Sources: AP
One person is killed and hundreds are trapped indoors by flooding in Nea Makri, Attica, Greece, amid gale-force winds along the Mediterranean coast. 2026-04-2
Five people are killed in a fire at a food factory near Trikala, Greece. 2026-01-26
Greece suspends the extradition of Moldovan businessman and politician Vladimir Plahotniuc, who is wanted in Moldova over a 2014 bank fraud case. 2025-09-17
At least 10 people have been killed by floods caused by torrential rain in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece. 2023-09-6
The Belgian Federal Police arrest Greek MEP and European Parliament vice-president Eva Kaili following an investigation into corruption tied to lobbying efforts in support of Qatar. Kaili's political parties, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, have both suspended her membership. 2022-12-9
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 fourth consecutive day of 40,560 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,170,293. 2021-12-31
An anarchist group claims responsibility for a bombing outside a courthouse in Athens, Greece, on March 24. 2018-03-28
Germany announces plans to start deporting newly-arrived migrants to Greece starting in March. According to EU's Dublin Regulation, asylum seekers must file for asylum in the member state they arrived in. 2017-01-12
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