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A basketball court in Athens is a makeshift prayer center for Muslims. Others use basements and living rooms because the Greek capital has no mosque available. A government-built mosque scheduled to open in April is stirring both delight and dismay. (Dimitris Lampropoulos/Special to The Washington Times)

Mosque project in Athens heightens tensions over Muslims

By Nikolia Apostolu and Marine Rigou — Special to The Washington Times

Illegally trafficked sarcophagus fragment returned to Greece

Associated Press

A migrant cooks on a fire outside an abandoned warehouse where he and other migrants took refuge in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Hundreds of migrants have been sleeping rough in freezing conditions in central Belgrade looking for ways to cross the heavily guarded EU borders. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

The Latest: EU nations to keep Balkan migrant route shut

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Handcuffed Turkish military officers, center, are escorted by plain-clothed police officers as they arrive at the Supreme Court in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. A prosecutor at Greece's Supreme Court recommended on Tuesday the court reject an extradition request for the first two of eight Turkish servicemen who fled to Greece after a failed July military coup in their country. (Stelios Misinas/Eurokinissi via AP)

Greek Supreme Court hearing for 2 of 8 Turkish servicemen

By FANIS KARABATZAKIS - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 photo, the 480 B.C. bronze statue of the ancient Greek god of the sea, Poseidon, is displayed at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Nearly 200 artefacts excavated all over the country are on show in the darkened temporary exhibition hall of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, spotlit and blended with music, sounds of waves and creaking ship's blocks, and poetry. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

AP PHOTOS: Greek museum’s birthday show packed with history

By PETROS GIANNAKOURIS - Associated Press

Migrants and activists stand on the roofs of dwellings in an attempt to prevent them from being dismantled, as police patrol, in a makeshift camp near Calais, France, Tuesday March 1, 2016. The slow tear-down of the encampment in Calais continued Tuesday, angering migrants who live there in squalid conditions in hopes of reaching a better life in Britain. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

The Latest: EU to prolong ID checks in 5 countries

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Stranded migrants shouts slogans next a covered body of a man believed to be from Morocco, at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the northern Greek village of Idomeni, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. The man was electrocuted after touching high-power overhead railway cables when he climbed on top of a train carriage. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Aid group: Refugees facing ‘appalling conditions’ in Greece

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and THEODORA TONGAS - Associated Press

A Turkish military officer is transferred to a court hall in the city of Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, Thursday, July 21, 2016. Eight Turkish military personnel who fled to Greece a board a helicopter during an attempted coup in their country are testifying in court during their trial on charges of entering Greece illegally. Turkey is seeking their return to stand trial for participation in Friday’s coup attempt. The eight deny any involvement and have applied for asylum, saying they fear for their lives if returned. (Antonis Pasvantis/InTime News via AP)

8 Turks who fled to Greece are a diplomatic ‘hot potato’

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

Betting odds for the the EU referendum result are displayed in a betting shop in Westminster, London, Thursday, June 23, 2016. Voters in the United Kingdom are taking part in a referendum that will decide whether Britain remains part of the European Union or leaves the 28-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

Greece watching British vote closely, new party chief says

By Jessie Fox - The Washington Times

The Trans-Adriatic Pipeline is a boon for Greece, which is laboring to recover from an economic collapse. The project is expected to bring 8,000 jobs to the country. (Associated Press)

Trans Adriatic Pipeline to cut Europe’s reliance on Russia for natural gas

By Nikolia Apostolou - Special to The Washington Times

In this photo released by Greek Prime Minister's office on Saturday, April 16, 2016, Pope Francis, left, is escorted by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, during a visit on the Greek island of Lesbos. Pope Francis implored Europe on Saturday to respond to the migrant crisis on its shores "in a way that is worthy of our common humanity," during an emotional and provocative trip to Greece. (Andrea Bonetti/Greek Prime Minister's Office via AP)

Pope Francis brings 12 Syrian refugees to Italy in lesson for Europe

By Derek Gatopoulos, Nicole Winfield and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Young Afghan refugees are left in limbo on the Greek-Macedonia border, where a makeshift refugee camp is struggling to handle the estimated 14,000 people stranded after Macedonia announced it would close its border with Greece. (Valerie Plesch/Special to the Washington Times)

Afghanistan sees exodus amid Taliban surge, economic woes, rampant corruption

By Shirzad Ashoori and Valerie Plesch - Special to The Washington Times

Chief games designer on Codemasters' "Dirt Rally" Paul Coleman taking part in an actual rally race as a co-driver.

Zadzooks: Interview - Codemasters’ Paul Coleman on designing ‘Dirt Rally’

By Joseph Szadkowski - The Washington Times