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Migrants pull their belongings as they walk on a road near Mytilene town, on the northeastern island of Lesbos, Greece, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Greece's prime minister demanded Sunday that the European Union take a greater responsibility for managing migration into the bloc, as Greek authorities promised that 12,000 migrants and asylum-seekers left homeless after fire gutted an overcrowded camp would be moved shortly to a new tent city. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece wants the EU to help run its island migrant camps

By PETROS GIANNAKOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

People gather at the narrow streets of Matogiannia after the bars closed at midnight on the Aegean Sea island of Mykonos, Greece, early Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. The Greek government has been worried about the recent surge in coronavirus cases that threatens to undo its initial success in keeping infections and deaths at low levels. On the island of Mykonos, an internationally famous tourist destination, restaurants, bars and cafes were forced on Aug. 11 to close at midnight, and not to reopen until 7 a.m. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Bar owners on Greek island angry over virus restrictions

By SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC and DEMETRIS NELLAS - Associated Press

In this Monday, May 25, 2020 photo, a doctor of the National Health Organization (EODY) carries the tests for coronavirus taken on local residents on the Aegean Sea island of Sikinos, Greece. Using dinghies, a GPS, and a portable refrigerator, state doctors have launched a COVID-19 testing drive on islands in the Aegean Sea ahead of the holiday season, authorities in charge of the program said. The first round of testing was completed after trips to the islands of Milos, Kimolos, Folegandros, and Sikinos. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece clarifies policy, to allow tourists from all nations

By DEMETRIS NELLAS - Associated Press

A cafe-restaurant staff stands outside as people drink coffee in Monastiraki district of Athens, on Monday, May 25, 2020. Greece restarted regular ferry services to its islands Monday, and cafes and restaurants were also back open for business as the country accelerated efforts to salvage its tourism season. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece: Tourists from 29 countries can fly in as of June 15

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Riot police block a road in Karava near the area where the government plans to build a new migrant detention center, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. Riot police and residents clashed for several hours on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios Tuesday, as protesters tried to prevent authorities from bringing excavating machines from the mainland to build new migrant detention camps. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Greek islanders attack riot police in migrant camp protests

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS - Associated Press

Fitch upgrades Greek credit rating by 1 notch to BB

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In 2020 budget, Greece vows to beat post-bailout targets

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Early this year, the Greek government gave Muslim citizens an option about whether to appeal to Shariah or Greek public courts. But many of Greece's 100,000 Muslims, mostly ethnic Turks concentrated along the Turkish border, still turn to Islamic religious judges in legal disputes. (Associated Press photograph)

Hatice Molla Sali inheritance under Sharia law in Greece at risk

By Nikolia Apostolou — Special to The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, April 3, 2018 file photo Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos takes part in cabinet meeting in Athens. Kammenos said Tuesday, June 3, 2018, that he will not allow a deal recently made with neighboring Macedonia over the its name to be ratified without voter approval, either through general elections or through a referendum. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, file)

Greek defense minister: No ratification for Macedonia deal

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Greek defense min: No use of ‘Macedonia’ in name dispute

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrives for a meeting of eurozone heads of state at the EU Council building in Brussels on Sunday, July 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Francois Walschaerts)

Greece reaches deal with creditors, avoids euro exit

By Pan Pylas and Raf Casert - Associated Press

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras leaves from Maximos Mansion to meet the Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos in Athens, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Alexis Tsipras, Greek’s P.M., to sell austerity deal to reluctant party

By Derek Gatopoulos and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Demonstrators shout slogans during a rally organized by supporters of the Yes vote in Athens, Friday, July 3, 2015. A new opinion poll shows a dead heat in Greece's referendum campaign with just two days to go before Sunday's vote on whether Greeks should accept more austerity in return for bailout loans. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Greeks reject austerity measures in referendum

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

European rescue crews are responding regularly as boats filled with refugees from Africa and the Middle East attempt a perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea. As many as 700 drowned trying to reach shore over the weekend. (Associated Press) **FILE**

JUDSON PHILLIPS: America becoming like Greece is a horrible warning for us all

By Judson Phillips

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gestures during a Presidential vote in Athens, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. (Associated Press)

Germany rejects Greek olive branch on eve of bailout talks

By Nicholas Paphitis and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, right, welcomes conservative former interior minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Eurokinissi, Giorgos Kontarinis)

Greece readies proposal; Germany skeptical, U.S. concerned

By Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (right) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak before their meeting at the Maximos mansion in Athens on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, Pool)

Merkel gets hostile reception on Greek visit

By Derek Gatopoulos and Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

Protesters kick a police barrier in front of the Parliament during German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Athens on Tuesday. She says Greece has covered “much of the ground” needed for recovery, but some 50,000 demonstrators see the visit as a harbinger of more austerity and hardship. (Associated Press)

Merkel visit met with protests in Greece

By Nicholas Paphitis and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

**FILE** A sign marks Wall Street in New York. (Associated Press)

Stock markets gain as Greek debt swap deadline arrives

By Eileen Aj Connelly - Associated Press

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's decision to put the EU bailout to a vote angered even some in his own party. (Associated Press)

Stocks plummet on news of Greece’s delay of deal

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press