# Greece

June

June 2023

# Mediterranean

New accounts of fatal shipwreck off Greece clash with official version as death toll rises to 81

The new accounts raised further questions about the Greek coastguard’s response.

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Jun 19th 2023, 9:30 PM

# Review

Ireland's failure to adapt to Greece's gameplan leaves Kenny on shaky ground

A look back at where it all went wrong for Ireland in Athens.

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Jun 17th 2023, 8:21 PM

# Outclassed

Ireland overwhelmed by Greece in deeply damaging defeat

Ireland were comfortably beaten 2-1 in Athens.

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Jun 16th 2023, 10:23 PM

# Outclassed

Ireland overwhelmed by Greece in deeply damaging defeat

Ireland were comfortably beaten 2-1 in Athens.

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Jun 16th 2023, 9:57 PM

# Selection

Idah and Smallbone handed starts against Greece

Darragh Lenihan is preferred to Dara O’Shea in the back three.

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Jun 16th 2023, 6:36 PM

# Greece

What we know so far about the shipwreck tragedy off Greece

Hundreds are missing, raising questions about whether more could have been done to prevent the tragedy off Greece.

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Jun 16th 2023, 3:43 PM

# Crystal Ball Gazing

Poll: What's your prediction for tonight's match between Ireland and Greece?

Kick off in the Greek capital is 7.45pm.

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Jun 16th 2023, 9:53 AM

# Greece

Greek police arrest nine suspected people smugglers over fatal capsizing of migrant boat

Fears were growing that the final toll could eventually run into the hundreds.

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Jun 16th 2023, 7:49 AM

# Preview

A draw not as valuable as it once was in Ireland's hinge game with Greece

Ordinarily a draw away to Greece would be a good result in a qualifying campaign, but the stakes are different tonight.

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Jun 16th 2023, 7:00 AM

# Greece

Greek rescuers scour the sea for survivors of 'horrific' migrant boat sinking

A fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank yesterday, killing at least 78 people.

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Jun 15th 2023, 6:41 PM

# marked man

Gus Poyet says Greece must beware of 'special' Evan Ferguson

The Greece manager is expecting a front-foot Irish performance in a game he says is a ‘must-win for both’.

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Jun 15th 2023, 6:31 PM

This year

2023

# Greece

EU demands Greece investigate footage of alleged expulsion of migrants

The footage showed men accosting migrants, bundling them in a van, and taking them out into the Aegean Sea.

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May 22nd 2023, 3:29 PM

# Election

Greece's prime minister wins national elections, hailing victory as 'political earthquake'

Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s New Democracy party was 20 percentage points ahead of its main rival, the left-wing Syriza party.

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May 22nd 2023, 7:26 AM

# Roman Protasevich

Belarusian activist plucked off Ryanair flight in 2021 is jailed for 8 years

Protasevich has been accused of helping coordinate mass protests against Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko’s regime in 2020.

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May 3rd 2023, 11:35 AM

# Greece

Greek rail inspector detained in connection with last month's train disaster

The employee was charged with the crime of ‘disruption of traffic safety’ causing the death of many people.

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Mar 31st 2023, 7:12 AM

# Moving On

'We look like we’re a good team and could give anyone a game' - Kenny looks ahead to Greek test

Kenny also says it is ‘too early to say’ whether the Greece game is a must-win given Ireland’s difficult group.

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Mar 29th 2023, 10:24 AM

# Athens

Greece faces fresh protests in wake of fatal train crash

57 people, many of them students, were killed when a passenger train and freight train collided head-on last month.

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Mar 12th 2023, 12:33 PM

# Train Collision

Police fire tear gas at demonstrators protesting over Greek rail crash that killed 57 people

15 people were arrested in Athens for violence related to the demonstrations.

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Mar 8th 2023, 9:22 PM

# Train Collision

Greece faces fresh strikes and protests over rail crash that killed 57 people

Public anger remains widespread over decades of government mismanagement of the rail network and a failure to pursue safety reforms.

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Mar 8th 2023, 7:22 AM

# Train Collision

Greece's Prime Minister seeks forgiveness as thousands protest over rail tragedy

The station master implicated in the disaster is due in court on Sunday, where he may face charges of negligent homicide.

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Mar 5th 2023, 11:13 AM

# Train Collision

Greek station master's court date delayed as protests continue over train crash

Thousands of protesters have demonstrated across the country since Tuesday’s collision which killed at least 57 people.

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Mar 4th 2023, 12:58 PM

# Train Collision

Thousands of people protest in Greece over train crash that killed 57 people

At least 57 people were killed in the collision, sparking public criticism of government failures in the rail network.

