Before the blaze, Moria was considered Europe's biggest migrant camp, a sprawling and overcrowded town of tents and improvised shelters notorious for its poor and often dangerous living conditions.
Unions and opposition parties say government plans to overhaul labour laws undermine collective bargaining and formalise overtime exploitation by employers.
Greece says it will reject the majority of refugees coming via Turkey despite EU laws requiring European nations to share the responsibility of asylum seekers.
The Erdogan-Mitsotakis meeting at the upcoming NATO summit is critical for both countries. Support from the US and EU will only increase security in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The two sides have a long way to go before they can iron out differences over territorial claims in the Eastern Mediterranean and the rights of Turkish Cypriots.
Following a rise in xenophobic sentiment in the country, a far-right party with links to Greece’s own neo-nazi party is set to become the fourth-largest in the disputed island.
Ankara has started to work on concrete projects with a focus on action and cooperation with the Greek side, and the two countries agreed on 25 items in the list of areas of cooperation, Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu says.
Turkey could send several more drills close to current boreholes where teams see signs of natural gas, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said in an interview with Turkish media.
More than 270 firefighters, backed by 16 aircraft and army, are fighting blazes on third day in Geraneia mountains some 90 kilometres west of capital Athens.
Nearly 300 firefighters are trying to contain a wildfire on Geraneia mountain range some 90 kilometres from Athens.
Pro-Palestine voices are being silenced across Europe, as banners of support are removed and brute force is used against protestors demanding justice for Palestinians.
The seventh annual Istanbul Photo Awards’ winners were announced this week, with the top prize going to Mohammed Shajahan from Bangladesh. Shajahan wins the purse prize of $6,000 from Turkey’s distinguished news service Anadolu Agency.
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