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Building collapse in Athens, three Albanians under the rubble, body of 20-year-old woman recovered
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Ethnic group native to the Balkans
Albanians are an ethnic group and nation native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, and they also live in the neighboring countries of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Greece, and Serbia, as well as in Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Albanians also constitute a large diaspora with several communities established across Europe and other continents.
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Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens, which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 in 2021, within its official limits, and a land area of 38.96 square kilometres.
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A second tragic discovery has shaken the historic Plaka district of Athens, as rescue teams discovered the body of another woman under the rubble of a building that suddenly collapsed on Wednesday afternoon
Greek authorities have announced the identities of the people trapped under the rubble of the building that collapsed after a powerful explosion in the historic Plaka district of Athens. The latest official data confirms that three of the victims are Albanian-American citizens, who were in the Greek capital for a…
Rescuers have recovered six bodies from the rubble of a collapsed building in Athens' Plaka district, near the Acropolis.