Thousands of migrants flee as fire damages Greek camp

09/21/2016

Athens – Thousands of migrants were forced to flee to safety when their camp on the Greek island of Lesbos was badly damaged in a fire apparently set on purpose, police said. No casualties were reported but…

Greece resumes deportation of migrants

04/09/2016

LESBOS, Greece — Amid protests, Greece yesterday resumed deportations of refugees and migrants from its islands to Turkey after a four-day pause, sending back 45 people from Lesbos to a nearby port on the Turkish coast. Before…

Court orders detention of EgyptAir hijacker

03/30/2016

Larnaca, Cyprus — A Cyprus court yesterday ordered the detention for eight days of an Egyptian man who admitted to hijacking a domestic EgyptAir flight and diverting it to the east Mediterranean island nation by threatening to…

EUROPE’S MIGRANT CRISIS

03/01/2016

Thousands stuck at Greek border Idomeni, Greece — Macedonian police fired tear gas and stun guns Monday as several hundred Iraqi and Syrian refugees, frustrated at days of delays in crossing the Greek-Macedonian border, broke down a…

EU Med Group opposes unilateral migrant action

02/28/2016

Limassol, Cyprus — The rift over how to handle Europe’s immigration crisis ripped wide open Friday. As nations along the Balkans migrant route took more unilateral actions to shut down their borders, diplomats from EU nations bordering…

Finance minister quits

AP 07/07/2015

  ATHENS, Greece — Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned Monday, saying he was told shortly after Greece’s decisive referendum result that some other eurozone finance ministers and the country’s other creditors would appreciate his not attending…

A crepe affair

03/25/2015

  By Adam Brown   Whenever we travel, we make it a point to partake of certain local delicacies—pizza and gelato in Italy, curry in India, or bratwurst in Germany. But sometimes, something takes us completely by…

Gilas Pilipinas gives Greece a fight in close loss

09/01/2014

MANILA, Philippines–Riding high after pushing Croatia to its limit, Gilas Pilipinas showed great resolve anew before falling to powerhouse Greece, 70-82, in Group B of the 2014 Fiba World Cup early Monday morning (Philippine time) in Seville,…

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