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- Location Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
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Aug 7, 2021 · Greece wildfires spread, causing mass evacuations - BBC News. 7 August 2021. Climate. 00:34. The coastguard moved 650 people from Limni, in the north of the island of Evia. Thousands of tourists...
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Oct 17, 2024 · More than 230 migrants reach Greece in small boats, half via the long route from Libya. Authorities say more than 230 migrants have reached Greece in small boats over the past two days, including a rare case of a crossing from north Africa to Greece’s southern mainland. October 11.
Jul 27, 2023 · Satellite images show smoke blowing from fires on the blackened hills near Kassiopi in the north of Corfu. The situation in Greece is the result of a heatwave across southern Europe and...
Aug 9, 2021 · ATHENS — The effort to stamp out catastrophic wildfires in Greece entered a second week on Monday with foreign countries continuing to send support, and officials began to assess the extent of...
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Sep 27, 2021 · A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck at about 08:15 CEST some 20 kilometres south of the port city of Heraklion, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). The island was then...
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Oct 12, 2021 · Greece quake: Strong tremor shakes Crete. 12 October 2021. Reuters. A chapel was destroyed in the village of Xerokampos. The Greek island of Crete has been hit a 6.4-magnitude earthquake, says...
Dec 28, 2021 · Page last updated: December 28, 2021. Photos of Greece. View 74 Photos. Introduction. Background. Greece achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1830. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations.
