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Greece's maverick ex-minister Varoufakis launches new political party
The former Finance Minister says the party “will not mince our words”.
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Mar 26th 2018, 3:29 PM
'People aren't fleeing for no reason, they are forced to leave - forced by killing'
A Syrian refugee explains why he left his home country to start a new life in Ireland.
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Mar 18th 2018, 3:00 PM
At least 16 people, including six children, die after boat capsizes off Greece
Another three people are missing after the boat went down overnight.
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Mar 17th 2018, 6:32 PM
Macedonia to change the name of Alexander the Great airport to heal rift with the Greeks
They’re also going to rename a motorway “Friendship Highway”.
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Jan 24th 2018, 10:53 PM
Why Macedonia has been embroiled in a decades-long row with Greece about its name
ICYMI: Macedonia is both the name of a Balkan country, and the name of a northern province in Greece.
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Jan 17th 2018, 9:40 AM
Croatia close in on ticket to Russia 2018 as they fire four and ease past Greece
The game finished 4-1 in Zagreb.
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Nov 9th 2017, 10:11 PM
Greek people will no longer have to be sterilised before changing gender identity
People can also make the decision from the age of 15.
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Oct 10th 2017, 3:03 PM
A woman going to Denmark fell asleep on her flight and woke up in Greece
The ticket mix-up at Charles de Gaulle airport was not noticed by airline staff.
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Jul 29th 2017, 8:45 AM
Advice issued to Irish travelling to Greece and Turkey following major earthquake
The Department of Foreign Affairs has said there are no indications of any Irish citizens being involved in the earthquake.
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Jul 21st 2017, 5:30 PM
Two dead, 120 injured, in massive earthquake in Greece and Turkey
The massive quake, which measured 6.7 on the Richter scale, struck at 11.30pm Irish time last night.
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Jul 21st 2017, 7:22 AM
Deaths and abuse of migrants 'clearly linked' to EU policies, says Amnesty
Italy has recently threatened to close its ports to foreign ships in an effort to force the EU to react.
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Jul 6th 2017, 7:42 AM
Irish teenager drowns in Crete swimming pool
She was found unconscious in the pool.
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Jun 26th 2017, 1:29 PM
Rubbish is piling up on Athens' streets as temperatures soar
Greek workers are protesting against staff shortages that have resulted from terminating hundreds of short-term contracts.
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Jun 22nd 2017, 8:35 PM
This I can carry - Irish exhibit shows the meagre possessions refugees hold following a harrowing journey
Dutch-Irish artist Annabel Konig spent a month in the migrant accommodation centres in Athens in early May.
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Jun 20th 2017, 6:15 AM
People from this Greek beach village have a gene that helps them live longer, despite diet
The isolate population in Mylopotamos live on a diet rich in animal fat.
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May 27th 2017, 9:00 PM
Former Greek Prime Minister 'seriously hurt' in bomb attack
ERT said Papademos, PM from 2011 to 2012, had been targeted by a letter bomb.
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May 25th 2017, 5:15 PM
Heightened security at An Post depots after attempted bombing of Dublin financial firm
A letterbomb addressed to a Dublin firm was stopped in a French postal depot before it could be delivered.
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May 6th 2017, 12:05 AM
Ireland slips down the global tourism competitiveness scale
But the industry isn’t too worried.
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Apr 15th 2017, 8:30 PM
Greek police probe string of deaths in migrant camp
Police are investigating the deaths of three migrants in six days.
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Jan 30th 2017, 10:51 PM
The first 40 minors coming to Ireland from the Calais migrant camp will be teenage boys
About 20 of the unaccompanied minors will be coming in the coming weeks.
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Jan 10th 2017, 4:30 PM
The number of migrants entering Europe by sea dropped massively in 2016
Data from EU border agency Frontex suggests the number of migrants entering Europe via two main routes dropped by two-thirds to 364,000 in 2016.
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Jan 6th 2017, 3:42 PM
Body in burnt-out car in Rio feared to be Greek ambassador
Kyriakos Amiridis has been missing since Monday.
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Dec 30th 2016, 8:05 AM
Greek Finance Minister takes sly dig at creditors by sending Scrooge-themed Christmas cards
Euclid Tsakalotos said “our wishes go beyond all the Ebenezers of this world.”
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Dec 24th 2016, 4:52 PM
"Heroic" Greek grandmother becomes surrogate mum aged 67
Medics said she was the oldest-ever surrogate.
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Dec 23rd 2016, 3:55 PM
'I wanted to sweep them up and bring them home': Ministers meet refugees in Greece
Zappone said she wants Ireland to take as many unaccompanied minors from the camps as we can.
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Dec 12th 2016, 9:57 AM
Policeman injured after grenade thrown at French embassy in Athens
The grenade left a tennis ball-sized hole in the pavement, and shrapnel marks on the embassy gate and guard post.
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Nov 10th 2016, 10:25 AM
Ireland is looking to take more refugee children from camps in Greece and Calais
Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone says Ireland wants to offer “hope” to the unaccompanied children.
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Nov 7th 2016, 6:00 AM
Police say British toddler who went missing 25 years ago 'died in an accident'
Ben Needham, who was 21 months, was last seen at the site on the island of Kos in 1991.
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Oct 17th 2016, 1:28 PM
Ancient Greek graves discovered during hunt for missing toddler
Ben Needham disappeared from the Greek island of Kos in 1991.
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Sep 30th 2016, 6:23 PM
Teenagers arrested over alleged gang-rape of a boy in a Greek migrant camp
The 16 and 17-year-old minors are appearing before a prosecutor today.
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Sep 28th 2016, 7:50 PM
Thousands flee after fire started in Greek migrant camp
Police believe the fire was set deliberately by people inside the camp.
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Sep 19th 2016, 9:46 PM
WATCH: The refugees stuck in limbo in an eerie, abandoned airport
Life gets strange (and boring) when you’re living in an abandoned airport with no prospect of leaving.
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Sep 18th 2016, 9:00 PM
Mother of missing UK toddler told he may have been killed in Greek digger accident
Ben Needham was 21 months old when he disappeared on the Greek island of Kos.
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Sep 16th 2016, 8:11 PM
Four people, including girl (9), killed in speedboat collision in Greece
Several more people were injured.
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Aug 16th 2016, 9:55 PM
QUIZ: What Road Trip Should You Do?
Route 66, the Amalfi Coast or the Wild Atlantic Way?
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Jul 1st 2016, 3:39 PM
Charity rejects EU funding in protest at 'shameful' response to migrant crisis
“We cannot accept funding from the EU or the member states while at the same time treating the victims of their policies.”
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Jun 17th 2016, 1:20 PM
How 3 former European Championship winners failed to qualify for Euro 2016
Expanding the tournament from 16 to 24 teams hasn’t worked out for everyone.
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Jun 7th 2016, 3:49 PM
Quiz: How well do you remember Euro 2004?
Take a trip down memory lane.
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Jun 6th 2016, 12:00 PM
Germany isn't happy, but Greece is about to get a whopper cash injection
Germany has continue to oppose any debt relief for Greece.
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May 25th 2016, 7:30 AM
Greek police evacuating refugee camp containing over 8,000 people
The move is expected to take at least 10 days.
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May 24th 2016, 9:04 AM
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