The Latest: Spain says 3 migrants dead, 17 missing at sea

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — The Latest on Europe's migrant crisis (all times local): 12:10 p.m. Spain's maritime rescue service says it recovered the bodies of three migrants and feared that another 17 were missing in the Mediterranean Sea. The service says that its rescue craft found the three bodies in waters near a sinking boat it intercepted east of the Strait of Gibraltar. Rescuers saved 36 men of sub-Saharan origin from the boat. The saved migrants said that another 17 men who had traveled with them were missing. In total, the service pulled 509 migrants from 15 small boats on Friday. The United Nations says that 337 of the total of 1,783 migrants who have died trying to reach Europe by sea in 2018 perished in waters near Spain.

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October 13 marks the death of Macedonia’s heroic officer, Pavlos Melas (photos)

The hero whose struggle and death united all Greeks in the fight to liberate Macedonia from the Ottoman yoke

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GREEK State Prosecutes 21 Environmental Defenders for Opposition to Eldorado Gold Mine

That deal saw the GREEK state receive, at least nominally, a mere 11 million euros. But Maria Kadoglou of Mining Watch Greece says that this money ...

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Kathimerini: Ankara: claims at summit by GREEK, Egyptian, Cypriot leaders 'unwarranted'

Ankara. A spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry has expressed dismay at what it described as "unwarranted" claims made during a joint meeting ...

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Kenyans attacker trying out with GREEK side

Kenyan forward Katana Agege is trying out with GREEK side, Panathinaikos with the view of earning a deal with at the club. The Aspire Academy ...

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Overweight tourists banned from riding donkeys on GREEK island Santorini

The GREEK Ministry of Rural Development and Food has stated that it will be illegal for owners to burden animals with any load exceeding 100kg or ...

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Eleven die in head-on collision on Greek motorway: police

ATHENS (Reuters) - Eleven people, thought to be migrants, died in Greece on Saturday when their vehicle collided head-on with a truck and burst into flames, police said. The 11 individuals were travel...

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