Sources: AP
Two people are killed in wildfires in Peloponnese, Greece, as several villages are evacuated due to the fires. 2024-09-30
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accuses Greece of "arming" and "occupying" the demilitarized Aegean islands, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu threatening to revoke recognition of Greek sovereignty over the islands if the alleged militarization is not halted. 2022-09-3
Greece reports a record for the second consecutive day of 6,909 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 774,265. 2021-11-5
Greece reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first detected in India. 2021-04-25
Germany agrees to take 1,500 migrants from Greece following a devastating fire at the Moria Refugee Camp on the island of Lesbos. 2020-09-15
Hellenic Police border guards open fire on migrants attempting to illegally enter Greece by crossing the border from Turkey, killing a Syrian man. 2020-03-2
Greek soldiers fire warning shots at a Turkish helicopter over the Aegean Sea after it approaches the island of Ro. 2018-04-10
The BBC reports that the European Central Bank will cap lending to Greece's struggling banks, causing the run on the nation's banks to become even worse. Next week a referendum will be held about leaving the Euro currency. 2015-06-28
Officials of the ruling Syriza party in Greece say that they cannot accept a last-minute deal proposed by the country's creditors: default deadline looms. 2015-06-4
Greek leftist politician Alexis Tsipras, head of the Coalition of the Radical Left, begins a tour of European capitals. 2012-05-21