Sources: AP
The Houthis strike and sink the Greek-owned, Liberian-flagged cargo ship "Tutor" with an unmanned surface vehicle. 2024-06-12
In Greece, nine people are rescued after wildfires burn on the island of Lesbos and threaten the resort town of Vatera amid a heat wave in the country. 2022-07-23
Greece and Norway report their first suspected cases of monkeypox. 2022-05-21
Greece begins to introduce monthly fines for people over the age of 60 who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 amid an increase in the number of new cases in the country. The monthly fine will initially be €50 this month and will be €100 per month thereafter. 2022-01-17
Amid an unprecedented heatwave, Greece records its highest-ever temperature of 46.3°C (115.3 °F) in Makrakomi, Phthiotis, according to the National Observatory of Athens. 2021-08-3
Seven people, including six foreign tourists, are killed and 100 others injured during a violent storm that swept across Thessaloniki, Greece. 2019-07-11
Scientists discover 7.2 million-year-old "pre-human" remains in the Balkans area near Bulgaria and Greece. 2017-05-23
Over 70,000 people are evacuated from Thessaloniki, Greece, as authorities attempt to defuse a World War II-era unexploded ordnance, which was discovered last week. 2017-02-11
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey with reports of serious damage on the Turkish island of Gökçeada and the cities of Edirne and Çanakkale. 2014-05-24
Protesters are also reported to have stormed Syrian embassies in Kuwait, Egypt, Australia, Germany and Greece. 2012-02-4