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‘Swimming in plastic’: Greek fishermen fight pollution

The fish market of Keratsini, west of Athens, is abuzz in the early morning, with trawlers disgorging crates of sardines and anchovies as trucks await nearby to be loaded. But on his family’s fishing boat, Lefteris Arapakis sorts out a…

Mitsotakis favorite as Greece heads to uncertain polls

Greece votes Sunday in a general election that could deliver a chaotic outcome, with the leading candidate, conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, unlikely to garner a lead wide enough to avoid a new vote. The EU country goes…

Greece reports highest daily tally for coronavirus cases

Greece reported 372 new cases of COVID-19 infections on Thursday, its highest daily tally since the start of the coronavirus outbreak in the country. This brought the total number of infections in Greece to 12,452 and 297 deaths since…

Greek parliament ratifies maritime accord with Egypt

Greek parliament ratified an accord defining maritime boundaries between Greece and Egypt on Thursday, amid rising tensions with Turkey over energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean. The Athens-Cairo agreement has angered Turkey…

Greece to ratify sea accord with Egypt on August 26

Greece plans to ratify an accord on maritime boundaries with Egypt next week, its government said on Thursday, referring to a deal which has angered Turkey and highlighted overlapping claims over the east Mediterranean. Egypt and Greece…