Sources: AP
Greece officially begins a vaccination programme against COVID-19, with ICU nurse Efstathia Kambissiouli, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis among the first people to get vaccinated. 2020-12-27
Greece reports 13 new deaths taking the nationwide total to 449, a new record since the beginning of the pandemic. 2020-10-11
Several European Union states, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal and Spain, officially recognize Juan Guaidó as interim President of Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro rejects the European ultimatum to call a new snap election. Other European Union countries, such as Greece and Ireland, stop short of recognizing Guaidó, while Italy's leading coalition party, the 5 Star Movement, declares that it is not "for the EU to tell another nation what to do". 2019-02-4
The death toll from the wildfires in Greece rises to 80 people while many others are still missing. 2018-07-25
Two people are killed and two others injured after a fire breaks out in a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The cause is currently under investigation, although some believe the fire was deliberately started in protest of poor living conditions, after a 66-year-old woman and a six-year-old child were killed in a gas explosion. 2016-11-25
The European Central Bank reinstates the waiver that enables Greek banks to use the country's bonds as collateral for regular loans, for the first time in more than a year. 2016-06-22
Greece demands an explanation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after an apparent leaked transcript suggested the IMF may threaten to pull out of the country's bailout as a tactic to force European lenders to offer more debt relief. Whistleblowing site WikiLeaks published what it said was the transcript of a March 19 conference call of three senior IMF officials discussing tactics to apply pressure on Greece, Germany and the EU to reach a deal in April. 2016-04-2
Almost 40 people are killed and 75 are rescued after a boat carrying migrants sinks between Turkey and Greece. 2016-01-30
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes southwest of Ioannina in Greece, at a depth of 6.2 mi killing at least two people. The quake damages the main road in the southwestern part of Lefkada. 2015-11-17
European Union members agree to provide 291 border guards to Greece and Italy to help identify and register migrants. 2015-10-20