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1351. Russian expulsion of Greek envoys ‘asymmetric’

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-expulsion-of-greek-envoys-‘asymmetric

Greece's Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian Ambassador to the country, Andrey Maslov, to protest Moscow's decision on Monday to expel Greek diplomats in retaliation to a similar move by Athens....

1352. Russia expels Greek diplomats in retaliatory move

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-expels-greek-diplomats-in-retaliatory-move

Russia said on Monday it had summoned Greece’s ambassador to Moscow and told him it was responding in kind to what it called an unfriendly decision by Athens to expel two Russian diplomats....

1353. US posture could overpower Cyprus solution agenda

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-posture-could-overpower-cyprus-solution-agenda

Following July’s meeting with the two Cypriot leaders, sources say special UN envoy Jane Holl Lute appeared unconvinced regarding the basis for further peace talks and that a meeting in New York could be in the works to clarify once and for all...

1354. Identified wildfire victims reach 76, eight remain missing

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/identified-wildfire-victims-reach-76-eight-remain-missing

Seventy six victims of the wildfire that gutted a coastal town in east Attica killing at least 91 people and injuring scores have been identified, the police’s criminal investigation division said on Wednesday in its latest briefing....

1355. Lack of early warning, town planning led to high death toll, study finds

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lack-of-early-warning-town-planning-led-to-high-death-toll-study-finds

Authorities’ failure to issue a timely warning about the approaching wildfire that scorched the town of Mati, a popular tourist resort 17 miles east of Athens, left “almost zero time between realizing the danger and reacting to it,” according to a preliminary inquiry into the deadly inferno released Tuesday by the University of Athens. ...

1356. Suspected Gulenists arrested in Cyprus back to Turkey

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspected-gulenists-arrested-in-cyprus-back-to-turkey

Forty-five Turkish nationals, including suspected Gulenists and their families, were transported to Turkey on Monday following their detention by Turkish Cypriot police in Kyrenia...

1357. Cypriots Stand by Greece

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriots-stand-by-greece

A radio marathon and a concert are taking place in Cyprus to show support to the victims of last week’s deadly wildfires in Greece...

1358. Kammenos defends government's response to blaze

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kammenos-defends-government-s-response-to-blaze

Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on Monday defended the government’s response to the deadly wildfires east of Athens that have so far claimed at least 91 lives....

1359. Lute sees Cavusoglu in Ankara

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lute-sees-cavusoglu-in-ankara

Jane Holl Lute, the special envoy of the UN Secretary General, wasted no time following a busy week by visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday...

1360. Greek PM visits seaside town hit by wildfires

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-pm-visits-seaside-town-hit-by-wildfires

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday visited the seaside town east of Athens that was a week ago hit by the deadly wildfires....

1361. Tsipras says he assumes political responsibility for deadly fires

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tsipras-says-he-assumes-political-responsibility-for-deadly-fires

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday he took full political responsibility for the deadly blaze that has killed at least 87 people in a coastal town in east Athens this week....

1362. Minister says ‘serious indications’ of arson behind deadly wildfire

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-says-‘serious-indications-of-arson-behind-deadly-wildfire

In what was seen as a bid Thursday to minimize the political cost of the natural disaster in eastern Attica, government officials did not rule out the possibility of arson....

1363. Cypriot crews in Greek fires on their way back

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-crews-in-greek-fires-on-their-way-back

Cypriot first responders who rushed to help in the Greek wildfires are getting ready to come back, after what has been undoubtedly a horrifying challenge for even experienced professionals...

1364. Death toll from deadly Attica fires rises to 85

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/death-toll-from-deadly-attica-fires-rises-to-83

The death toll from the deadly blaze that ravaged the coastal town of Mati in east Attica on Monday rose to 85 on Thursday, after a 73-year-old man who was in intensive care in Athens' Evangelismos hospital died and two more bodies were discovered by rescue crews....

1365. More than 200 houses destroyed by Attica fires

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-than-200-houses-destroyed-by-attica-fires

More than 200 houses have been completely destroyed by the devastating wildfires that ripped through a coastal town east of Athens this week killing at least 81 people, according to data collected by engineers from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport who have started recording the damage to buildings....

