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Inside Europe: A new approach to death in Athens

Anthee Carassava
March 22, 2019

Breaking away from centuries of religious tradition, Greece's leftist-led government has finally sanctioned the construction of the country's first crematorium. The contentious project has been blocked for years by the Greek Orthodox Church which forbids it followers to have their remains reduced to ashes. Anthee Carassava reports.

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