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Trump tariffs hit peaches as Greece fears dent in demand

Greece is biggest exporter of tinned peaches, 20% go to US

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

‘Fire on fire’: how migrants got blamed for Greece’s devastating blazes

In August, wildfires in Evros killed a group of people, including children, passing along a well-trodden migration route. Locals and politicians made the victims scapegoats for the disaster

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2023

Greece's ruling Conservatives win vote but fall short of majority

Greece's ruling New Democracy party stormed to a crushing victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday but fell just short of the threshold needed to form a government on its own, making a runoff election in a month more likely.

Reuters · May 21, 2023

'Tragic human error' behind deadly Greek train crash, PM says

Rescuers searched for survivors Wednesday in the mangled, burned-out wreckage of two trains that slammed into each other in northern Greece, killing at least 38 people and crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots in the country’s worst-ever rail crash.

France 24 · Mar 1, 2023

Death toll from Greece’s deadliest train crash rises to 43

Greek prime minister blames ‘tragic human error’ for the country’s worst rail accident near central city of Larissa.

Al Jazeera · Mar 1, 2023

Greeks march to mark 14th anniversary of student killed by police

Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Athens on Tuesday to mark the 14th anniversary of the police killing of a teenage boy, whose death triggered Greece's worst riots in decades.

Reuters · Dec 6, 2022

Soldiers defending Ukraine's Odessa give flowers for Women's Day

They fear a Russian attack is imminent, but soldiers in Ukraine's Odessa took time to buy friends and family flowers for Women's Day on Tuesday even though life in the Black Sea port has been turned upside down.

Reuters · Mar 8, 2022