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Sunseekers flock to Greek beaches and tourist spots

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Sunseekers have flocked to Greek beaches and tourist spots as much of the country’s lockdown restrictions are lifted.  After months of stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus, Greece has re-opened its famed museums and tourist destinations while relaxing restrictions on movement and shopping on the mainland in recent days.   Athenians were able to gather to … Read more

Dozens of Turkish soldiers invade and occupy small patch of Greek land

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Dozens of Turkish soldiers invade and occupy small patch of Greek land, install their flag and set up camp along disputed border Around 35 soldiers marched on to a floodplain site on the bank of the River Evros At the camp there is a Turkish flag flying from a tree, as troops refuse to leave … Read more

Creepy abandoned Hertfordshire mansion is owned by mysterious Greek property tycoon

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A mansion which was left abandoned with plates still in the dishwasher and a Bentley on the driveway was home to a Greek property millionaire, MailOnline can reveal. Villagers told how father-of-five Athanasios Tachmintzis, 70, lived for around 18 years in the imposing house near King’s Langley, Hertfordshire, before he disappeared suddenly more than three … Read more

Coronation Street’s Alison King CANCELS Greek wedding to toyboy beau David Stuckey due to COVID-19

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Coronation Street starlet Alison King has had to cancel her wedding amid the COVID-19 crisis. The actress, 47, was set to wed her toyboy beau David Stuckey next week in a swish Greek ceremony, with family and friends flying out to celebrate with them. But Alison – who plays Carla Connor on Corrie – has had her … Read more

Coronavirus: Judge rules mother was ‘wrong’ to take son to Greek island of Paros to flee outbreak

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Judge rules mother was ‘wrong’ to take son to Greek island of Paros to flee coronavirus outbreak as she faces legal battle with estranged husband to force boy to return to UK A mother is in a legal battle with her estranged husband after she made the call to take her 11-year-old son to a … Read more

Mother-of-two marries plate-smashing Greek waiter who she danced with at her FIRST wedding

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A mother has married the same Greek waiter she danced with on her first wedding day and insisted she’s been waiting for him ‘her entire life’.  Natalie Perry, 37, from Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, met waiter Fred Kasa, 36, hours after she tied the knot to her ex-husband following a beach wedding in Crete in 2012, and performed … Read more

First coronavirus case in Greek migrant camps as asylum seeker tests positive

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First coronavirus case in Greek migrant camps as asylum seeker tests positive after giving birth at a hospital in Athens The woman tested positive after going to hospital from a camp at Ritsona Another woman living with the new mother has tested negative for coronavirus Ten hospital staff have been quarantined and three people are … Read more

EU tells Turkey’s Erdogan to pull migrants back from Greek border if he wants support in Syria

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The EU has told Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that if he wants support for his war in Syria, he must first pull an estimated 35,000 migrants back from the Greek border. Erdogan jetted into Brussels for talks today aimed at shoring up the shattered €6bn 2016 migrant deal, where Turkey would hold back an estimated … Read more

Germany will take child migrants trapped on Greek islands and will prioritise sick girls under 14

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Menacing Turkish special ops soldiers have been pictured patrolling the country’s border with Greece – as Angela Merkel has promised that Germany will welcome some of the 1,500 Syrian refugee children trapped on Greek islands and said she expects other EU countries to do the same.  Troops armed with machine guns and wearing balaclavas were pictured silently … Read more

‘Greek police beat us, stole our money and our shoes then dumped us on a truck back to Turkey’

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Having fled one of Syria’s many bloodstained battlegrounds, Muhammad spent years struggling as a refugee in southern Turkey. Last week, after hearing the country’s border gates were being opened, he achieved his long-cherished dream of reaching Europe. However, he soon discovered he had descended into a dark new nightmare. This young man had crossed the … Read more