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Renee Maltezou
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Reuters correspondent based in Athens Greece, covering politics, crime, shipping, environment and social affairs. Reach me at renee.maltezou@tr.com
Greece rescued hundreds of migrants off its southern islands of Gavdos and Crete in five separate incidents from Friday to Sunday. #Greece #migration
Greece rescues hundreds of migrants over weekend off islands of Gavdos and Crete
Greece has rescued hundreds of migrants off its southern islands of Gavdos and Crete in five separate incidents since Friday, its coastguard said on Sunday.
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July 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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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Press freedom stifled in Greece, reforms needed, says Human Rights Watch
Press freedom has been stifled in Greece since Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' conservative government came to power in 2019, with phone malware and aggressive lawsuits used against journalists, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.
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May 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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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
Exclusive: US considers adjusting port fee plan for Chinese vessels after pushback, sources say
President Donald Trump's administration is considering softening its proposed fee on China-linked ships visiting U.S. ports after a flood of negative feedback from industries that said the idea could be economically devastating, according to six sources.
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April 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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
EU border agency reviewing 12 cases of potential rights violations by Greece
The EU border agency said on Tuesday it was reviewing 12 cases of potential human rights violations by Greece, including some allegations migrants were pushed back across the frontier, a practice for which Athens has already been chastised in European court.
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April 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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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
Bodies of four migrants found as boat sinks off Greek island of Lesbos
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 on Thursday.
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April 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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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
Trump to escalate global trade tensions with 'Liberation Day' tariffs on trading partners
Details of Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff plans were still being formulated and closely held ahead of a White House Rose Garden announcement ceremony scheduled for 4 p.m. ET.
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April 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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
Bribery scandals in Greece's public sector show persistence of corruption
When Greek police raided the apartment of a 49-year-old planning officer suspected of bribery on the tourist island of Rhodes last week, they found thousands of euros stashed in her pots and pans and even the cooker hood.
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March 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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
Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz to be freed by Greek top court
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, his lawyer and a source with knowledge of the case told Reuters on Wednesday.
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March 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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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
Greek minister faces probe into handling of deadly train crash after violent protests
The Greek parliament voted on Tuesday 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.
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March 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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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
Strikes and protests over deadly train crash bring Greece to standstill
Striking workers grounded flights and halted sea and train transport across Greece on Friday 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.
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February 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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...
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February 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM

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
Parched southern Greece reveals EU's giant challenge to conserve water
Greece loses around half its drinking water from leaky pipes and theft, government figures show - nearly twice the EU average of 23%.
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February 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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 inquiry into 2023 migrant shipwreck finds coastguard breached maritime rules - sources
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 told Reuters on Friday.
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February 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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
Greek Ombudsman suggests disciplinary charges over 2023 deadly migrant shipwreck
A Greek Ombudsman has recommended disciplinary action against eight coastguard officers for alleged dereliction of duty in one of the deadliest migrant shipwrecks off Greece in which hundreds died in 2023.
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February 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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
Greece issues Santorini seismic activity warning
Greek authorities have advised people on the Aegean island of Santorini to shut schools on Monday, avoid two small ports and refrain from gathering in indoor spaces after increased seismic activity in the area over recent days.
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February 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hospital in Jordan offers injured Gazans hope for recovery, #Jordan #Gaza, by Stelios Misinas, writing Ivana Sekularac
Hospital in Jordan offers injured Gazans hope for recovery
Karam Nawjaa, 17, was so badly injured when an Israeli strike hit his home in Gaza nearly a year ago that his own cousin, pulling him from the rubble, did not recognise him
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January 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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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Greek protesters demand justice over deadly 2023 train crash
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.
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January 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM