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The flame for the Tokyo Olympics was lit Thursday in Athens, at the birthplace of the ancient games in a pared-down ceremony because of the coronavirus. CBC | Sports News
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With Nazi reference, Turkey’s Erdogan escalates dispute with Greece over migrants
Turkey’s president makes the incendiary claim that the Greek authorities’ alleged mistreatment of migrants at its border was comparable to “what the Nazis did,” and says he would denounce Greece’s action at international platforms. CBC | World News
Read More »‘We are not animals’: Refugees caught between Turkey and Greece have nowhere to turn
Turkey’s invitation to migrants to make their way into Greece has been widely seen as a provocation aimed at the European Union. For refugees who made their way to the border, it was another cruelty. CBC | World News
Read More »Greek and Turkish police fire tear gas as migrants try to cross into Greece
Greek and Turkish riot police deployed on their shared border fired tear gas on Wednesday as hundreds of migrants tried again to cross into Greece, amid an escalating war of words between Athens and Ankara about what was happening. CBC | World News
Read More »Migrant deaths reported near Greece as EU grapples with new Syrian war migrant flows
The European Union’s chief executive, Ursula von der Leyen, expresses sympathy with Turkey over the conflict in Syria but says it’s not permissible for Ankara to let refugees and migrants on its territory cross into Europe as reports indicate at least two migrants have died trying to reach Greece. CBC | World News
Read More »Shots fired as migrants try to cross into Greece from Turkey
Gunfire could be heard from the Greek side of the River Evros at the Turkish border on Saturday, as migrants attempted to cross the waterway to get into Greece. CBC | World News
Read More »Syrian refugees tear gassed as they desperately try to cross border into Greece – VIDEO
WATCH the moment Syrian refugees are tear-gassed as they desperately try to cross the border into Greece. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Greece to boost border patrols, install cameras in effort to stop migrants
Greece is stepping up security on its porous land border with Turkey, used by thousands of migrants to clandestinely enter Europe, with extra guards supported by a network of powerful surveillance cameras, officials said Friday. CBC | World News
Read More »Extreme weather sparks snow IN EGYPT and blizzards in Greece -‘Crazy winter’ engulfs globe
EXTREME winter weather has battered the globe in a strange twist of circumstances which has seen snow in Saudi Arabia and blizzards in Greece. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »GREECE TRAVEL: Swan around on Skiathos
PINK sunsets, shady pines and views stretching for miles across the vivid blue waters of the Aegean… hotel settings don’t come more spectacular than this. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
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