Athens — As the United States wages a costly war with Iran and Europe struggles with the grinding conflict in Ukraine, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood before the Acropolis on Wednesday and reached back more than two millennia to argue that the answer to the West’s current problems can be found, at least in […]
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Christos Tzolis was forced off during Greece’s 2-2 draw with the Netherlands (NurPhoto/Shutterstock) Arsenal winger Christos Tzolis will be sidelined for at least two weeks due to a hamstring injury, according to reports in Greece. The 24-year-old was forced off after 18 minutes during Greece’s 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in their Nations League match […]
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An American couple in Greece died after a building collapsed, following an explosion on Friday, officials said. Four other people were missing, including an elderly British man and a Greek woman who shared an apartment, after the explosion in Athens’ historic Plaka district, below the Acropolis monument. The American man and woman had been staying […]
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More than 70 wildfires have broken out in Greece since Friday. While racing to put out the flames, two firefighter helicopters collided, killing two of the crew members. Holly Williams reports. 2 helicopters collide while putting out fires in Greece #helicopters #collide #putting #fires #Greece
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Greek police on Sunday said they had arrested a suspect in their investigation into the death of a British woman whose body was found in a suitcase in Athens this month. The police in a statement said they had arrested a 26-year-old man, identified in media reports as an Afghan national, adding that he had […]
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Two Greek firefighting helicopters collided in midair on Sunday as they were battling a wind-driven wildfire west of Athens, sending one aircraft crashing to the ground, footage showed. The aircraft were Bell helicopters operating over the Psatha area west of Athens, each with a two-person crew. Two of the crew members, one Greek and one Danish […]
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Europe’s wildfire emergency eased across much of western Europe on Saturday, but its most dangerous front shifted to Greece, where gale-force winds drove flames through a seaside resort, forced hundreds to flee by sea and hampered firefighting aircraft. For Greece, the danger carried grim resonance: a 2018 wildfire at the seaside community of Mati, near Athens, […]
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2 firefighters die in Greece as crews in France fight massive blaze 4 times the size of Paris
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Two firefighters died Wednesday while battling a blaze on the Greek island of Crete, officials said, while crews in southern France worked to extinguish a massive, uncontained wildfire that had spread to roughly four times the size of Paris. Across Europe, firefighters confronted a dangerous combination of high temperatures, drought and powerful winds, compromising containment […]
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Athens, Greece — A man stabbed two tourists Tuesday morning near the ancient Acropolis in Athens, Greece’s top tourist attraction, police said. The assailant attacked a man and woman, both Greek Americans, with a knife near the entrance of the Acropolis Museum, which lies at the foot of the Acropolis hill. The woman suffered light […]