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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

FILE - In this Thursday, March 11, 2021, file photo, Greek Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias makes statements to the Associated Press in Athens. Kikilias is requisitioning the services of private sector doctors from certain specialties in the wider Athens region on Monday, March 22, 2021, to help fight a renewed surge in coronavirus infections that is straining hospitals to their limits. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Greece orders private doctors to join COVID-19 battle

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From left, Greece's Minister of Migration and Asylum Notis Mitarachi, Interior Minister of Spain Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Italy's Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese, Cyprus' Interior Minister Nicos Nouris and Byron Camilleri, Malta's Interior Minister make statements following their meeting in Athens, Saturday, March 20, 2021. The ministers of Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Malta, which are on the front line of migration flows into Europe have met in Athens to discuss the European Union's migration policy as the bloc works toward a new migration pact. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

5 nations demand better EU sharing of migration load

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Romania, Greece aim for speedy bilateral travel arrangement

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An Afghan father stands at the port of Vathy on the eastern Aegean island of Samos, Greece, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. On a hill above a small island village, the sparkling blue of the Aegean just visible through the pine trees, lies a boy’s grave. His first ever boat ride was to be his last - the sea claimed him before his sixth birthday. His 25-year-old father, like so many before him, had hoped for a better life in Europe, far from the violence of his native Afghanistan. But his dreams were dashed on the rocks of Samos, a picturesque Greek island almost touching the Turkish coast. Still devastated from losing his only child, the father has now found himself charged with a felony count of child endangerment. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, March 20, 2016 file photo, the sun rises as migrants and refugees on a dinghy arrive at the shore of the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey. Five years on, the deal between European Union and Turkey is no longer working but at a summit next week EU leaders will discuss ways to improve relations with Turkey and could try to revive the agreement. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

5 years on, stalled EU Turkey migrant deal remains a model

By LORNE COOK and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Greece sees high demand for 30-year bond, to ease debt costs

By DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

A member of the medical staff from the National Health Organisation (EODY) conducts a rapid test for COVID-19 at a mobile testing point, in Athens, Sunday, March 14, 2021. More than 1.1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered so far in Greece, but infections remain on the rise despite four months of lockdown measures. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Greece could order private doctors to join COVID-19 battle

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Turkey slams Mediterranean undersea cable deal

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Painted white chairs stand outside a closed coffee shop, in Psiri district of Athens, on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.Greek authorities have announced a new record high in daily COVID-19 infections for this year, and one of the highest figures since the beginning of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece outlines new coronavirus relief package

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Greece to increase army service amid tension with Turkey

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People gather at the main square after an earthquake in Larissa city, central Greece, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. The earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of over 6.0 has struck central Greece and was felt as far away as the capitals of neighboring Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Montenegro. (AP Photo/Vaggelis Kousioras)

Greece: Thousands spend night outdoors after powerful quake

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and COSTAS KANTOURIS - Associated Press

Former Greek National Theater director ordered jailed

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Plain-clothed policemen escort actor-director Dimitris Lignadis, second right, as he arrives at a magistrate's office in Athens, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. Lignadis appeared before a court in Athens to respond to charges of multiple rapes by an examining magistrate. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Greece mulls legal reforms amid high-profile sex abuse case

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Protesters chant slogans at the University of Thessaloniki in northern Greece, on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Police clashed with protesters and detained more than 30 people in Greece's second-largest city Monday during a demonstration against a new campus security law. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Thousands of students rally in Greece against new police law

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Supporters of jailed gunman target home of Greek president

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A man with his dog walks at a snowy street of Pendeli mountain, northern Athens, on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. A cold weather front has hit Greece, sending temperatures plunging from the low 20s degrees Celsius (around 70 Fahrenheit) on Friday to well below freezing on Monday, and seeing snowfall in central Athens. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Cold weather front hits Greece, with snow in Athens

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his ruling party legislators, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 10.2021. Erdogan on Wednesday ruled out discussing a federal system to reunify Cyprus, insisting that a two-state accord is the only solution for the ethnically-split island. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey says 2-state solution only option for divided Cyprus

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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

Cleaning worker Anthoula Dimitra Pagouni, 30, wears protective gear before entering an ICU at the Sotiria Thoracic Diseases Hospital in Athens, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. The cleaners of coronavirus intensive care units run a daily gauntlet of infection risks to ensure that ICUs run smoothly, and they are critical to preventing the spread of disease in hospitals. But their status as unskilled laborers in a behind-the-scenes role has left them out of the public eye. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Out of sight, cleaners perform critical work in COVID ICUs

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press