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January 29, 2020

Italy, Cyprus say Turkey-Libya maritime deal 'unacceptable'

A maritime border agreement between Turkey and Libya's U.N.-backed government is “unacceptable," violates international law ...

January 29, 2020

Greece plans floating border barrier to stop migrants

The government in Greece wants to use a floating barrier to help stop migrants from reaching the Greek islands from the ...

January 28, 2020

Magnitude 5.2 quake strikes off Greek island of Karpathos

An undersea earthquake with preliminary magnitude 5.2 occurred Tuesday off the Aegean Sea island of Karpathos, Greek ...

January 28, 2020

Greece ex-captain Zagorakis expelled from political group

Former Greece football captain Theo Zagorakis has been expelled from the country's conservative group of European Parliament ...

January 27, 2020

Greece: 14 injured in suspected migrant smuggling car crash

A car carrying Syrians crashed early Monday in northern Greece, police said, injuring all 14 people in the vehicle that is ...

January 27, 2020

Greece: 14 injured in suspected migrant smuggling car crash

A car carrying Syrians crashed early Monday in northern Greece, police said, injuring all 14 people in the vehicle that is ...

January 25, 2020

4 Afghans found locked in freight train in North Macedonia

Police in North Macedonia say railway workers found four Afghan migrants locked in a freight train container at the border ...

January 25, 2020

Greek police report seizure of nearly 1.2 tons of cocaine

Greek police say they seized nearly 1.2 tons of cocaine and arrested 8 alleged members of an international drug trafficking ...

January 25, 2020

At least 18 dead, hundreds hurt as quake hits eastern Turkey

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked a sparsely-populated part of eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 18 people, injuring ...

January 25, 2020

At least 18 dead, hundreds hurt as quake hits eastern Turkey

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked a sparsely-populated part of eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 18 people, injuring ...

January 25, 2020

Fitch upgrades Greek credit rating by 1 notch to BB

Fitch ratings agency on Friday raised Greece's credit rating by one notch to BB with a positive outlook, implying that a ...

January 24, 2020

Prince Charles visits Jerusalem tomb of unique ancestor

Britain's Prince Charles on Friday paid a solemn visit to the tomb of his grandmother, who sheltered Jews during the ...

January 24, 2020

Greece: fines for sea rescues if bad weather warning ignored

Greek authorities are putting into effect a law under which people using recreational watercraft at sea who disregard severe ...

January 24, 2020

Greece to change election law, abandon proportional system

Greece's parliament is set to approve a proposal by the country's center-right government to abolish an election system based ...

January 24, 2020

Greek high court upholds Vinnik extradition order to France

A Greek high court on Thursday rejected Russian bitcoin fraud suspect Alexander Vinnik's final appeal against his extradition ...

January 23, 2020

Greek police find 1.25 tons of cannabis hidden in date paste

Greek authorities say they found more than a ton of processed cannabis camouflaged among a shipment of date paste headed by ...

January 23, 2020

Greece: Island mayors in Athens to protest migrant situation

The “anxiety and indignation” of Greek island residents living at the forefront of a migration crisis are justified, Greece's ...

January 22, 2020

Cyprus: Turkey may have stolen data for latest gas drilling

Turkey may have stolen technical data that enabled it to send a drill ship to a specific location south of Cyprus that energy ...