Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of London
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Hamster idiom credit: Adam Sharp
(Thanks to Zoe Gardner for discussion of the case;
the following analysis is my own)
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Greece plans to impose a 20-euro levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert overtourism, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday (8 September).
BBC records former special operations chief saying abandoning people at sea was an โinternational crimeโA former Greek coastguard officer has described as โclearly illegalโ the actions of colleagues who abandoned nine migrants at sea in one of 15 alleg…
Six holidaymakers reported dead or missing in nine days as โabnormally hotโ weather hits MediterraneanSearch operations to find three missing tourists on two Greek islands have intensified after police announced that two holidaymakers had been found de…
Even Kristin Scott Thomas canโt save this painful French comedy about two older women heading for the Greek islands for wacky funMarc Fitoussi, whose directing credits include work on the French TV hit Call My Agent!, has created this excruciatingly su…
Greece’s conservative government promised on Monday (1 April) to offer extra financial aid and more staff to help the island of Crete and its tiny neighbour Gavdos handle a steep rise in arrivals of migrants trying to cross to Europe from Libya.
Fears of a new migration route grow as more than 800 people land on Gavdos, population fewer than 70, in a few monthsEven by the standards of small Greek islands, Gavdos is tiny. In a population of fewer than 70 people, there are just two families with…
The Zeus of the Greek islands is often misunderstood. Meet the chefs, designers, vintners and hoteliers showcasing its heroic charms
The tiny, exclusive enclave is dotted with luxury modern homes and protected by strict planning laws
Greek interior minister says now is time to ‘reenergize, rejuvenate and expand’ pact that returns migrants to Turkey.
Greece in December will seek the renewal of a 2016 migration deal between the EU and Turkey, the Greek migration minister said Saturday (23 September).
