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The death toll from the floods in Turkey, Bulgaria, and Greece increases to 15 after five more people are found dead in Greece.
2023-09-7

Sixteen people are dead as a boat carrying migrants overturn and sink near the island of Paros, Greece. Sixty-three more people are rescued.
2021-12-24

Greece delays the reopening of high schools, which was scheduled to begin on February 1, due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, particularly in red zone areas.
2021-01-29

Riots erupt following a fire yesterday which killed an Afghan woman at an overcrowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The camp in Moria houses 13,000 in tents and shipping containers but has facilities for only 3,000 residents. The Greek government declares it will step up transfers to the mainland in response.
2019-09-30

Wildfires in east and west Attica, Greece, kill at least 76 people, leave another 172 injured, and burn hundreds of houses and vehicles, prompting a state of emergency. The Greek government requests help from European Union countries.
2018-07-23

The Eurozone agrees to a €10.3 billion ($11.48 billion) bailout package for Greece.
2016-05-25

United Nations refugee agency spokesperson Adrian Edwards warns that Europe is on the verge, "... of a largely self-induced humanitarian crisis, ..." if the rapid build-up of migrants continues at the northern borders of an already over-stretched Greece. There are at least 24,000 there now, including 8,500 at Idomeni, the site of yesterday's incident.
2016-03-1

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

A Greek truck drivers strike ends with the situation expected to get back to normal quickly.
2010-08-2

The European Union and the International Monetary Fund agree to a bailout package for Greece that will provide approximately €120 billion to end the sovereign debt crisis in that country.
2010-05-2