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Greece strike to disrupt public transport

ATHENS – Airlines are rescheduling or canceling flights to, from and within Greece this week as air traffic controllers join a nationwide public sector strike scheduled for Thursday.The strike is set to disrupt public transport, including ferry services between the islands and the mainland. The civil servants’ union called the strike on a variety of demands, including the increase of coronavirus-related protective measures in workplaces and in schools, mass hirings for the health and public transport sectors, and salary increases for civil servants.Public transport workers are also calling for workers to be allowed to undergo tests for COVID-19 at their companies’ expense.

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Speedboat taking migrants to Greece partially sinks; 1 dead

ATHENS – A speedboat that appeared to have been smuggling migrants to the Greek island of Rhodes from nearby Turkey partially sank before reaching land, leaving one person dead, Greece's coast guard said on Monday.The coast guard said it received information about the speedboat near the northwestern coast of Rhodes on Monday morning. Thirteen people who had been on board were found safe on the nearby shore, while the body of one man was recovered.The survivors told authorities that a total of 14 people had been on board the speedboat.

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Sleep apnea and autoimmune diseases: How are they connected?

importance of a good night’s sleep. Getting the right amount of sleep can lower the risk of weight gain, reduce inflammation, improve productivity, and much more.Many people struggle to get enough rest each night.

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Greece's archbishop hospitalized with coronavirus symptoms

ATHENS – The head of the Orthodox Church of Greece, Archbishop Ieronymos, has been hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19, a leading Athens hospital said Thursday. The 82-year-old archbishop was hospitalized in an augmented care unit of Athens' Evangelismos Hospital, the same hospital where the Archbishop of Albania, Anastasios, is being treated for COVID-19 since being airlifted to Greece last week.

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Greece: No police custody for migrant unaccompanied minors

ATHENS – Greece is abolishing the practice of holding asylum-seeker children and teenagers who arrive in the country without parents or guardians in protective police custody, the migration minister said Wednesday.The practice, which saw newly arrived unaccompanied minors held in police stations across the country sometimes for months at a time and often along with unrelated adults, has been widely condemned by rights groups. It has also led to judgments against Greece by the European Court of Human Rights.Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi said Wednesday that as of Nov.

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Thousands of police deploy on Greek uprising anniversary

ATHENS – Thousands of police officers have been deployed in Athens and the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki to prevent gatherings to mark the anniversary of the crushing of a 1973 student uprising against Greece's military junta.Nov. 17, the day the uprising was quashed, is marked each year with wreath-laying ceremonies at the Athens Polytechnic commemorating those who died there, followed by marches to the U.S.

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Greek PM appeals for restraint during uprising anniversary

ATHENS – Greece’s prime minister appealed to political parties Monday to show “self-restraint” in commemorations marking the 1973 crushing of a student uprising by the ruling military junta at the time, as part of measures to curtail a surging coronavirus outbreak in the country.Nov. 17, the day the uprising was quashed, is marked each year with wreath-laying ceremonies at the Athens Polytechnic commemorating those who died there, followed by marches to the U.S.

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Ancient Greek god's bust found during Athens sewage works

ATHENS – A bust of the ancient god Hermes, in good condition, was discovered in central Athens during sewage works, authorities said Sunday.The Greek Culture Ministry said that the head, one of many that served as street markers in ancient Athens, was found Friday and it appears to be from around 300 B.C. — that is, either from the late fourth century B.C., or the early third century.

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Egypt's president in Greece on 1st visit since maritime deal

ATHENS – Egypt’s president is meeting with Greek officials in Athens on Wednesday, in his first visit to the southern European nation since the two countries signed a deal demarcating maritime boundaries between them in the eastern Mediterranean.President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi was holding talks with the Greek president and prime minister in the morning, while Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will sit down with Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in the evening.In August, Greece and Egypt signed a maritime deal demarcating the two countries’ maritime boundaries and setting out respective exclusive economic zones for the exploitation of resources such as oil and gas drilling.

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Fire burns tents, structures in Greek refugee camp

ATHENS – A fire has burnt through tents and some structures in a refugee camp on the eastern Greek island of Samos. There were no immediate reports of any injuries.The fire department said the blaze, which broke out Wednesday morning, was limited in size and was tackled by 18 firefighters using nine vehicles.

