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Eleven people are missing after a ferry travelling between Greece and Italy catches fire.
2022-02-18

Citizens of Greece go to the polls to vote for the next members of the Hellenic Parliament.
2019-07-7

The Hellenic Parliament passes a bill legalising the use of medical cannabis in Greece. New Democracy, Communist Party, Golden Dawn and the Union of Centrists voted against the government-sponsored bill.
2018-03-2

Balkan and European leaders agree to work together implementing a 17-point action plan that includes United Nations-aided accommodation for 100,000 places in reception centers along the route from Greece towards Germany, half in Greece and half in the countries to the north. Some of the other measures: within a week, deploy 400 police officers to Slovenia; step up efforts to return migrants not needing international protection; and, reinforce support of the bloc’s border agency, Frontex', role in securing external borders between Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, and Albania.
2015-10-25

Eurozone leaders agree on a bailout deal for Greece providing the Hellenic Parliament passes reforms into law by July 15.
2015-07-13

The Hellenic Parliament passes a bill that will cut thousands of public sector jobs.
2013-07-18

An estimated 25,000 protest in Athens as German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Greece.
2012-10-9

Pastafarian "Elder Pastitsios" arrested for blasphemy in Greece.
2012-09-21

Amid major riots and a general strike, the Hellenic Parliament approves a highly controversial package of austerity measures aimed at resolving Greece's ongoing debt crisis. The austerity measures include higher taxes and cuts to public sector wages.
2011-10-20

The Hellenic Parliament gives approval in principle to further austerity measures, as street protests in Athens turn violent amid Greece's worsening economic crisis.
2011-10-19