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2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Construction industry across Athens Reporter publication area
Athens Reporter - Georgia
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July 7, 2025
Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (left) and Jennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director. | https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/organization/leadershipUr Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and...
Greek firefighters battle fresh blaze near Athens as Crete fire retreats
The Express Tribune
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July 4, 2025
Listen to article A wildfire on the island of Crete that forced the evacuation of 5,000 tourists and locals is "retreating", Greek firefighters told AFP on Friday, but a new blaze fanned by strong winds is spreading east of the capital, Athens....
Greece Fights Crete Wildfire For Third Day Amid Rising Temperatures
StratNews Global
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July 4, 2025
Home Europe Greece Greece Fights Crete Wildfire For Third Day Amid Rising Temperatures Some 130 firefighters, supported by 48 vehicles and six helicopters, battled the blaze amid gale-force winds and dry conditions that risked reigniting contained...
Greece battles wildfire for a third day as temperatures rise
Gulf Today
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July 4, 2025
Gale force wind gusts complicated efforts on Friday to contain wildfires on Crete that have razed forests and olive groves and forced thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate. Around 130 firefighters, 48 vehicles and six helicopters were...
SVELTA impresses on Dragons’ Den Greece: a Cypriot idea with a global vision
Cyprus Mail
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July 7, 2025
Svelta Ltd, the Cyprus-based startup developing software for fleet management and last-mile logistics, made a standout appearance on Dragons’ Den Greece, receiving a €70,000 investment offer from renowned entrepreneur Yiannis Tsioris, founder of...
Greece arrests gang smuggling cocaine-infused leather from Latin America
Yahoo News
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek police have dismantled a gang that had been hiding cocaine in sheets of leather that were smuggled from Bolivia to Greece on container ships, police officials said on Friday. They said the method used by the gang signalled...
Cyprus goes high-tech in search for people missing from past conflict
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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July 7, 2025
NICOSIA (Reuters) -A U.N.-backed commission investigating mass disappearances in Cyprus is deploying AI and ground-penetrating radars to expedite chances of finding the remains of people who vanished in past conflict. The Committee on Missing...
Greece battles wildfire on Crete for a third day as temperatures rise
The Gazette - Colorado
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Firefighters battled for a third day on Friday to put out a wildfire on the Greek island of Crete that has razed forests and olive groves and forced thousands of residents and tourists to leave the area. Around 130 firefighters,...
Cyprus farmers urged to adopt technology in €450m rural plan
Cyprus Mail
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July 7, 2025
Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou on Monday said that the Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2023-2027, with a budget of more than €450 million for rural development, is central to efforts to create “a sustainable,...
Greece: Political and social timeline from 2015 to 2025 (Part 12)
CADTM
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July 4, 2025
2015: From Hope in Syriza to Surrender • 25 January 2015: Electoral victory of the radical left coalition (Syriza). • 27 January 2015: start of the Syriza-Anel government • 30 January 2015: the press conference given by Yanis Varoufakis (Minister...
Greece battles wildfire on Crete for a third day, thousands of tourists left the area
Cyprus Mail
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July 4, 2025
Firefighters battled for a third day on Friday to put out a wildfire on the Greek island of Crete that has razed forests and olive groves and forced thousands of residents and tourists to leave the area. Around 130 firefighters, 48 vehicles and...
Crew abandons Greek-owned cargo ship attacked in the Red Sea after it starts to take on water
Fortune
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Crew members aboard a Liberian-flagged ship set ablaze by a series of attacks in the Red Sea abandoned the vessel Sunday night as it took on water, marking the first serious assault in the vital corridor for trade after a monthslong campaign by...
Greece’s Growing Thirst: The Looming Water Scarcity
Greek Reporter
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July 4, 2025
Mornos Lake in Greece at low levels, File photo. Credit: 5telios, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Water scarcity is no longer a future threat for Greece; it’s a pressing reality worsening with each passing year. The nation, particularly its most populous regions,...
Greece Battles Wildfires, Braces for Second Heatwave
Greek Reporter
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July 4, 2025
Firefighters in Greece managed to put out two large wildfires. File photo. Credit: Greek Reporter/Odysseas Karadis Authorities in Greece are grappling with multiple wildfires that have forced mass evacuations and sparked concerns for the tourism...
Vessel Attacked in the Red Sea Is Sinking, According to Greek Media
teleSUR
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Referential image of the Greek owned bulk carried Magic Seas. Photo: X/ @WarMachinist July 6, 2025 Hour: 5:27 pm The Greek-owned bulk carrier ‘MV MAGIC SEAS,’ which was attacked with projectiles in the Red Sea this Sunday, is sinking, and its...
Greece Implements Controversial New Labor Law
Greek Reporter
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July 3, 2025
Protest for the new labor law outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, Greece. Credit: Orestis Panagiotou / Amna Greece’s government has introduced a new labor bill containing radical reforms to working hours, hiring and firing procedures, and...
Second Heatwave Hits Greece with Temperatures Soaring to 42°C
To Vima
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July 6, 2025
Greece is set to experience its second heatwave of the summer, with temperatures expected to reach as high as 42°C in some regions over the coming days. Meteorologists warn that vulnerable groups—including the elderly and pregnant women—should...
Greece Unveils Cultural Routes Linking History, Nature, and Tourism
To Vima
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July 3, 2025
The Greek Ministry of Culture has unveiled its new initiative, “Cultural Routes in Iconic Archaeological Sites and Monuments,” at a special event hosted at the National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum. The project aims to link monuments and...
U.K. military: Crew abandons Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned ship attacked in Red Sea
The Columbian - Washington State
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Crew members aboard a Liberian-flagged ship set ablaze by a series of attacks in the Red Sea abandoned the vessel Sunday night as it took on water, marking the first serious assault in the vital corridor for trade...
Crew abandons Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned ship attacked in the Red Sea, UK military...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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A renewed Houthi campaign against shipping could again draw in U.S. and Western forces to the area, particularly after President Donald Trump targeted the rebels in a major airstrike campaign. Shortly before midnight in Yemen, Israel’s military...