Greek authorities ordered villages near the site of the ancient Olympic Games in the western Peloponnese to be evacuated on Wednesday as wildfires raged across the country, destroying swathes of forest and buildings, and sending hundreds fleeing.
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October 30 (BBC) - A powerful earthquake has struck off Turkey's Aegean coast, north of the Greek island of Samos. The tremor of 7.0 magnitude was centred off Turkey's Izmir province, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, and was felt as far away as Athens and Istanbul. Turkish officials said there were no reports of casualties so far but six ...
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March 16 (BBC) - The recent torch-lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia was held without spectators, before the rest of the relay in Greece was suspended. Greece has had 228 confirmed cases and three deaths caused by the virus. "No accreditation cards issued will be valid," said the Greece Olympic committee said. The Japan section of the Olympic Torch relay is ...
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