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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 reports a record 4,340 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 260,077.
2021-03-30

Commercial air travel resumes between Greece and Macedonia for the first time since 2006.
2018-11-1

Greek security forces arrest eight people after a Turkish military helicopter lands at Alexandroupoli Airport. The helicopter crew have reportedly requested political asylum.
2016-07-16

A gathering of Eastern Orthodox Churches, the first of its kind in a millennium, opens on the Greek island of Crete. However, the Russian, Bulgarian, Georgian and the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch refused to attend after a dispute. The gathering will last until June 27.
2016-06-19

Almost 40 people are killed and 75 are rescued after a boat carrying migrants sinks between Turkey and Greece.
2016-01-30

An Albanian hitman serving time in Greece takes six people hostage in an apparent escape attempt.
2013-03-17

Voters in Greece go to the polls for a second legislative election after the first election on May 6 failed to form a coalition government.
2012-06-17

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