Sources: WAtoday
The Hellenic Coast Guard finds two bodies and 39 survivors when a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of Farmakonisi in the Dodecanese islands of Greece. 2025-04-14
The National Observatory of Athens reports that Greece faces its longest-ever heat wave, with temperatures expected to exceed 40 C, marking a possible 16–17-day wave. The country remains on an alert state. 2023-07-22
Multiple fires erupt in the Mória Reception & Identification Centre, Greece's largest migrant camp, causing widespread destruction. The fires happen shortly after the entire camp was put under quarantine due to the detection of positive COVID-19 cases. 2020-09-9
Greek riot police clash with hundreds of migrants near the Diavata refugee camp, attempting to enter North Macedonia, after rumours were circulated on social media that the border would be open. 2019-04-6
Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reports 11 migrants, including three children, drowned, and the Turkish coast guard rescued seven Syrians from a capsized boat headed to the Greek island of Samos. 2015-12-22
The government of Greece shuts down the public radio and television broadcaster ERT, calling it a "haven of waste". 2013-06-12
Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, convenes a conference call to discuss possible fall-out from the weekend's elections in Greece. 2012-06-15
Greek leftist politician Alexis Tsipras, head of the Coalition of the Radical Left, begins a tour of European capitals. 2012-05-21
In Greece, Evangelos Venizelos of the Pasok party makes a third effort to create a coalition government, amid increasing political and economic turmoil in the country. 2012-05-10
Greece is considering the construction of a fence along its border with Turkey to fend off an ongoing flood of economic migrants from the Middle East and North Africa. 2011-01-2