Sources: AP
Four people are killed and 25 others are rescued after human traffickers force them from their boat into the water off the coast of Rhodes, Greece, and abandon them. 2024-11-6
Greece seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker "Pegas-Lana" off the island of Euboea as part of European Union economic sanctions on Russia. The ship had 19 crew members on board, according to the Ministry of Shipping. 2022-04-19
Greece reports a record for the second consecutive day of 8,613 new casea of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 801,208. 2021-11-9
Greece reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first detected in India. 2021-04-25
In an interview with Greek newspaper "Ta Nea", UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Britain is the legitimate and legal owner of the historic 2,500-year-old Elgin Marbles amid growing calls to return the marbles to Greece. 2021-03-12
Eleven people are killed after their vehicle and a lorry collide head-on in Thessaloniki, Greece. 2018-10-13
Macedonian police use tear gas after hundreds of migrants frustrated with long delays broke a gate on the border with Greece and temporarily cross the border. 2016-02-29
Authorities declare a state of emergency in the Greek town of Tripoli after the garbage has not been collected for three months. 2015-12-5
Greek anti-terror police arrest four people in Athens, Greece in alleged relation to the January 15 failed terrorist plot to kill police officers in Belgium. 2015-01-17
Greece rejects outright German proposals for direct European Union control of the country's financial affairs, expressing opposition to further outside interference. 2012-01-29