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Greek wildfires a major ecological catastrophe, PM says

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday described the devastating wildfires that burned across the country for more than a week as the greatest ecological catastrophe Greece had seen in decades.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Greek wildfires a major ecological catastrophe, PM says

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday described the devastating wildfires that burned across the country for more than a week as the greatest ecological catastrophe Greece had seen in decades.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Greek wildfires a major ecological catastrophe, PM says

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday described the devastating wildfires that burned across the country for more than a week as the greatest ecological catastrophe Greece had seen in decades.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Greek wildfires a major ecological catastrophe, PM says

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday described the devastating wildfires that burned across the country for more than a week as the greatest ecological catastrophe Greece had seen in decades.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

'We fought a great battle': Greece defends wildfire response

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — As the worst of Greece's massive wildfires were being tamed Tuesday, the country's civil protection chief defended the firefighting efforts, saying every resource was thrown into the battle against what he described as the fire service's biggest-ever challenge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

'We fought a great battle': Greece defends wildfire response

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — As the worst of Greece's massive wildfires were being tamed Tuesday, the country's civil protection chief defended the firefighting efforts, saying every resource was thrown into the battle against what he described as the fire service's biggest-ever challenge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

'We fought a great battle': Greece defends wildfire response

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — As the worst of Greece's massive wildfires were being tamed Tuesday, the country's civil protection chief defended the firefighting efforts, saying every resource was thrown into the battle against what he described as the fire service's biggest-ever challenge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

European nations impose incentives, penalties to boost shots

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — European nations are scrambling to ramp up vaccination drives, using a carrot-and-stick approach to persuade the reluctant to get their shots as the more transmissible delta variant drives a surge in infections.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

European nations impose incentives, penalties to boost shots

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — European nations are scrambling to ramp up vaccination drives, using a carrot-and-stick approach to persuade the reluctant to get their shots as the more transmissible delta variant drives a surge in infections.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

European nations impose incentives, penalties to boost shots

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — European nations are scrambling to ramp up vaccination drives, using a carrot-and-stick approach to persuade the reluctant to get their shots as the more transmissible delta variant drives a surge in infections.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

European nations impose incentives, penalties to boost shots

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — European nations are scrambling to ramp up vaccination drives, using a carrot-and-stick approach to persuade the reluctant to get their shots as the more transmissible delta variant drives a surge in infections.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Migrant family's presence on Greek island hints at pushbacks

VATHY, Greece (AP) — Around dawn one recent spring day, an inflatable dinghy carrying nearly three dozen people reached the Greek island of Samos from the nearby Turkish coast. Within 24 hours, refugee rights groups say, the same group was seen drifting in a life raft back to Turkey.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Migrant family's presence on Greek island hints at pushbacks

VATHY, Greece (AP) — Around dawn one recent spring day, an inflatable dinghy carrying nearly three dozen people reached the Greek island of Samos from the nearby Turkish coast. Within 24 hours, refugee rights groups say, the same group was seen drifting in a life raft back to Turkey.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Migrant family's presence on Greek island hints at pushbacks

VATHY, Greece (AP) — Around dawn one recent spring day, an inflatable dinghy carrying nearly three dozen people reached the Greek island of Samos from the nearby Turkish coast. Within 24 hours, refugee rights groups say, the same group was seen drifting in a life raft back to Turkey.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

‘All my hopes were him’: A migrant father’s plight in Greece

VATHY, Greece (AP) — On a pine-covered hill above the sparkling blue Aegean lies a boy’s grave, a teddy bear leaning against the white marble tombstone. His first boat ride was his last — the sea claimed him before his sixth birthday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

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