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Mar 3rd 2023, 9:51 PM

# greece train crash

Greece mourns country's worst ever train accident as death toll at 57

Hundreds of demonstrators have blamed the government for the disaster.

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Mar 2nd 2023, 9:38 PM

# Train Collision

Death toll of Greek train crash rises to 42, as protests erupt over the disaster

The station master on duty at the time of the accident is due to appear before a prosecutor at the central city of Larissa later today.

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Mar 2nd 2023, 9:05 AM

# Tempe

Station master charged with negligent homicide after Greek train collision leaves 38 dead

Multiple cars were derailed and at least three caught on fire during the crash that injured 85 people.

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Mar 1st 2023, 10:16 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

'Borders must be managed': How Ireland and the EU are reacting to Europe's latest migrant crisis

A report by

Stephen McDermott

Tensions abound across the continent about how to manage an upsurge in refugees.

Problems managing an upsurge in refugee arrivals are facing European leaders as a whole.

NGOs say that no amount of tough rhetoric or measures will stop people from seeking refuge on the continent.

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Feb 11th 2023, 12:05 AM

# Fascism

Greek MPs block jailed neo-Nazi from leading a new party in election

Kasidiaris was among several top Golden Dawn members who were handed heavy prison sentences in relation to the murder of an anti-fascist rapper.

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Feb 8th 2023, 9:36 PM

# Mediterranean

Woman and three children drown in migrant shipwreck off Greece

Eye witnesses reported seeing an inflatable boat carrying around 40 migrants, including children and people with reduced mobility aboard.

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Feb 5th 2023, 6:55 PM

# sean binder

All misdemeanour charges against Irishman Seán Binder in Greece dropped

Indictments were thrown out this morning following a recommendation from the prosecutor.

All misdemeanour charges against Irishman Seán Binder have been thrown out by a Greek court following a recommendation from the prosecutor.

However he still faces felony investigation for charges that carry prison sentences of up to 25 years.

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Jan 13th 2023, 11:45 AM

# Explainer

Explainer: Why have Greece brought a case against Seán Binder and 23 other volunteers?

The case is before the Greek courts this week.

The case is before the Greek courts on the island of Lesbos this week.

The 24 co-accused could face lengthy jail terms if they are found guilty of charges including espionage and criminal membership.

The trial comes after the country's conservative government has vowed to make Greece "less attractive" to migrants.

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Jan 12th 2023, 11:00 PM

# sean binder

Greek judge to rule on Friday whether to drop charges against Irish man accused of people smuggling

Seán Binder was arrested on the island of Lesbos in 2018.

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Jan 10th 2023, 1:28 PM

# sean binder

'It seems dramatic; most of the time I did f**k all': Kerryman on migrant smuggling trial in Greece

Sean Binder faces trial in Greece this week.

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Jan 8th 2023, 2:33 PM

Last year

2022

# RIP

Two-month-old baby dies in migrant shipwreck off Lesbos

The baby boy was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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Dec 17th 2022, 7:27 PM

# Artefacts

UK and Greece in 'secret talks' over possible return of ancient sculptures

The Parthenon Marbles were taken from the Parthenon temple in Athens in the early 19th century.

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Dec 3rd 2022, 12:53 PM

# Coast Guard

Rescue under way as hundreds of migrants stranded on boat drifting off Crete

The coast guard said passengers on the boat had made a distress call to an emergency number during the night.

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Nov 22nd 2022, 9:07 AM

# Greece

New York-bound Emirates flight returns to Athens with fighter jet escort after US terror alert

Security sources in Ireland told The Journal that the flight’s route was due to see it transit near or across Irish airspace en route to the US.

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Nov 10th 2022, 10:32 PM

# Greece

Ministers, ex-PM targeted in Greece wiretap scandal

Illegal software was used in collaboration with technology employed by Greece’s state intelligence agency.

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Nov 5th 2022, 6:26 PM

# Gus Poyet

'Ireland are very competitive, they don’t give up...we like a little more Latin football'

Greece manager Gus Poyet reacts to the Euro 2024 qualifier draw, which has paired his side with Ireland along with Netherlands and France.

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Oct 10th 2022, 12:01 AM

# borders

Greece blocked over 150,000 migrants this year says migration minister

Charity groups have also accused Athens of illegally turning back migrants or forcing them over the border to Turkey.

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Sep 4th 2022, 2:02 PM

# Troika

EU financial oversight of Greece ends 12 years after bailouts

Athens will now have greater control over its domestic economic policy.

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Aug 20th 2022, 3:24 PM