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Greece imposes lockdown to avoid worst at hospitals

ATHENS – With a surge in coronavirus cases straining hospitals in many European countries, Greece announced a nationwide lockdown Thursday in the hopes of stemming a rising tide of patients before its hospitals come under “unbearable” pressure.Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that he acted before infection rates reached the levels seen in many neighboring countries because, after years of financial crises that have damaged its health system, it couldn't afford to wait as long to impose restrictions as others had.“We must stop this wave,” Mitsotakis said. “I chose once again to take drastic measures sooner rather than later.” Before the outbreak, Greece had one of the lowest rates of intensive-care beds per capita in Europe.

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Greek civil servants walk off job in 24-hour strike

ATHENS – Greek civil servants have walked off the job in a 24-hour strike demanding, among other things, better pay for health and education workers and more hiring during the coronavirus pandemic.Thursday’s strike shut down public services across the country, while the participation of air traffic controllers forced airlines to cancel or reschedule flights until 8 a.m.

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Anchorage mayor resigns after admitting to relationship with TV anchorwoman

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The mayor of Alaska's largest city submitted his resignation Tuesday evening, four days after an anchorwoman at a local television station threatened to report he had posted nude photos of himself on a website.Ethan Berkowitz, a native of San Francisco who attended UC Hastings Law School, adamantly denied her allegations, but on Monday admitted he had an inappropriate relationship with Maria Athens, the anchor at a Fox/ABC combined station in Anchorage."It is with profound sadness and humility that I resign as mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage," he said in a statement read at the Anchorage Assembly meeting by his chief of staff, Jason Bockenstedt, and later emailed to the media."My resignation results from

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Greece: Extreme-right party leaders jailed for 13 years

ATHENS – A Greek court sentenced the leadership of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party to 13 years in prison Wednesday, imposing the near-maximum penalty for running a criminal organization blamed for numerous violent hate crimes.Presiding judge Maria Lepenioti read out the sentences against party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and seven other former lawmakers.The landmark ruling follows a five-year trial of dozens of top officials, members and supporters of Golden Dawn, an organization founded as a neo-Nazi group in the 1980s that rose to become Greece’s third-largest political during a major financial crisis in the previous decade.Eleven other former parliament members were jailed for between five and seven years for membership of a criminal

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Greek court to sentence former Golden Dawn lawmakers

ATHENS – A Greek court is expected Thursday to sentence the 18 former lawmakers of the extreme right-wing Golden Dawn party, including its leader, a day after the three-member panel of judges delivered a landmark verdict deeming the party a criminal organization. Wednesday’s verdict was the culmination of a five-year, politically charged trial that involved 68 defendants — party officials, members and alleged supporters — more than 200 witnesses and over 60 lawyers.

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Greek court to deliver landmark verdict in far-right trial

ATHENS – A Greek court is to deliver a landmark verdict in the marathon, five-year-long trial against the country’s extreme right-wing Golden Dawn party Wednesday, with security tight and anti-fascist rallies planned outside.The 68 defendants in the trial include 18 former lawmakers from the party that was founded in the 1980s as a neo-Nazi organization and rose to become Greece’s third largest party in parliament during the country’s decade-long financial crisis. The court has been assessing four cases: the fatal stabbing of Greek rap singer Pavlos Fyssas, attacks on migrant fishermen, attacks on left-wing activists and whether Golden Dawn was operating as a criminal organization.

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Greece: Extreme right group faces verdict at criminal trial

ATHENS – Greek police officials said Tuesday they are planning to deploy about 2,000 officers around Athens as the leadership of the extreme right group Golden Dawn faces a landmark criminal trial verdict. Eighteen former lawmakers from the party founded in the 1980s as a neo-Nazi organization are among 69 defendants who have been on trial for the past five years.

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Boris Johnson's dad caught flouting coronavirus mask rules for second time in a week

Boris Johnson ’s dad has been caught flouting coronavirus rules for the second time in a week.

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Greece: Violence at school rally, concern over nursing home

ATHENS – Greek police used tear gas Thursday to disperse protesting high school students who have organized scores of school strikes in response to classroom overcrowding during the coronavirus pandemic.Brief clashes broke out near the parliament in central Athens after students threw several gasoline bombs at police. No arrests or injuries were reported.School protest groups say classroom seating limits are frequently not observed at many state-run schools.

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Pompeo visits naval base on Crete on day 2 of regional tour

ATHENS – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited a U.S.

