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Greece Orange Sky

25 Apr 2024

Why The Blue Sky Above Greece Turned Orange? - Find Out Here

According to reports, this was one of the worst episodes of its sort since 2018, as the orange sky caused temperatures to rise and the quality of the air to drastically decline.

PM Modi In Greece

25 Aug 2023

PM Lays Wreath At Tomb Of Unknown Soldier In Athens, Receives Guard of Honour

PM Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister in the last 40 years to visit Greece. The last Prime Ministerial visit from India to Greece was in 1983. Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had visited New Delhi in 2019.

19 Aug 2021

Massive wildfires continue to threaten Greek village near Athens - In pics

The country has witnessed more than 500 wildfires in recent weeks as Greece records highest temperatures in decades this summer.

26 Jun 2021

India and Greece recognise threat posed by cross border terrorism, extremism

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is on an official visit to Greece The invitation was sent by his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias Jaishankar paid a courtesy call on Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

21 May 2021

Greek firefighters try to narrow down blaze near Athens

The blaze broke out in a forest at a small seaside holiday resort on the Gulf of Corinth. It has moved eastward into the western Attica province fanned by strong winds.

24 Jul 2019

Uzbek freestyle wrestler Artur Taymazov stripped of London 2012 gold medal

Taymazov, whose gold in the 2008 Olympics was taken away in 2017 after a re-testing of samples from the Beijing Games was conducted, is the 60th athlete to be disqualified from the London Olympics after the event.

25 Jun 2018

Earthquake shakes southern Greece

There were no early reports of serious damage or injuries, officials said.

21 Jul 2017

Nearly 80 injured in Turkey by earthquake: Report

Many of the injuries were caused by people jumping out of building windows and falling after reacting in panic to the overnight quake, NTV broadcaster said.

16 Nov 2016

Athens: Greek police clash with demonstrators protesting Obama's visit

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President Barack Obama

15 Nov 2016

Barack Obama visits Greece amid hopes he will argue for debt relief

"Greece has gone through very challenging and dramatic times over the last several years," Obama, the first U.S. president to visit Greece since Bill Clinton in 1999, said during a meeting with Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos.

15 Nov 2016

Barack Obama lands in Athens on final European trip as president

US President Barack Obama arrived in Athens on Tuesday, the first stop on a final foreign trip that will aim to reassure worried Europeans following Donald Trump`s surprise presidential election victory.

15 Nov 2016

After Trump shock, Barack Obama heads to Athens to talk democracy

US President Barack Obama will arrive in Athens on Tuesday, the first stop on a final foreign trip that will aim to reassure worried Europeans following Donald Trump`s surprise presidential election victory.

10 Nov 2016

French embassy in Athens suffers grenade attack

The attack occurred at 4.45 a.m., and was carried out by two attackers on a motorcycle, Efe news reported.

10 Nov 2016

Small explosion outside French embassy in Athens: Police

Small-scale attacks on businesses, police, politicians and embassies are frequent in Greece, with its long history of political violence.

07 Sep 2016

Disgraced Michel Platini to attend UEFA Congress in Athens

The former French international, a three-time European footballer of the year, is the key figure in the scandal that brought down FIFA president Sepp Blatter.

Yelena Isinbayeva

21 Aug 2016

Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva earns IOC spot despite opposition

Isinbayeva received 45 votes in favour and 23 against with two IOC members abstaining as she was confirmed a member of the Olympic body,

04 Aug 2016

Greek Parliament votes again on mosque construction

Greece`s Parliament on Thursday voted again on resolving "bureaucratic obstacles" to building a long-delayed official mosque in Athens.

03 Jun 2016

Over 100 migrant bodies washed up in Libya

The bodies of more than 100 migrants have washed up on a Libyan beach as a new migrant boat tragedy unfolded in the Mediterranean south of Greece today.

08 May 2016

Protests erupt in Athens ahead of new austerity measures vote

Thousands of people gathered in front of the Greek parliament in Athens ahead of the vote due on Sunday night.

08 May 2016

Thousands take to streets in Greece ahead of reform vote

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Athens Sunday as Greece's parliament prepared to vote on a controversial tax and pensions overhaul which has sparked mass opposition.

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