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March 31, 2023 at 7:25 am

Greece’s prime minister makes border wall an election pledge

Greece’s prime minister has promised to extend a wall across all of the country’s land border with Turkey.

March 19, 2023 at 12:42 pm

Greek city marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz train convoy

Greece’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki has commemorated the 80th anniversary of the departure of the first train convoy for the Auschwitz camp.

March 5, 2023 at 9:45 am

Stationmaster charged in Greece train crash that killed 57 VIEW

A stationmaster accused of causing Greece’s deadliest train disaster has been charged with negligent homicide and jailed pending trial.

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March 4, 2023 at 12:34 pm

Station master in Greece train crash delays court appearance VIEW

The station master involved in Greece’s deadliest train crash postponed his deposition and is now set to appear before a prosecutor and an examining magistrate...

March 2, 2023 at 1:32 am

Deadly Greek train crash prompts strike; relatives give DNA VIEW

Family members are awaiting the results of DNA testing to identify victims of a train crash that killed nearly 60 people in Greece.

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Smoke rises from trains as firefighters and rescuers operate after a collision near Larissa city, Greece, early Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The collision between a freight and passenger train occurred near Tempe, some 380 kilometers (235 miles) north of Athens, and resulted in the derailment of several train cars. (AP Photo/Vaggelis Kousioras) XTS103 XTS103

February 28, 2023 at 11:25 pm

Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece’s deadliest train crash VIEW

Emergency workers are searching late into the night for survivors and bodies after a passenger train and a freight train crashed head-on in central Greece.

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February 28, 2023 at 4:24 pm

Fiery Greece train collision kills 32, injures at least 85 VIEW

A train carrying hundreds of passengers has collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece, killing 32 people and injuring at least 85.

January 21, 2023 at 8:36 am

Greece expanding border wall, calls for EU help on migration

An official in Greece says the country has prevented around 260,000 migrants from entering illegally in 2022 and arrested 1,500 traffickers.

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January 13, 2023 at 7:12 am

Greek court rejects charges against aid workers VIEW

A court on the Greek island of Lesbos has rejected charges against a group of aid workers and volunteers who participated in migrant rescue operations,...

December 6, 2022 at 3:06 am

Greece: Police officer appears in court over teen shooting VIEW

Residents of a Roma settlement have lit fires near a police station outside Greece’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki to protest the police shooting of a...