All news on the topic: Greece

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Thirteen arrested after fireworks from a yacht ignite forest fire on Greek island
Hydra’s mayor outraged by incident as country faces wildfires fanned by high winds and hot weather
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Michael Mosley’s post-mortem confirms exact time of death and rules out ’foul play’
Dr Michael Mosley was found dead on Sunday after vanishing while taking a walk during a holiday on Greek island of Symi with his wife, as police have now provided an update on his autopsy
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Body found in search for missing British TV doctor Michael Mosley
A body has been found in the search for missing British TV presenter Michael Mosley in Greece, a police spokesperson said, but it needs formal identification.
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Greece rocked by voter privacy scandal ahead of EU election
Voter data held by the Interior Ministry found its way to a New Democracy MEP running for reelection.
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Activists in Greece question jailing asylum seekers: ’The real smugglers are rarely on the boat’
Hundreds of people – including children – face lengthy prison sentences under harsh Greek anti-smuggling law
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Turkey has evolved into a crucial intermediary for Putin, serving as a transit point for the sale of disguised fuel to the EU
Moscow bagged €3 billion through a sanctions loophole that allows Turkey to relabel Russian oil and ship it to the EU.
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Brit girl, 16, raped while on holiday after she left parents to go to toilet
A British girl, 16, was taken to the police by her mother after being raped during a holiday on Greek island Crete after leaving her parents and going to the toilet in a bar
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Whooping cough outbreak leaves two dead and 50 ill at popular holiday hotspot
Cases of whooping cough, also known as the 100-day cough because of its longevity in patients, has boomed at the start of 2024 with sufferers at the highest in more than a decade and cases reported across Europe
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Caroline Crouch's terrifying last moments and hidden detail that exposed husband
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Evil helicopter pilot Babis Anagnostopoulos staged a botched home invasion to cover up the premeditated murder of his 20-year-old wife Caroline Crouch in May 2021
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Charles 'turns to secret Greek monk friend for advice' after cancer diagnosis
King Charles, who has enjoyed a friendship with Archimandrite Ephraim for more than 25 years and grew close after Princess Diana's death in 1997, is said to be grateful for the guidance
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Shipwreck off popular holiday island dubbed 'ticking time bomb'
The MS Sea Diamond ran aground off the coast of the Greek island of Santorini in 2007 with 1,195 passengers onboard. All bar two people were evacuated with Jean Allain and daughter Maud assumed dead, although their bodies were never found.
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'I beat the three week passport renewal date with four-day delivery, here's how'
I stumbled across the best date to renew - my passport took just four days and I'd urge any 2024 holiday makers to apply by this date
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Exact date UK weather to be warmer than Greece as temperatures to rise to 15C
The weather in parts of Britain will be hotter than mainland Greece this week as temperatures take an upward turn. Highs of 15°c are expected in the south on Thursday
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Teacher praised for playing Assassin's Creed in class to teach history lesson
Creating a teaching style students can relate to and engage with has long been a Holy Grail for educators, but one man seems to have cracked the code – with video games
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Exact date UK will be warmer than Athens - before wall of snow smashes Britain
Britain can expect warmer weather than Athens this week, with an exact date for the change in rain to sunny skies revealed by the Met Office's latest UK forecasts
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Holidaymakers slam beautiful 'tourist trap' island that left them saying 'yikes'
Santorini has a reputation which stretches across the world as one of the finest places to take a holiday, yet one person was not a particular fan of the Greek island
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Tourists warned of bedbug hoax with threats of £427 fines in holiday rentals
Anti-tourist activists have been attempting to scare holidaymakers out of their rentals by staging a fake bed bug infestation hoax in the Greek capital of Athens
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Foreign Office issues stark Greece warning for Brits ahead of UEFA Europa League
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has issued a warning for travelling Brighton fans ahead of the football teams UEFA clash with AEK Athens tomorrow
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Justice at last for families of British children killed in parasailing accident
A court has awarded over £1.5million in compensation to relatives of Jessica Hayes, 15, and Mikey Connelly, 13, who died during a parasailing accident in Rhodes, Greece
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Brit unconscious after motorbike crash in Greece as plea made for financial help
Kie Mathias, a father to "four beautiful girls", is currently in a serious condition at an Athens hospital after he crashed his hired motorcycle into a trolleybus - a cross between a tram and a bus - on Friday
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Nine rules to follow for a longer life according to oldest-living people
We can learn a lot from the longest-living people on the planet, who swear by nine important rules to help slow the ageing process
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Mum forced to call off £8k holiday after 'passport destroyed by airport machine'
Emily Allen said she made the 'painful decision' to turn back home from Heathrow Airport after a section of her passport ripped after she allegedly placed it in a self-check-in machine
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Greece's most famous and popular landmark has a new cap on visitor numbers
The Acropolis in Athens, Greece has started limiting the number of tourists which can visit each hour in a bid to stop the ancient monument from being damaged by too many visitors
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Herd of sheep 'behaving strangely' after grazing way through 220lb of cannabis
The sheep were seen wandering across the flooded plains of Thessaly in Greece and came across a crop of medicinal cannabis that had been damaged by Storm Daniel
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Women gets horror diagnosis while on holiday in Greece and is forced to stay
A woman in Greece has shared what seemed like normal health problems that turned into a diagnosis of leukemia. Sandra Gutierrez, 43, is struggling to get home to the US for treatment