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Greece welcomes Turkish survey ship's return to Med Sea port

ATHENS – The Greek government welcomed a Turkish survey vessel's return to port Sunday from a disputed area of the eastern Mediterranean that has been at the heart of a summer stand-off between Greece and Turkey over energy rights. The Oruc Reis research ship returned to near the southern Turkish port of Antalya for the first time in more than a month after Turkey announced in July that it was dispatching a vessel to work in waters that Greece claims are its exclusive jurisdiction."This is a positive signal.

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Little left of Greece's Moria refugee camp after 2nd fire

ATHENS – A second fire in Greece’s notoriously overcrowded Moria refugee camp destroyed nearly everything that had been spared in the original blaze, Greece’s migration ministry said Thursday, leaving thousands more people in need of emergency housing.Early morning saw former residents of the country’s largest camp, which had been under coronavirus lockdown, return to the area to pick through the charred remains of their belongings, salvaging what they could.

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The Latest: Champions League draw moved from Athens to Nyon

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___The Champions League draw on Oct. 1 has been moved from Athens to Nyon, Switzerland, because of the coronavirus pandemic.UEFA will make the 32-team group draw at its headquarters with no club officials or spectators.UEFA intended to stage the draw and the ceremony for its 2019-20 season awards at the new national library complex in Athens.UEFA says after talks with Greek public authorities that such an event “would violate public health restrictions and constraints regarding indoor events.”Players who win UEFA’s end-of-season awards could still attend the no-frills replacement event.UEFA will make the 48-team Europa League draw on Oct.

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Athens protects vulnerable communities during COVID-19

Athens is one of the oldest recorded cities in the world – with the great Parthenon overlooking the city as a reminder of perseverance and endurance.

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AP WAS THERE: 2004 Athens Olympics

EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of the Summer Games. This story was transmitted in 2004 from the Athens Olympics.

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Tom Hanks and wife get Greek citizenship for wildfire aid

ATHENS – A point of pride for Greece was touched by controversy Monday, as the country’s prime minister was criticized by an opposition party for using a military helicopter during a trip to celebrate with Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, on being granted Greek citizenship.

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Greece bans holiday Brits until July 15 due to poor coronavirus record

Greece has banned Brits from holidaying there until July 15.

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Greece sees 99% drop in travel revenue during April lockdown

ATHENS – The restrictions on travel and business imposed to stem the coronavirus's spread wiped out nearly all travel revenue for Greece in April, according to Bank of Greece figures.Provisional figures show travel receipts stood at 7 million euros in April, compared with 544 million euros in the same month last year, or a drop of 98.7%, Greece’s central bank said Monday.“The fall in travel receipts resulted from a 96.2% decline in inbound traveler flows and a 62.2% decrease in average expenditure per trip,” the Bank of Greece said in a statement.Greece’s economy depends heavily on tourism, which directly and indirectly accounts for around 20% of annual gross domestic product.

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Greek brothels tackle coronavirus with 15-minute sex sessions and facemasks

banned Brits from visiting despite opening their doors to other Europeans, Japanese, Australians, and Kiwis.

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Former University of Georgia football star Bacarri Rambo arrested on rape charge

Former UGA safety Bacarri Rambo was arrested on a rape charge. ATHENS, Ga. - Athens-Clarke County police have charged a former University of Georgia football player with rape.According to Athens-Clarke County Police Department, officers arrested 29-year-old Bacarri Rambo in connection to the rape of a 21-year-old UGA student, which occured at a downtown Athens residence on West Broad Street in the early morning hours of June 13.Rambo was taken into custody June 15 and booked into the Clarke County Jail. Sign up for FOX 5 email alertsRambo, a former All-American safety for the Bulldogs from 2009 to 2012, was drafted by the Washington Redskins in 2013.

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Greece to reclaim ancient horse from U.S. after court ruling

ATHENS – ATHENS, GreeceThe Greek Culture Ministry said Wednesday it would seek the repatriation from New York of a 2,700-year-old bronze horse statuette which it says was illegally exported from Greece, after a U.S. court rejected an auction house's bid to proceed with the sale of the artifact.

