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Pope Francis, who was admitted to a hospital in Rome for bronchitis, is in “fair” condition with a “respiratory tract ...

The Greek island of Crete has its own saint connected to love, namely Saint Yakinthos, comparable to St. Valentine.

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A Greek Ombudsman inquiry has found that the Hellenic Coast Guard failed to follow maritime rescue protocols in the 2023 Adriana shipwreck, one of the Mediterranean’s deadliest migrant disasters. The ...