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A man fishes as a ferry is docked during a 24-hour strike at the port of Rafina, east of Athens, Greece, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. A 24-hour general strike called by Greece's private and public sector unions is set to shut down most services around the country Wednesday. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Inflation strikes disrupt trains, flights in Greece, Belgium

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Tourists visit the Acropolis hill with the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple on the left, and the ancient Erechtheion temple on the right, in Athens , on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Greece is on course to beat its annual record for tourism revenue as southern European Union members made a surprise recovery following a two-year travel slump caused by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Ahead of harsh winter, tourism roars back in Mediterranean

By Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

In this Sept. 29, 2018, file photo, Vince Dooley poses for a photo while signing autographs before a game between Georgia and Tennessee in Athens, Ga. (Jenn Finch/Athens Banner-Herald via AP, File) **FILE**

Longtime Georgia football coach Vince Dooley dies at 90

By Paul Newberry - Associated Press

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose speaks to the Fairfield County Lincoln Republican Club in Pickerington, Ohio, on March 24, 2022. LaRose on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, announced a new public integrity unit in response to what he called Americans' “crisis of confidence” in the electoral process even while acknowledging the state's own reputation for secure voting. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)

Ohio Supreme Court orders Democratic candidate onto November ballot

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

Composer Vangelis Papathanassiou, right, answers a question during a press conference in Athens, June 27, 2001. Vangelis, the Greece-born electronic composer who wrote the Academy Award-winning score for the film &quot;Chariots of Fire&quot; and music for dozens of other movies, documentaries and TV series, has died. He was 79. (AP Photo/Aris Messinis, File) **FILE**

Vangelis, the Greek ‘Chariots of Fire’ composer, dies at 79

By Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

Greek torch bearer Ioannis Melissanidis, left, Olympic gold medalist in Gymnastics, passes the flame to Christos Volikakis, world Champion in Cycling, in front of the ancient Parthenon temple atop of the Acropolis Hill in Athens, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. The flame will be transported by torch relay to Beijing, China, which will host the Feb. 4-20, 2022, Winter Olympics.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Rights activists urge boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

By Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

Members of the communist party-affiliated PAME wearing protective face masks hold red carnations, as they protest during a rally commemorating May Day, in Athens, Greece, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Demonstrators took part on a 24-hour strike against a new labour bill presented by the government protests. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

May Day rallies in Greece halt ferries, disrupt flights

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Tombstones at the Lincoln Memorial Cemetery in Portsmouth, Va., Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Many Black Americans excluded from white-owned cemeteries built their own burial spaces, and their descendants are working to preserve the grounds. Racism still haunts these cemeteries, though. Many are at risk of being lost and lack the support other cemeteries have received. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Black cemeteries are reflection of deep segregation history

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO - Associated Press

People sit a beach n Alimos, a seaside suburb of Athens, on Friday April 23, 2021. Easter holidays are often celebrated with relatives outside Athens and other cities, but the government has said COVID-19 infection levels remain too high to allow free travel.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greek police set up checkpoints, turn back Easter travelers

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A woman wearing a face mask against the spread of coronavirus, walks in front of Greek flags which are for sale in Athens, Friday, March 19, 2021. The military parade on March 25, marking 200-years since the war that resulted in Greece's independence from the Ottoman Empire and rebirth as a nation, will be held without spectators due to the coronavirus, and only Greek and foreigners political officials will attend it. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece kicks off events for bicentenary of independence war

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

Georgia musicians turn to new way of life, in a school bus

By RYNE DENNIS and Athens Banner-Herald - Associated Press

Greek police, protesters clash in Athens suburb

By DEMETRIS NELLAS - Associated Press

Riot police stand guard in front of the Greek parliament in central Athens, as protesters gather to demonstrate in support of Dimitris Koufodinas a leading member of the armed extreme-left group November 17 who is on hunger strike, on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Greece's government says it will not intervene to grant a prison-transfer demand by a convicted militant group gunman who has been on hunger strike for more than seven weeks, triggering public protests as well as arson attacks. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greek militant on hunger strike suffers kidney failure

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People take photographs as snow falls in front of the Greek parliament in Athens, Tuesday, Feb.16, 2021. A cold weather front has hit Greece, sending temperatures plunging from the low 20s Celsius (around 70 Fahrenheit) on Friday to well below freezing on Tuesday, and heavy snowfall in central Athens. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

In Athens, rare snow blankets Acropolis, halts vaccinations

By ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

Zoo curator Adonis Balas feeds three giraffes at the Attica Zoological Park in Spata, near Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. After almost three months of closure due to COVID-19, Greece's only zoo could be approaching extinction: With no paying visitors or state aid big enough for its very particular needs, it still faces huge bills to keep 2,000 animals fed and healthy. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

No income, 2,000 mouths to feed: Lockdown squeezes Greek zoo

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS - Associated Press

Sophie, Grammy-nominated Scottish musician, dies at age 34

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

3 dead, 1 hospitalized after fire at mobile home park

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French Defense Minister Florence Parly, right, and his Greek counterpart Nikos Panagiotopoulos speak during their meeting in Athens, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Greece is due to sign a 2.3 billion euro ($2.8 billion) deal with France Monday to purchase 18 Rafale fighter jets to address tension with neighbor Turkey. (Louisa Gouliamaki/Pool via AP)

Greece, France to sign $2.8 billion fighter jet deal

By DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

Germany, Turkey seek better EU-Turkish ties as tensions ease

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

2 passengers beat Greek subway official after mask order

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