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People raise placards as they participate in the annual Pride parade, in Athens, on June 10, 2023. Greece's center-right government said on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, it would fulfill a commitment to legalize same-sex marriage, sidestepping staunch opposition from the country's influential Orthodox Church. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis, File)

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Greek government says it stands by same-sex marriage pledge even after opposition from the Church
By DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press
Thu,12/21/23-10:04AM , 260 Reads
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s center-right government said Thursday it would fulfill a commitment to legalize same-sex marriage, sidestepping staunch opposition from the country’s influential Orthodox Church.
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A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from holiday, collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train in Greece. (Mar. 1)

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Thousands march in Greece as anger builds over train deaths
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Fri,03/03/23-4:42AM , 326 Reads
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Protests have intensified in Greece days after the country's deadliest rail disaster, as thousands of students took to the streets in several cities and some protesters clashed with police in Athens.
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A boy fishes as police border guards on a boat patrol along the Evros River that forms a natural border between Greece and Turkey, on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Greece is planning a major extension of a steel wall along its border with Turkey in 2023, a move that is being applauded by residents in the border area as well as voters more broadly.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Greece: EU’s external border is hardening, attitudes are too
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Fri,12/23/22-1:18AM , 705 Reads
LYKOFI, Greece (AP) — Accompanied by a cloud of mosquitos, Police Capt. Konstantinos Tsolakidis and three other border guards set out on a boat patrol along the Evros River that forms a natural frontier between Greece and Turkey.
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Tourists visit the Acropolis hill with the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple on the left, and the ancient Erechtheion temple on the right, in Athens , on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Greece is on course to beat its annual record for tourism revenue as southern European Union members made a surprise recovery following a two-year travel slump caused by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Ahead of harsh winter, tourism roars back in Mediterranean
By DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press
Sat,10/29/22-2:21AM , 2,141 Reads
CAPE SOUNION, Greece (AP) — When Stelios Zompanakis quit his job at Greece’s central bank to try his luck at boat racing, friends and family pleaded with him to reconsider.

Nine years later, he spends summers on the “Ikigai,” a 53-foot yacht he named after the Japanese concept of finding happiness through a life of meaning.
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Chance of Rain: 90%
Max Temp: 78°F
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