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Police stand guard outside the Athens Polytechnic in the Greek capital on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. The government has banned an annual rally to mark the anniversary of Nov. 17, 1973 uprising by Polytechnic students against the military dictatorship that then ruled the country and collapsed the following year. Left-wing opposition parties have criticized the decision taken due to the pandemic and vowed to defy the ban. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Police fire tear gas to break up banned gatherings in Greece

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

Police stand guard outside the Athens Polytechnic in the Greek capital on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. The government has banned an annual rally to mark the anniversary of Nov. 17, 1973 uprising by Polytechnic students against the military dictatorship that then ruled the country and collapsed the following year. Left-wing opposition parties have criticized the decision taken due to the pandemic and vowed to defy the ban. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greek PM appeals for restraint during uprising anniversary

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

Health workers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, take part in a protest at Evangelismos hospital in Athens, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. State health workers' union staged protests at several hospitals around the country to demand more hiring. Greece has imposed a nationwide nightly curfew as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country continues to surge despite a lockdown. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greek hospital staff demand hirings as cases, deaths spike

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Greek Prime Minister's Office, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis shows a map of Europe during his announcement on the country's new lockdown in Athens, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Mitsotakis has announced a nationwide three-week lockdown starting Saturday morning, saying that the increase in the coronavirus infections must be stopped before Greece's health care system comes under &quot;unbearable&quot; pressure. (Dimitris Papamitsos/Greek Prime Minister's Office via AP)

Greece imposes lockdown to avoid worst at hospitals

By ELENA BECATOROS and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

A man sits alone on a chair outside a restaurant in the island of Astypalea, Greece on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. Greece's government is imposing a localized lockdown on its second largest city of Thessaloniki after major increases in the number of coronavirus infections as over the weekend, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a nationwide curfew from midnight to 5 a.m. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Europe tightens restrictions as virus hospitalizations rise

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

In this photo of IHA news agency, provided by the government rescue agency AFAD's rescue teams, rescue workers, who were trying to reach survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building, carry 14-year-old Idil Sirin who have been extricated from a collapsed building early Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, 58 hours after a strong earthquake in Izmir, Turkey. Rescue teams continue ploughing through concrete blocks and debris of collapsed buildings in Turkey's third largest city in search of survivors of the powerful earthquake that struck Turkey's Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos on Friday, Oct. 30. (IHA via AP)

Turkey pulls 2 girls out of rubble three days after quake

By Mehmet Guzel and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

&quot;Sorry we re closed&quot; is written on a sign hanging on the door of a coffee shop where the unoccupied tables and chairs are reflected in the glass pane in Quedlinburg, Germany, Monday, Nov.2, 2020. Since midnight the four-week partial lockdown has been in effect in Saxony-Anhalt. The federal and state governments want to significantly reduce social contacts in Germany in November in order to get a grip on the recently rapidly increasing corona numbers before the Advent season if possible. (Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa via AP)

Germany starts ‘wave-breaker’ shutdown as Europe locks down

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

A member of rescue services, kneels to listen during the ongoing search for survivors in the debris of a collapsed building in Izmir, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing several people and injuring hundreds amid collapsed buildings and flooding. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

70-year-old pulled out alive in Turkey as quake toll hits 75

By MEHMET GUZEL and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

Rescue workers and local people carry a wounded person found in the debris of a collapsed building, in Izmir, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea has shaken Turkey and Greece. Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency said Friday's earthquake was centered in the Aegean at a depth of 16,5 kilometers (10.3 miles) and registered at a 6.6 magnitude. (AP Photo/Ismail Gokmen)

Strong Aegean Sea earthquake topples buildings in Turkey

By Zeynep Bilginsoy and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

A military helicopter flies in front of the Parthenon temple on the ancient Acropolis hill in Athens, Wednesday Oct. 28, 2020 during a national holiday . The helicopters fly next to Acropolis hill to celebrate Greece's refusal to align itself with a belligerent fascist Italy in 1940 and instead fight a much stronger opponent, a decision which dragged it into World War II and eventually led to a brutal occupation by Nazi Germany.(AP Photo/ Petros Giannakouris)

Military aircraft perform fly-bys on Greek national holiday

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Foreign Ministers of Greece Nikos Dendias, front Israel Gabi Ashkenazi , and Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides, left, arrive for a news conference after their meeting in Athens, on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece, Israel eye closer cooperation amid East Med tension

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Suspected migrant smuggler dies while evading Greek police

By COSTAS KANTOURIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020 file photo, Turkey's research vessel, Oruc Reis anchored off the coast of Antalya on the Mediterranean, Turkey. Greece accused neighbor Turkey of undermining efforts to ease a crisis over drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean on Monday Oct. 12, 2020, after Turkey announced its survey vessel, the Oruc Reis, would be dispatched for a new research mission in disputed waters. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

NATO chief says Greece, Turkey agree to cancel war games

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Turkish drilling ship Kanuni is seen docked for maintenance before heading to the Black Sea for drilling operations, at the port of Haydarpasa in Istanbul, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Oct. 17, the discovery of 85 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves off the Black Sea coast, in addition to the August's announcement of the discovery of 320 billion cubic meters as Turkey increased its maritime search for hydrocarbon resources. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey slams joint declaration by Cyprus, Greece and Egypt

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Presiding judge Maria Lepenioti, right, speaks as Prosecutor Adamantia Economou listen during a Golden Dawn trial, in Athens, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. A prosecutor has recommended all former lawmakers of Greece's extreme right Golden Dawn party who have been sentenced to prison for leading or participating in a criminal organization should be allowed to remain free pending appeal. A final decision on whether the sentences will be suspended pending appeal is expected from a panel of judges.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greek court imprisons far-right Golden Dawn party leadership

By FANIS KARABATSAKIS and ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

A pedestrian wearing a face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 walks in front of the Greek parliament in central Athens, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. Greece has been experiencing a resurgence of the virus, with the number of new daily cases, most in the Greek capital, often topping 400, and both deaths and the number of those in intensive care units rising. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece sells 15-year bond to bolster reserves amid pandemic

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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, center, Greece's Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, and Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi clad due during their meeting at the presidential palace in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. The leaders of Cyprus, Egypt and Greece meet in the Cypriot capital for talks on forging closer ties and boosting cooperation on issues including energy following the discovery of gas deposits in the east Mediterranean. (Iakovos Hatzistavrou Pool via AP)

Cyprus, Greece, Egypt to Turkey: drop the rancor, join us

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

A vioew of the court during the sentencing announcement of the Golden Dawn trial, in Athens, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. The court has sentenced the leadership of Greece's extreme-right Golden Dawn party to 13 years in prison, imposing the near-maximum penalty for running a criminal organization blamed for numerous violent hate crimes. The landmark ruling follows a five-year trial of dozens of top officials, members, and supporters of Golden Dawn, an organization founded as a Neo-Nazi group in the 1980s, that rose to become Greece's third-largest political during a major financial crisis in the previous decade.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Prosecutor recommends suspended sentences for Golden Dawn

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Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attends a presentation of the construction of a new part of a fence which will be built at the border with Turkey, in Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. Greece decided to strengthen its land border with Turkey after the latter attempted to steer tens of thousands of migrant across into Greece last March. (Dimitris Papamitsos/Greek Prime Minister's Office via AP)

Greece finalizes plan to build wall on border with Turkey

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

10 arrested in North Macedonia migrant smuggling bust

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