Greece rescued hundreds of migrants off its southern islands of Gavdos and Crete in five separate incidents from Friday to Sunday. #Greece #migration

Press freedom has been stifled in Greece since 2019, with phone malware and aggressive lawsuits used against journalists, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.
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Exclusive: President Trump's administration is considering softening its proposed fee on China-linked ships visiting US ports after a flood of negative feedback from industries that said the idea could be economically devastating, according to six sources reut.rs/425Yjrg

Frontex is reviewing 12 cases of potential human rights violations by Greece, including allegations migrants were pushed back, a practice for which Athens has already been chastised in European court. With @jeansouliotis.bsky.social and Amina Ismail

The bodies of four migrants — one boy, one girl and two women — have been recovered from a sinking boat off the Greek island of Lesbos while another 23 migrants were rescued, Greece's coastguard said reut.rs/3Ehudro

US President Donald Trump was poised to impose sweeping new reciprocal tariffs on global trading partners, upending decades of rules-based trade, threatening cost increases and likely drawing retaliation from all sides. Follow our live coverage here ➡️ reut.rs/4hY8Lpk

Despite strong economic growth, bribery scandals in Greece's public sector show that the corruption that helped plunge the country into a debt crisis 15 years ago, is still shackling its economy and undermining trust in institution. With Jean Souliotis. #Greece #corruption #protests

Greece's top court has ordered the release of Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz, setting aside a lower court ruling for his extradition to Romania on an arrest warrant. By @jeansouliotis.bsky.social

The Greek parliament voted to set up a committee to investigate how a minister handled the aftermath of a deadly 2023 train crash days after violent protests over a perceived lack of government accountability brought businesses to a halt reut.rs/3XrVT3t

Striking workers grounded flights and halted sea and train transport across Greece and people gathered for protests in anger over a perceived lack of justice two years after the country's worst-ever train crash killed 57 people reut.rs/3Xl9ARu

Hundreds of thousands of people rallied in cities and towns across Greece on Friday to demand justice on the second anniversary of the country's deadliest-ever train crash, and striking workers grounded flights and halted sea and train transport. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Greek inquiry finds rail safety gaps remain, two years after deadly crash
#Greece #Tempi with @jeansouliotis.bsky.social

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Greece loses over 40% of drinking water due to pipe leaks, theft. Argolida typifies water management challenges. In town of Ermioni, only 8% have safe drinking water all year. EU launches campaign to combat climate-driven water crisis #Greece #Water

Greece's Ombudsman has found that the coast guard failed to follow maritime rules in one of the Mediterranean's worst shipwrecks in 2023, raising the alarm only after the overcrowded migrant boat sank, sources said #Pylos #Greece

Greek Ombudsman suggests disciplinary charges against coastguard over 2023 deadly migrant shipwreck. The probe is the first to conclude on the circumstances surrounding the shipwreck off the southwestern town of Pylos, which sank in plain sight of coastguard authorities with hundreds on board #Pylos

Greece's tourism jewel Santorini on alert after seismic activity. Greek authorities have warned of an increase in seismic activity around the island of Santorini, advising people to avoid four ports, empty their pools, refrain from gathering in indoor spaces and shut schools on Monday

Hospital in Jordan offers injured Gazans hope for recovery, #Jordan #Gaza, by Stelios Misinas, writing Ivana Sekularac

Tens of thousands of Greeks protested outside parliament in Athens on Sunday to demand justice for the 57 people who died nearly two years ago in the country's worst railway disaster. @reuters.com Athens and other Greek cities
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