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Berlin denies espionage allegations

Berlin has denied media reports that the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) had been monitoring online activity in Greece, among other countries.

Speaking to journalists on Monday, Germany’s deputy government spokesman Georg Streiter said that although Greece was mentioned in internal BND documents, the country itself was not being monitored.

Streiter also said that Athens had not lodged an official complaint with German authorities.

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