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Georgia city dismantling Confederate monument from 1872

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In this photo taken Monday, July 27, 2020, Turkey's research vessel, Oruc Reis, anchored off the coast of Antalya on the Mediterranean, Turkey. A top Turkish official said Tuesday that Turkey will suspend research for oil and gas exploration in disputed waters in the Eastern Mediterranean. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his aides to &quot;be constructive and put this on hold for some time,&quot; presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told Turkish broadcaster CNN Turk.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Greece slams Turkish move on gas exploration in eastern Med

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

FILE - This April 6, 1896, file photo is a general view of the audience at the opening of the first modern Summer Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece. From that modest start in Athens with 241 participants in 43 events, the Olympics have ballooned to include 11,238 athletes vying for 306 gold medals at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. More are expected for the Tokyo Olympics that were postponed one year because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/File)

From Zeus to Athens, how the modern Olympics came to be

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

FILE - This is an undated photo showing Spyridon Louis, winner of the race that would come to be known as the marathon in the first modern revival of the ancient Greek sports festival. By April 10, 1896, the day of the first Olympic marathon, the hosts were reeling from their losses in track and field. Louis delivered Greece's only track and field victory. (AP Photo/File)

AP Was There: Louis, a Greek, wins 1896 Olympic Marathon

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Greece: Wildfire halts traffic on main highway

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With few students, UGArden tries to keep things growing

By ROSALIND BENTLEY and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Associated Press

Migrants wave from the their balconies at a hotel in Kranidi town about 170 kilometers (106 miles) southwest of Athens, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. The heads of Greece's pandemic response effort are visiting a refugee shelter in the south of the country after authorities confirmed a high number of COVID-19 infections at the site. The shelter at Kranidi hosts 470 asylum seekers and was placed in isolation Monday after a pregnant resident tested positive for the new coronavirus during a hospital visit. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece: 150 have virus at quarantined hotel housing migrants

By THANASSIS STAVRAKIS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS - Associated Press

Unaccompanied migrant minors wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, wave as they board an airplane to Germany at the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens, on Saturday, April 18, 2020. Fifty asylum-seeking minors were relocated to Hanover as part of a migrant relocation plan agreed by a group of European Union countries. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

47 children from Greek refugee camps arrive in Germany

By FRANK JORDANS and DEMETRIS NELLAS - Associated Press

In this Monday, April 13, 2020, photo a priest takes part in a Holy Monday ceremony held without worshippers at the Athens Cathedral, in Greece, during a lockdown order by the government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. For Orthodox Christians, this is normally a time of reflection and communal mourning followed by joyful release, of centuries-old ceremonies steeped in symbolism and tradition. But this year, Easter - by far the most significant religious holiday for the world's roughly 300 million Orthodox - has essentially been cancelled. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Coronavirus pandemic lockdown weighs heavily on Orthodox Christians during Easter

By Elena Becatoros and Daria Litvinova - Associated Press

Police block the Athens' main Syntagma square during an operation on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Police in Greece have cordoned off an area near the country's parliament after workers found what is believed to be a decades-old mortar shell during maintenance on the water mains. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Athens roads shut after machine part mistaken for WWII shell

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting marking the International Women's Day, in Istanbul, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Erdogan called on Greece to open its borders and allow the migrants to move on to other European countries. His deputy Fuat Oktay is at the right, and his wife Emine Erdogan at the left.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey’s Erdogan compares Greek actions at border to Nazis

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, puts his hand over his heart in a gesture of hello as he is greeted by European Council President Charles Michel prior to a meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, March 9, 2020. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Brussels on Monday for talks with European Union officials amid a standoff between Ankara and Brussels over sharing of responsibility for refugees and migrants. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Turkey says EU must stop stringing it along on migrant deal

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Greek Army detain migrants in the village of Mandra, Evros region, at the Greek-Turkish border on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. A child died when a boat full of migrants heading to a Greek island capsized Monday, part of a wave of thousands trying to push through Greece's land and sea borders. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Thousands of migrants look for way around shut Greek border

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

Greece looks to France for post-bailout investment drive

By SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC - Associated Press

Manchester United's Anthony Martial, front, vies for the ball with Brugge's Brandon Mechele to score his side first goal during an Europa League round of 32 first leg soccer match between Brugge and Manchester United at the Jan Breydel stadium in Bruges, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Martial scored once and the match ended in a 1-1 draw. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Man United held 1-1 at Brugge in EL; Arsenal, Inter win

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Amid tension, Greece, Turkey hold military-to-military talks

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Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, speaks with the European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni during their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Gentiloni will have a series of meetings with Greek top officials in the context of the European Semester, the EU's cycle of economic and fiscal policy coordination among member states. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

EU signals willingness to ease Greek budget targets

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC - Associated Press

Filmmakers choose Athens for slasher comedy

By JESSICA BARNETT and The News Courier - Associated Press

Supporters of the Greek Communist Party hold a banner as they protest outside the Greek parliament in central Athens, against the Greek -US expanded defense agreement on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. The banner reads in Greek &quot;NATO Out&quot;. Greece's parliament is set to ratify an agreement with the United States for a major expansion of military cooperation as it faces an escalation of tensions with neighboring Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece ratifies major new military deal with United States

By DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

Migrants from Bangladesh push a trolley with collected plastic items as they pass in front the Bank of Greece headquarters in Athens, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Creditors start checkup as Greece seeks lower budget targets

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