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A 48-year-old man, wanted for the last year and a half by Greek police for membership in a far-left terrorist group, was arrested as he attempted to flee after allegedly robbing a bank.

THRAKOMAKEDONES, Greece (AP) – Wildfires rampaged through Greek forests for yet another day Saturday, threatening homes and triggering more evacuations a day after hundreds of people were plucked off beaches by ferries in a dramatic overnight rescue.

As wildfires rage across much of Greece, police say they are investigating possible arson attacks that may linked to fires in Athens and in Ilia.

Greek healthcare staff have until September 1st to be fully vaccinated against the Wuhan coronavirus or face indefinite suspension from their jobs.

Teachers who don’t take the vaccine or get regularly tested could face a pay cut, suspension without pay, or being blocked from promotion.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias addressed Turkey’s recent actions in the Eastern Mediterranean this week, telling the country, “the days of the Ottoman Empire are over.”

TARTU, Estonia (AP) – With her father in tow, 13-year-old Gloria Raudjarv marched through a vaccination centre inside a sports hall in Estonia’s second-largest city and up to a nurse for her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Far-leftists in Thessaloniki have posted names and addresses of 21 Greek police officers online, calling for violence against the officers and stating that they are “at war”.

Beginning in October, only students who have had a coronavirus vaccine or can provide a negative test weekly would be allowed to attend Greek university classes under new plans.

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.

Greek Interior Minister Makis Voridis has announced that civil servants who refuse to take the now-mandatory Wuhan coronavirus vaccine will be disciplined.

The government of Iraq has pledged to investigate an alleged “plan to smuggle Iraqis into Europe” as the EU border state of Lithuania experiences a mini migrant crisis along its frontier with Belarus.

In the first six months of this year, at least 1,146 people have drowned in the Mediterranean as people smugglers resume operations to help migrants illegally cross the sea to Europe.

The number of illegal migrants entering European Union member states has increased by 59 per cent in the first six months of this year, as a new route has opened along the border with Belarus.

The Greek government has announced a scheme that could see vaccinated people given more freedom to engage in leisure and entertainment activities than those who are not vaccinated.

The Greek government is planning to offer €150 to young adults aged 18 to 25 if they take the Wuhan coronavirus vaccine.

Greek police arrested three far-left extremists in central Athens, and the arrests are said to be linked to the discovery and disposal of a suspicious package left in Scotland in 2018.

An Afghan migrant raped a 25-year-old pregnant woman in an Athens neighbourhood, and when she begged for help from three Pakistanis, they raped her, too. 

Police arrested a Greek helicopter pilot who had claimed his British wife was killed during a robbery at the couple’s home outside Athens.

In the first five months of 2021, the Greek government claims it has removed nearly twice as many migrants than have arrived illegally in the country.

On Saturday, a Greek court sentenced four Afghan asylum seekers to ten years in prison for their role in burning down Europe’s largest migrant camp on the island of Lesbos that left at least 13,000 homeless.

The Greek government has defended its use of sound cannons along its land border with Turkey after humanitarian groups stated that the devices were dangerous. The Swiss-based group Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor spoke out about the sound cannon technology saying the

Frontex is incapable of fully carrying out its assigned mission to protect the bloc’s borders according to the European Court of Auditors.

The government of Greece is set to roll out a new “digital nomad” visa for those able to work remotely, with the plan expected to favour post-Brexit Britain by offering British citizens visas twice as long as other countries.

A car suspected to have been ferrying migrants from the Turkish border crashed, killing two people and injuring six.

Ferry services to the Greek islands were disrupted after a seamen´s union went ahead with a strike that a court had declared illegal.

As the world begins to travel again, Europe is sending migrants a loud message: Stay away!

Green police have arrested a 30-year-old migrant from Pakistan on suspicion of breaking into the home of a 65-year-old woman and raping her.

Several countries in Europe have condemned the government of Belarus for diverting a Ryanair flight in its airspace to arrest a dissident journalist on board.

Cyprus has said that Turkish hackers attacked its parliament’s website last month. The Cypriot Digital Security Authority investigated the cyber attack, which took place on April 5th, and found that the source came from internet protocol (IP) addresses linked to a Turkish hacker group.

Greek police have arrested a 34-year-old Pakistani migrant accused of attempting to rape minor girls and one young woman in the southern suburbs of Athens.

Greece launched its tourism season Friday amid a competitive scramble across the Mediterranean to lure vacationers emerging from lockdowns.

A poll has revealed that fewer than half of the asylum seekers living in migrant reception facilities in Greece are willing to take the Wuhan coronavirus vaccine.

The European Union border agency Frontex has moved to discuss recent aggression from the Turkish paramilitary coastguard at an extraordinary meeting of the agency’s directors this week.

Greek police in the western region of Thesprotia have arrested two men accused of transporting illegal immigrants in a private ambulance.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Cafes and restaurants reopened in Greece on Monday for sit-down service for the first time in nearly six months, as the country began easing coronavirus-related restrictions with a view to opening the vital tourism industry in