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by Gokan Gunes with Raziye Akkoc in Ankara Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey’s big push into the Mediterranean featuring controversial gas drilling, tough rhetoric and warships is rooted in a grand vision of a “Blue Homeland” that takes over waters claimed by EU neighbours. Fearful of being denied a fair share of the region’s bountiful natural gas wealth, Turkey sent a research vessel and a small navy armada into seas Greece views as […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — A pine forest wildfire fanned by strong winds broke out on Sunday along the pristine northeastern coastline of Corfu, a Greek island dotted with wealthy estates. The fire erupted near the wooded Agios Stefanos beach town in the Erimitis region, which boasts high-profile residents such as the Rothschilds and the Agnellis. Firefighters aboard a dozen vehicles backed by aircraft were deployed to tackle the fire in the area nicknamed Kensington-on-Sea by […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — A baby was among seven people who died as torrential rains and floods swept the Greek island of Evia, damaging dozens of houses and blocking roads, authorities said Sunday. The eight-month-old baby was found dead in a house in the village of Politika on Sunday, said a spokesman for firefighters involved in rescue efforts. The baby’s parents were unharmed. Hours earlier, a man and woman in their 80s were found unconscious […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Greece will prioritize giving coronavirus vaccines to the elderly and high-risk groups if and when they become available, the country’s health minister said Saturday. “If and when a vaccine comes, we will prioritize those who must take it above all,” Vassilis Kikilias told Skai TV. “Who is that? Our very aged fellow citizens, the very elderly, high-risk groups…we will protect those in danger.” He added that vaccines will not be compulsory […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — A pine forest wildfire fanned by strong winds near the southern Greek city of Corinth forced the evacuation of homes, holiday camps and a center for people with disabilities on Wednesday, the ANA news agency reported. Some 180 firefighters were fighting the blaze by early evening, with the help of six planes and eight helicopters before they halted their efforts for the night. The wildfire “may not have an active front […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Eight passengers were injured in a train derailment outside of the Greek capital Athens Tuesday, emergency services said. An electric train linking the port of Piraeus near Athens to the northern suburbs derailed as it entered the station at Kifissia just after midday, according to initial reports from firefighters. “Seven women and one man were slightly injured and transferred as a precaution to two hospitals in Athens,” a manager of the […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday announced a gradual easing of coronavirus lockdown rules from May 4 but said implementation would be monitored daily. “Having contained the first wave of the virus, we are now ready to move to the second phase, the gradual de-escalation of measures,” Mitsotakis said in a televised address. Around 10 percent of the businesses that were closed last month will be allowed to reopen, including […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Greece’s migration ministry on Tuesday said an asylum-seeker from a camp near Athens had tested positive for the coronavirus after giving birth at an Athens hospital. The unidentified woman lives at Ritsona, a camp on the island of Evia, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Athens. It was not immediately clear if the infection had taken place inside the maternity hospital. The ministry said another person living with the new […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Greece on Monday put out a call for healthy volunteers to help combat the spread of the coronavirus, a government official said. There are 17 recorded deaths and 624 officially announced infections from the coronavirus in Greece, which has a population of 11 million. “The volunteer program is addressed to whoever can offer services, such as doctors, medical staff, psychologists, medical students, and retired health scientists,” acting government spokeswoman Aristotelia Peloni […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Greece on Wednesday reported its first coronavirus case, a woman who had recently traveled to northern Italy. A health ministry spokesman said the 38-year-old woman was in a Thessaloniki hospital and in good condition. “She is in good health and being monitored by a team of excellent colleagues in Thessaloniki,” said the ministry’s spokesman Sotiris Tsiodras, a leading expert on infectious diseases. “Her contacts are being tracked. Close contacts will be […]
by Hélène COLLIOPOULOU / Jean-Baptiste KETCHATENG DOUALA, Cameroon (AFP) — Armed men staged a night raid on a Greek oil tanker anchored in a Cameroonian port and abducted eight crewmen, including the vessel’s Greek captain, the merchant marine ministry and the ship’s owner said Tuesday. The five Greeks, two Filipinos, and a Ukrainian were part of a 28-member crew aboard the Happy Lady in the port of Limbe, near the economic capital Douala, the ministry […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Authorities in Greece on Thursday were investigating possible arson in a four-star Athens hotel fire in which three people were hurt, state news agency ANA said. The agency cited fire department sources who said jerry cans containing “a flammable liquid” were found on the first and second floors of the Athenaeum Palace, one of the capital’s newest luxury hotels. The fire is believed to have started on the first floor of […]
