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Greece says it’ll reopen to tourists on July 1 as it claims success over Covid-19

Greece’s tourism appeal is no secret, but with most of us still in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, the idea of spending our summer there can only be a distant dream. Or maybe not, say Greek ...
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Greek PM offers free Rhodes vacations to everyone whose trip was affected by wildfires

Greece’s prime minister is offering a “do-over” for travelers whose trips to the holiday island of Rhodes were canceled or truncated due to the country’s wildfires this summer. Prime Minister Kyriakos ...
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Migrants say Greek forces stripped them and sent them back to Turkey in their underwear

Several migrants attempting to cross from Turkey to Greece told CNN over the past week that Greek security forces took their documents, money, phones and clothes before sending them back to Turkey in ...
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Greece opens its doors to Covid-free tourists

Greece’s Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis told CNN that the country “is taking these baby steps, the start of a gradual opening process that will lead to a full opening of tourism in Greece on May 14.
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Greece’s Mykonos says it’s ready to party like before Covid

In Greece’s best-known party island, white houses, blue shutters and scarlet bougainvillea all glimmer in the sun. Two weeks after the country’s official tourist season was declared open, everything ...
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Relatives searching for loved ones after Greek migrant boat disaster, as hundreds more feared dead

Kassem Abozeed had arrived in Kalamata to try to find his wife and brother-in-law, as relatives poured into the Greek port city on Thursday, searching for their loved ones missing after a migrant boat ...
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Nine arrested over capsized migrant boat, as Greek authorities criticized for failure to respond

Nine crew members have been arrested for people smuggling after a packed vessel sank in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, killing dozens of people, as human rights campaigners accused Greek authorities ...
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Greek police release TWA hijacking suspect and say it was a case of mistaken identity

A 65-year-old Lebanese man arrested recently in Greece in connection with the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847, in which a US Navy diver was killed, was released after police said it was a case of ...
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Greek prime minister says he was unaware of phone tapping of one of the main opposition leaders

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis faces fresh scrutiny after revelations by the leader of opposition party PASOK that his phone was tapped by Greece’s intelligence service while he was a member ...