1366. Search continues as wildfires death toll climbs to 80

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/search-continues-as-wildfires-death-toll-climbs-to-80

Rescue crews Wednesday continued to search the seaside areas northeast of Athens that were the worst affected by wildfires to locate any further victims, as the official death toll rose to 80...

1367. Drone footage reveals aftermath of wildfire (video)

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/drone-footage-reveals-aftermath-of-wildfire-video

Drone footage Tuesday shows the aftermath of the wildfires that raged through seaside resorts near the Greek capital of Athens, torching homes, cars and forests as they killed at least 74 people....

1368. Greek fire brigade says death toll in wildfires rises to 74

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-fire-brigade-says-death-toll-in-wildfires-rises-to-74

At least 74 people have been killed in wildfires raging close to Athens since Monday, a Greek fire brigade official said on Tuesday....

1369. Cavusoglu: Greek Cypriots not sole owners of Cyprus

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cavusoglu-greek-cypriots-not-sole-owners-of-cyprus

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warns that Turkish Cypriots will not shrug off yet another failure in the Cyprus talks nor will they accept anything less than political equality...

1370. Germany offers help to combat Greece fires

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-offers-help-to-combat-greece-fires

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is offering her country's help to fight the forest fires raging in Greece. ...

1371. Lute flies back to New York

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lute-flies-back-to-new-york

Jane Holl Lute, special envoy of the UN Secretary General, left Cyprus Tuesday morning for New York, following separate meetings with the two Cypriot leaders...

1372. Greek wildfire death toll rises

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-wildfire-death-toll-rises-to-50

Greece’s Red Cross organization said on Tuesday the bodies of around 26 victims of a devastating forest fire east of Athens had been discovered, substantially raising a death toll from an inferno which ravaged the area on Monday evening...

1373. Cyprus sends help in Greek wildfire

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-sends-help-in-greek-wildfire

The Republic of Cyprus is responding to calls for help in the Greek wildfire near Athens, sending 60 first responders to a tourist area where dozens of people perished...

1374. White smoke over Metochi land transfer dispute

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/white-smoke-over-metochi-land-transfer-dispute

There is white smoke over the Metochi land transfer dispute between Kykkos and the Greek government, following a bitter battle that even brought the foreign minister to Nicosia to testify in court...

1375. Residents flee forest fire near Greek capital of Athens

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/residents-flee-forest-fire-near-greek-capital-of-athens

A fire burning a pine forest in a mountainous area west of Athens has prompted nearby residents to flee their homes, as smoke from the blaze turned much of the sky over the Greek capital orange....

1376. Holding referendums in FYROM and Greece

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/holding-referendums-in-fyrom-and-greece

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is moving ahead with preparations for its referendum on the name deal reached with Athens, which will pave the way for its induction to NATO and remove a major obstacle to the process for it to join the European Union....

1377. Athens release Cabinet minutes from 20 July 1974

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/athens-release-cabinet-minutes-from-20-july-1974

The Greek parliament has made a part of historical document from its “Cyprus case files” publicly available on Friday, releasing the minutes of a Cabinet meeting on 20 July 1974...

1378. The positions of SYRIZA, New Democracy and our allies

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-positions-of-syriza-new-democracy-and-our-allies

Diplomats, analysts and officials from international institutions visiting Greece have a hard time understanding and assessing what in their eyes appears to be a bizarre political reality....

1379. Cyprus honours Noratlas dead

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-honours-noratlas-dead

The president is attending on Friday the unveiling ceremony of a Greek Noratlas aircraft replica, which has been assembled at Makedonitissa military cemetery in Nicosia to honour the fallen...

1380. Lavrov 'welcome in Athens,' Greek diplomatic sources say

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lavrov-welcome-in-athens-greek-diplomatic-sources-say

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is welcome in Athens, Greek diplomatic sources said on Thursday after Russia's TASS news agency reported that he had canceled a planned visit to Athens in the fall. ...

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