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Europe · GreeceStrikes called by Greece’s largest labor union halted ferries and public transport services in Athens and elsewhere Wednesday. The General Confederation of Greek Labor, GSEE, called the strikes to press for a return of collective bargaining rights axed more than a decade ago during a severe financial crisis. Hundreds of protesters began gathering in central Athens to attend a demonstration planned for later Wednesday. The 24-hour strikes kept ferries at ports and disrupted other public services, leaving some state-run hospitals running on emergency staffing levels.See the Story
Unions in Greece call widespread strikes, seeking a return to bargaining rights axed during bailouts
54% Center coverage: 13 sources
Europe · GreeceThe world is not doing enough to protect coral reefs, the United Nations’ special envoy for the ocean said Tuesday in defense of the marine ecosystems that protect biodiversity, sustain underwater life and produce some of the oxygen we breathe.
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UN envoy says of the threat to coral reefs: 'Are we faced with a colossal ecosystem tragedy? Yes'
50% Left coverage: 6 sources
Europe · GreeceGreece’s governing conservative party added a convicted politician from Albania’s ethnic Greek minority to its list of candidates for the upcoming European Parliament election, adding to the already existing tension between the two countries.See the Story
Greece names a convicted politician from Albania’s ethnic Greek minority as candidate in EU election
38% Left coverage: 8 sources
Europe · GreeceGreece aims to create two large marine parks as part of a 780-million-euro ($830 million) program to protect biodiversity and marine ecosystems, with the plans to be announced at an international oceans conference starting in Athens on Tuesday.See the Story
Greece plans 2 marine protected areas. But rival Turkey and environmental groups aren't impressed
46% Left coverage: 11 sources
Asylum Seekers · ChiosRescuers on the eastern Greek island of Chios on Wednesday recovered the bodies of three girls who died after a boat carrying migrants from nearby Turkey hit rocks, officials said.See the Story
3 girls found dead and 16 rescued after a boat carrying migrants is lost near a Greek island
39% Left coverage: 18 sources
Europe · GreeceA historic building in Thessaloniki, Greece, originally used by Jewish converts to Islam, hosted mass prayers during Eid al-Fitr for the first time since the 1920s.See the Story
Eid prayers held in a historic former mosque in northern Greece for the first time in 100 years
53% Left coverage: 17 sources
Europe · GreeceDozens of migrants found in a wooden boat in the Mediterranean Sea between northern Africa and southern Europe have been transported to the Greek island of Crete, Greece’s coast guard said Monday.See the Story
Greek coast guard rescues 74 migrants in boat on Mediterranean Sea
61% Center coverage: 13 sources
Energy · CanadaEnergy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the federal government is not interested in subsidizing future liquefied natural gas projects. Comments come just days after Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis exclusively told CTV Question Period that Greece would be interested in purchasing Canada's LNG if the resource was available.See the Story
Feds "not interested" in investing in LNG facilities: Energy Minister
100% Center coverage: 1 sources