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Greek stationmaster suspended after 2 trains were ordered onto a collision course
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A train stationmaster was suspended Friday and faces disciplinary action after allegedly giving an order that would have placed two passenger trains on a head-on collision course on the same stretch of track on Athens' suburban railway, Greece's railway company said. ...
Greek opposition leader is ousted by his Syriza party
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek opposition leader Stefanos Kasselakis was ousted by his party’s central committee Sunday via a motion of no confidence, just a year after his election to the post by party cadres who accused him of being an authoritarian and not fully ideologically aligned with the...
Greece's prime minister says he will keep spending under wraps in a keynote speech
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister said Saturday he would not allow excessive spending to derail the country’s recovery from the lengthy financial crisis that required an unprecedented infusion of funds from its creditors, in a key speech at the country’s most prestigious trade...
AP PHOTOS: A ferocious blaze scars the land outside Greece’s capital
MARATHON, Greece (AP) — In the blackened remains of his workshop, sculptor Vangelis Ilias stacks what little is left of years of his efforts. In August, a ferocious wildfire swept through the mountains north of Athens, Greece's capital, pushing into the city and coming within feet...
Ruins of a long-sunken Greek village emerge as drought saps a vital reservoir
LAKE MORNOS, Greece (AP) — Like ghosts from the past, sunken villages at the bottom of water reservoirs are not meant to be seen. But the ruins of Kallio in the mountains of central Greece are becoming very much visible — and they have a warning to deliver. As an unprecedented...
An ethnic Greek politician and EU lawmaker is released on probation in Albania
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A former ethnic Greek mayor of an Albanian town, whose imprisonment on vote-buying charges has strained Albanian-Greek ties, has been released on probation, his office and a lawyer said Monday. Fredis Beleris was freed after a court in Fier, 100 kilometers...
A climate-related mass die-off leaves over 100 tons of dead fish collecting at a Greek port
VOLOS, Greece (AP) — More than 100 tons of dead fish were collected in and around the port of Volos in central Greece after a mass die-off linked to extreme weather fluctuations, authorities said Thursday. The dead freshwater fish filled the bay 320 kilometers (200 miles) north of...
A magnitude-5.2 quake hits the Greek island of Crete with no immediate reports of injuries, damage
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 struck off the southern Greek resort island of Crete on Wednesday, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the undersea quake occurred at...
Drying lakes and thirsty trees: In drought-hit Greece, water trucks are keeping crops alive
NEA SILATA, Greece (AP) — Six weeks before harvest, there’s no water left in the ground for farmer Dimitris Papadakis’ olive grove in northern Greece, so he has started a new morning routine. Joined by his teenage son, he uses a truck to bring water from nearby areas. Using a...
Smugglers throwing migrants off speedboats in Aegean Sea to avoid arrest, says Greek coast guard
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Smugglers ferrying migrants from Turkey to Greece's eastern islands have in two cases adopted the new and dangerous tactic of knocking some passengers off their speedboats into the sea to avoid capture by pursuing coast guards, Greek authorities say. All eight...
