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Geography of Greece

Migrants arrive aboard a dinghy accompanied by a Frontex vessel at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, Feb. 28, 2020. 

‘A Bermuda triangle for people’: Claims that the Greek govt pushes back migrants are mounting 

Migrant support organizations have been accusing the Greek government of intercepting migrants arriving on islands by boat and sending them back to the sea.

Greek dream-pop duo Keep Shelly in Athens. Producer RΠЯ (left) and vocalist Sarah P (right)

What’s next? US paralysis may be delaying tour of the Greek band Keep Shelly in Athens

Arts, Culture & Media

Why Some Greeks are Returning to the Country and Heading to Farm School

Business, Economics and Jobs

Greek Tourism in 108 Degrees

Environment

Rioting in Athens Follows Passage of Greek Austerity Measures

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The Snowflake That Started an Avalanche

“Greece is in a free fall,” Yanis Varoufakis says to me as we sit down for an interview at his apartment in Athens, and it sets the tone of the half-hour conversation that follows […]

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Roaming the Ruins

Our guest host Bruce Gellerman was in Athens, Greece recently where he learned that efforts to rid the city of its huge stray dog population before the coming Olympic games may have taken a sinister turn.

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Audio and map: The politically circuitous path of the Olympic torch

Sports

The Olympics flame arrived in Beijing on Wednesday (Tuesday night in the United States). After a long, strange 130-day trip that began in Athens in March.

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Geo answer

Conflict & Justice

Our Geo Quiz today sent us searching for a group of Greek islands in the Ionian Sea. The answer is the Ionian Islands. One of those islands recently went up for sale. Anchor David Baron speaks with Chris Krolow, CEO of Private Islands Online.

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Geo answer

Arts, Culture & Media

For today’s Geo Quiz, we were looking for the name of a tiny island in the Mediterranean, located north of Crete. The answer is the Greek island of Antikythera. The World’s David Leveille reports on new theory about the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient computing device dating back to 100 B.C. Researchers say it may have functioned as a calendar of the ancient Olympics.

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