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Migrants gather outside at a refugee camp in Ritsona, north of Athens, on Thursday. Greek authorities have placed the camp under a 14-day quarantine, after at least 20 residents tested positive for COVID-19 infection.

Greece Records First Coronavirus Cases Among Refugees, Imposes Quarantine On Camp

4:04pm April 02, 2020

by Joanna Kakissis

At least 20 refugees in a camp outside Athens have tested positive for COVID-19. Some 60,000 refugees live in camps in Greece, some crammed into tight quarters with little access to water or soap.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, shown here at a ceremony in January, has ordered churches around the world to halt services until at least the end of the month.

Eastern Orthodox Church To Halt Services Until End Of March

2:38pm March 19, 2020

by Joanna Kakissis

"This trial, too, shall pass," Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said. "But our lives will have changed forever." He asked parishioners to stay home for their own safety and the safety of others.

Migrants try to cut the fence at the Turkish-Greek border near the Pazarkule border gate in Edirne, Turkey, on Monday. Thousands of migrants and refugees massed at Turkey's western frontier, trying to enter Greece by land and sea after Turkey said its bor

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Migrants Again Try To Leave Turkey For Europe, But This Time The Gate Is Closed

7:37am March 02, 2020

by Joanna Kakissis

Four million Syrian refugees are living in Turkey, and another million displaced Syrians are trapped between Russian-backed Syrian forces and the Turkish border. Turkey says to head for Europe.

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Panos Triantafyllou (left), in his fencing uniform and mask, trains with Vasilis Ntounis, his fellow Paralympic athlete and close friend.

Greek Paralympic Fencer Hopes To Show What's Possible In A Wheelchair

7:00am March 01, 2020

by Demetrios Ioannou

Meet Panos Triantafyllou as he trains in Athens for this year's Paralympics, and Faidros Panagopoulos, the man behind a Greek company for custom-built wheelchairs.

People gather outside the parliament building in Macedonia to protest the country's name change to North Macedonia.

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Macedonian Parliament Approves New Name For The Country As Demanded By Greece

6:06pm January 11, 2019

by Francesca Paris

Greece has blocked its northern neighbor from entering into NATO for 27 years over an argument about which country has a right to the name Macedonia.

Aegean Rebreath founder George Sarelakos (center) hands a netted bag of marine litter to volunteers on the main pier of the Greek island of Poros.

Meet Greece's Marine Trash Collectors Diving To Keep Their Sea Beautiful

7:01am December 02, 2018

by Joanna Kakissis

Ocean litter is a global problem. These Greeks are acting locally to clean up the Aegean.

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Greek Orthodox priests, seen during a rally in Athens earlier this year. On Tuesday Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ieronymos agreed with the prime minister to remove roughly 10,000 priests and staff from the state payroll.

Greece Strikes Tentative Deal To Remove Orthodox Clergy From State Payroll

7:44pm November 07, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Archbishop Ieronymos jointly announced the agreement, which is aimed at separating religion and state. But it is drawing resistance from other Church leaders.

Map: Chinese companies are investing in ports around the world, including these ports in Europe and along the Mediterranean.

Chinese Firms Now Hold Stakes In Over A Dozen European Ports

4:59am October 09, 2018

by Joanna Kakissis

China's expansion into European ports is part of its new Maritime Silk Road, which aims to better connect the country to global commercial hubs. But this is about more than just moving cargo.

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A man casts his vote at a polling station on September 30, 2018, in Tetovo, Macedonia. Macedonians all across the country went to the polls to vote in a referendum to change the country's name to the Republic of North Macedonia and end a long running disp

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Low Turnout Threatens The Result Of Macedonia's Vote On Whether To Change Its Name

3:36pm September 30, 2018

by Serena McMahon

Macedonians are voting on a referendum to change their country's name in order to gain access into NATO and the European Union.

A wildfire raged near the Moria refugee camp, pictured here, on Greece's Lesbos Island. The camp is home to an estimated 9,000 migrants and refugees.

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Wildfire Breaks Out Near Camp In Greece, Home To Thousands Of Refugees

4:31pm September 23, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

A plume of smoke was visible not far from the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The number of migrants and refugees arriving in Greece by sea has soared this year.