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Greece, Italy sign deal on demarcating maritime boundaries

ATHENS – ATHENS, GreeceGreece and Italy signed an agreement Tuesday demarcating their maritime boundaries, amid tension in the Mediterranean region over rights to natural resources.The agreement signed at the foreign ministry during a visit to Athens by Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, tackled an issue that had been pending for 40 years, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a statement.“Today is a good day for Greece, Italy, Europe and the entire Mediterranean,” Mitsotakis said, adding that the deal meets international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.It demarcates the exclusive economic zone — the maritime area in which a nation has the right of energy exploration and use of marine resources —

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AP PHOTOS: Magic in Greek moonlight as outdoor cinemas open

ATHENS – ATHENS, GreeceThey're like enchanted pleasure gardens concealed in the depths of the city that open their gates for a few months every year.And like so much else, Greece's open-air cinemas — where you can enjoy a movie in the flower-scented moonlight with a drink, a snack and even a smoke — have been hard-hit by lockdown measures.Under the country's partial reopening, open-air cinemas started operating on June 1, a month late and with considerable restrictions: Far fewer seats and no interval, both of which are bad for revenues.Business so far has been slow, due to these establishments' main operational hazard even in sunny Greece — rain.“It's been raining for three days,” said projector operator Pavlos Lepeniotis, mopping hard as

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Plane passengers test negative for coronavirus before flying then positive on landing

Greece has suspended flights to and from Qatar after passengers on a flight from Doha to Athens tested positive for coronavirus.

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Coronavirus strands merchant ship crews at sea for months

ATHENS – For nearly four months, Capt. Andrei Kogankov and his oil tanker crew haven’t set foot on dry land. With global travel at a virtual standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Russian captain was forced to extend his normal contract. He still doesn’t know when he’ll be able to go home.

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Greece suspends Qatar Airways flights till mid-June after 12 test positive for virus

The individuals were on a flight carrying 91 people from Doha to Athens that landed on Monday

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Greek tourism minister says all foreign visitors welcome

ATHENS – Greece is preparing to admit tourists from all over the world this summer but will be adhering to the advice of health experts to ensure it remains a safe destination in terms of coronavirus exposure, the country’s tourism minister said Tuesday.

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Greece issues U-turn on Brits travelling to country - but announces strict rules

Greece has said it WILL allow visitors in from the UK in mid-June despite previously saying they were banned.

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Communion ritual unchanged in Orthodox Church despite virus

ATHENS – One by one, the children and adults line up for the centuries-old ritual of Holy Communion, trying to keep a proper social distance. The priest dips a spoon into the chalice of bread and wine, which the faithful believe is the body and blood of Christ, and puts it into the mouth of the first person in line.

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Brits flock to beaches to enjoy Bank Holiday sun amid fears lockdown could collapse

Britons flocked to beaches and parks today to enjoy a warm and sunny Bank Holiday Monday amid fears the coronavirus lockdown could collapse.

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Direct flights to Greek tourist destinations to begin July 1

ATHENS – Greece's long-awaited tourist season will begin on June 15 with the opening of seasonal hotels, while international flights will begin flying directly to tourist destinations gradually as of July 1, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday.

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Stefanidi overcomes heat to win pole vault Garden Clash

The strategy of reigning Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi throughout a fast-paced, race-against-the-clock pole vault competition: keep cool.

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Outside US, top scientists steer debate away from politics

ATHENS – President Donald Trump is never far from a public spat with his government’s top expert on the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the most recent flare-up occurring this week over the pace of reopening schools.

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COVID-19 outbreak declared at Athens, Ont., long-term care home

A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a nursing home in the Brockville, Ont., area.

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Back in recession, Greece puts faith in digital overhaul

ATHENS – Greece plans to rapidly expand government digital services in 2020 to try and slim down its notoriously slow-moving bureaucracy and help the country exit its pandemic recession more quickly.

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Fitch lowers outlook of Greece's credit rating to stable

ATHENS – Fitch ratings agency has lowered its outlook on Greece’s credit rating, from positive to stable, amid the financial impact the coronavirus measures are taking on the country’s economy.

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Lockdown weighs heavily on Orthodox Christians during Easter

ATHENS – For Orthodox Christians, this is normally a time of reflection and communal mourning followed by joyful release, of centuries-old ceremonies steeped in symbolism and tradition.

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Amid pandemic, Greece issues bond to display 'confidence'

ATHENS – Greece has launched a 7-year bond auction, taking advantage of an improvement in borrowing rates driven by massive European stimulus packages to address the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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