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A state of emergency is declared on the island of Rhodes, Greece, with evacuation orders issued for several mountain areas.
2023-07-20

Two people are killed by flash flooding in Agia Pelagia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
2022-10-15

Greece reports its youngest death from COVID-19. The patient was a 37-day-old infant.
2021-03-8

Greece confirms its second and third cases and cancels all Carnival-related events.
2020-02-27

A Mediterranean hurricane forms, threatening Libya, Italy, Tunisia, and Greece.
2018-09-27

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake in the Aegean Sea near Greece and Turkey kills two people and injures more than 520 others.
2017-07-21

The deputy speaker of the Greek parliament, Alexis Mitropoulos, warns that the body may reject concessions the government had made to the country's creditors.
2015-06-23

A hostage situation in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, ends peacefully, as policemen arrest a 72-year-old Greek pensioner who was threatening to set a tax office building on fire due to a financial dispute.
2012-11-22

The three Royal Netherlands Navy personnel captured 12 days ago by armed men loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are released after negotiations after Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Dollis secured their release and oversaw their evacuation to Athens, Greece. The crew was trying to rescue a Dutch citizen from Libya when armed men captured them. [https:--www.npr.org-templates-story-story.php?storyId=134423178 (NPR)]date=August 2019
2011-03-12

Nationwide strikes led by Communist and Socialist parties take place in Greece to protest the government's handing of the country's debt. Most of the country was brought to a standstill as factories, schools, airports and hospitals closed down or reduced capacity
2010-02-10