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5.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Greece
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Athens [Greece], Mar 21 (Sputnik/ANI): A 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck the northwestern part of Greece on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said.
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Greece hands over Olympic flame to Tokyo 2020 organisers in 'significantly
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Athens [Greece], Mar 19 (ANI): Greece handed over the Olympic flame to Tokyo 2020 organisers on Thursday at an event which was 'significantly scaled-down' due to coronavirus pandemic.
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We will stand together, united in all our diversity at Tokyo Olympics: IOC
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Olympia [Greece], Mar 12 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Thursday said that Tokyo Olympics 2020 will give the message that all countries are together united in all our diversity.
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Greece reports its first Covid-19 death
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Athens [Greece], Mar 12 (ANI): Greece on Thursday has reported the first death due to coronavirus as a number of European Union countries, including, Spain and Austria have seen a spurt in COVID-19 cases.
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Olympiacos FC's players, staff test negative for coronavirus
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Pireas [Greece], Mar 11 (ANI): Football club Olympiacos FC on Wednesday confirmed that all of its players and staff have tested negative for coronavirus.
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Erdogan to discuss migrant issues with EU in Brussels
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Mar 9 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday (local time) said that he will hold talks with European Union officials in Brussels, as he called in Greece to "open the gates" for refugees at Turkey's border trying to get into Europe.
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Amid migrant influx from Turkey, EU leaders praise Greece as Europe's 'shi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Athens [Greece], Mar 5 (ANI): European Union leaders have praised Greece for acting as a Europe's "shield" in deterring migrants at a time when the country's northern borders with Turkey have witnessed days of clashes between police and migrants desperate to cross over.
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GMR Airports to build and operate new airport in Greece
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 10 (ANI): GMR Airports Ltd said on Monday it has achieved the concession commencement date for design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of new international airport of Heraklion at Crete in Greece.
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Greece elects first-ever female president following parliamentary vote
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], Jan 22 (Sputnik/ANI): Greece's Parliament elected Katerina Sakellaropoulou, former head of the State Council, as the country's first female president on Wednesday.
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Libya's Haftar secretly flies to Greece ahead of Berlin summit
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Jan 17 (ANI): Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar secretly flew to Athens on Thursday for talks as Greece criticised its exclusion from a UN-backed peace conference in Berlin this weekend.
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12 killed as migrant boat sinks near Greek island
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], Jan 12 (ANI): At least 12 people were killed after a migrant smuggling boat sank near the island of Paxos in western Greece on Saturday, authorities said.
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Gunmen abduct 8 crew members from Greek oil tanker in Cameroon port
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], Jan 1 (ANI): Armed men attacked a Greek oil tanker anchored two nautical miles (3.7 km) off Limboh port in Cameroon and abducted eight crewmen, including the vessel's Greek captain on Tuesday, informed the Greek Shipping Ministry.
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