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Elena Becatoros
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Erdogan proclaimed winner of Turkey's presidential election
by Elena Becatoros - June 25, 2018 - 8:32am
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won Turkey's landmark election Sunday, the country's electoral commission said, ushering in a new system granting the president sweeping new powers which critics say will cement what...
Turkey votes to expand president's powers; critics cry fraud
by Elena Becatoros - April 17, 2017 - 7:55am
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a historic referendum Sunday that will greatly expand the powers of his office, although opposition parties questioned the outcome and said they would challenge the re...
Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world's coral reefs
by Elena Becatoros - March 13, 2017 - 9:01am
There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian reef is dead, killed by the stress of rising ocean temperatures. What's left is a haunting expanse...
Despair, confusion in Greece as refugees face closed border
by Elena Becatoros - March 9, 2016 - 11:22am
Despair and confusion spread through the camp at the Greek-Macedonian border Tuesday as thousands of stranded refugees were forced to acknowledge that the route through Europe that had carried their hopes and dreams...
Thousands of refugees see border effectively closed
by Elena Becatoros - March 8, 2016 - 2:08pm
Thousands of refugees stranded on the Greek-Macedonia border faced closed gates yesterday, with fading hopes that that they could ever resume their trek onward through the Balkans to wealthy European Union coun...
Refugees stranded in Greece await news of their fate
by Elena Becatoros - March 8, 2016 - 11:19am
While European leaders struggled Monday for a unified approach to the refugee crisis, tens of thousands of people affected by their decisions were left stranded in Greece, with countries along the migrant trail gradually...
Governor asks Greece to declare state of emergency
by Elena Becatoros - March 5, 2016 - 4:08pm
A regional governor called on the Greek government yesterday to declare a state of emergency for the area surrounding the Idomeni border crossing where thousands of migrants are stranded due to border restrictions...
1st refugees relocated from Greece fly to Luxembourg
by Elena Becatoros - November 4, 2015 - 2:23pm
Thirty refugees left Greece for Luxembourg on yesterday, the first from Greece under a new EU relocation plan but only a minuscule fraction of the hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers who have entered Greece this...
Greece: Newly formed party receives mandate to form gov't
by Elena Becatoros - August 24, 2015 - 4:22pm
A new anti-austerity party formed by rebel lawmakers who quit the governing left-wing Syriza was given its chance yesterday to seek government coalition partners and prevent Greece from holding its third national...
Greek government seen calling confidence vote
by Elena Becatoros - August 17, 2015 - 1:00pm
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is likely to call a confidence vote in his government after the country's third bailout deal with international creditors sparked a rebellion within his party, one of his ministers...
Greece disagrees with sanctions against Russia, Tsipras says
by Elena Becatoros - March 31, 2015 - 3:45pm
Greece's new government disagrees with sanctions against Russia, and wants to boost trade ties with the country, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said before a visit to Moscow next week.
NATO chief: no big Russian withdrawal near Ukraine
by Elena Becatoros - October 16, 2014 - 4:22am
NATO's top military commander said yesterday that the alliance would welcome the withdrawal of Russian troops from a Russian region bordering Ukraine, but that it has seen no "major movement" so far.
Greek state broadcaster resumes news programing
by Elena Becatoros - August 22, 2013 - 5:12am
Europe's association of public broadcasters pulled the plug yesterday on transmissions by the sacked workers of Greece's now defunct state broadcaster ERT, after the station's newly set up successor started airing...
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