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Oil tanker hit by blast at Saudi terminal, Saudi Arabia confirms
LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) -An explosion damaged a Greek-managed tanker at a Saudi Arabian terminal on the Red Sea just north of the Yemeni border, the ship's manager said on Wednesday, in an attack confirmed by Saudi Arabia.
Greece considers capital boost for Aegean Airlines, shares fall
ATHENS Greece is considering a capital injection of around 120 million euros ($142.55 million) for Aegean Airlines, the government said on Monday, adding the nation's biggest carrier was crucial to the tourist-reliant economy.
Exclusive: Alpha Bank picks Davidson Kempner as preferred bidder for $12 billion Galaxy bad loans - sources
LONDON/ATHENS Greek lender Alpha Bank has selected U.S. investment fund Davidson Kempner as its preferred bidder to buy a $12 billion portfolio of non-performing loans in what will be Greece's largest-ever sale of bad debt, sources told Reuters.
Greece makes vaccination plans, urges patience as COVID cases rise
ATHENS Greece plans to set up more than 1,000 vaccination centres as it awaits a successful vaccine against COVID-19, its health minister said on Wednesday.
Greece to build new camps, cut migrant reception stays on islands
ATHENS Greece, on the front line of migration into Europe, promised on Wednesday to build new reception centres for asylum seekers and cut the maximum stay in camps on its now-overcrowded islands.
Clashes flare in locked-down Greece on 1973 student revolt anniversary
ATHENS Demonstrators commemorating a bloody 1973 student uprising against the military junta then ruling Greece clashed on Tuesday with police trying to enforce a ban on public gatherings imposed to combat the spread of the coronavirus. | Video
Greece, Egypt to welcome 'more decisive' U.S. involvement under Biden, Greek PM says
ATHENS Greece and Egypt, which angered Turkey by reaching an agreement on natural resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, will welcome more decisive U.S. involvement in the region under President-elect Joe Biden, the Greek prime minister said on Wednesday.
Greece orders nationwide lockdown to curb COVID-19 surge
ATHENS Greece ordered a nationwide lockdown for three weeks on Thursday, its second this year, to help contain a resurgence of COVID-19 after a sharp increase in infections this week. | Video
Aegean quake toll rises to 116 as Turkey ends search
ISTANBUL Turkey on Wednesday ended search and rescue efforts in the rubble of buildings that collapsed as a result of Friday's strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea, after the death toll crept up to 116 in the western city of Izmir and a Greek island. | Video
Cyprus leaders, in first encounter, back five-way U.N. meeting
NICOSIA The leaders of Cyprus's estranged Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities on Tuesday agreed to support the possibility of a five-party meeting under the auspices of the United Nations to resolve the island's decades-old division.