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A Hellenic Air Force plane evacuates Greek and Cypriot nationals from Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport in Lebanon.
2024-10-3

A Hellenic Air Force T-2 Buckeye trainer jet crashes in a rural area near Kalamata, Greece, killing the pilot.
2023-12-27

Greece imposes a curfew and a full ban on music in entertainment venues on the islands of Crete and Zakynthos in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. These measures will be in effect until August 13.
2021-08-6

Greece accuses Turkey of encroaching on its territorial waters after a NAVTEX was issued by the Turkish Naval Forces for "seismic surveys" off Greek islands in the Mediterranean Sea between Cyprus and Crete from July 21 to August 2.
2020-07-21

Pope Francis prays for victims of the earthquake in Albania and sends “heartfelt condolences” to Albanian President Ilir Meta. The quake's epicenter is less than 20 miles from Tirana, the country’s capital city, which has a population of 900,000. Additional earthquakes occurred in southern Bosnia and the Greek island of Crete.
2019-11-26

A Hellenic Air Force Mirage 2000-5F fighter jet crashes near the Greek island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea while intercepting a Turkish aircraft that had violated Greek airspace. The pilot is reported dead.
2018-04-12

A U.S. Air Force F-16 crashes at the Nevada Test and Training Range near Las Vegas.
2018-04-4

Eighteen Britons are arrested on the Greek island of Crete, following the murder of a male tourist and a violent confrontation between tourists and local police.
2013-07-23

2010–2013 Greek protests: As demonstrations, protests and rallies against the government decisions to close down or downgrade schools and hospitals continue, in Ierapetra, Crete, over 7,000 people, including students, stage a peaceful march, holding candles and torches, to protest the forthcoming closure of the one of two technical schools and the only hospital of the region.
2013-02-8

American fighter aircraft F-16 flying out of Aviano Air Base loses radio contact and crashes in the Adriatic Sea. [https:--www.reuters.com-article-2013-01-29-us-fighter-crash-idUSBRE90R11Z20130129 (Reuters)] [http:--www.businessinsider.com-report-us-f-16-goes-down-off-italian-coast-2013-1 (Business Insider)] [http:--news.msn.com-us-us-fighter-jet-may-have-crashed-in-adriatic-sea (MSN News)]date=April 2020
2013-01-28