Greece's tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas on Monday pulled out of the St. Petersburg Open due to a "minor" leg injury.
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NATO's Stoltenberg to discuss E. Mediterranean tensions in Greece on Tuesd
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 6 (ANI/Sputnik): NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will meet with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing tensions with Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Greek Foreign Ministry said.
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Greek govt to keep close watch on Pakistani, Afghan migrants after burning
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], October 02 (ANI): The Greek government has decided to keep a close watch on the activities of migrants from Pakistan and Afghanistan after the burning of a refugee camp at Moria on Lesbos island by migrants from these two countries, sources said.
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Pompeo to travel to Greece, Italy to discuss security
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 25 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Sunday will embark on a week-long trip to Greece, Italy and Croatia to meet with high-level officials and discuss security matters, the Department of State said in a release.
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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes off shore of Greece's crete
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Crete [Greece], September 19 (ANI/Sputnik): A 5.7 magnitude earthquake has been registered off the shore of the Greek island of Crete, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said.
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Around 30 illegal Pakistanis held captive on Crete Island for their 'aggre
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], September 16 (ANI): Around 30 Pakistanis living illegally in Greece, were held captive, on Crete Island recently due to their 'aggressive behaviour' at the workplace and were released only after intervention by Pakistani Embassy in Athens, sources said.
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UNHCR shocked by series of fires at Greece's Moria Refugee Camp
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is shocked to learn of the series of devastating blazes at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Shabia Mantoo, a representative for the agency, said at a press briefing in the Swiss city of Gen
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Germany to deliver aid to Moria Camp in Greece, Foreign Ministry allocates
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The German civil protection service will travel to the fire-ravaged Moria refugee camp in Greece later on Friday to deliver aid urgently, and the Foreign Ministry announced that it is directing USD 3.6 million as aid, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas
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England withdraw Harry Maguire from Nations League squad after guilty verd
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug 26 (ANI): England manager Gareth Southgate on Tuesday announced that he has withdrawn Harry Maguire's name from the squad for the upcoming Nations League games.
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