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Greek patrol boats rescue nearly 80 migrants in the eastern Aegean Sea who were trying to cross from Turkey in inflatable dinghies in two separate incidents.
2023-08-21

Multiple fires erupt in the Mória Reception & Identification Centre, Greece's largest migrant camp, causing widespread destruction. The fires happen shortly after the entire camp was put under quarantine due to the detection of positive COVID-19 cases.
2020-09-9

Eighty migrants cross to Aegean Islands Lesbos and Samos overnight after Turkey opens its border with Greece.
2020-02-29

The coalition government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras survives a vote of no-confidence brought by the opposition party over a deal to end the dispute.
2018-06-16

Pope Francis, while honoring Christians killed under Nazism, communism, dictatorships, and terrorism at Rome's Basilica of St. Bartholomew, adds to those named the wife of a Muslim he met in Lesbos, Greece, who was killed by terrorists because she wouldn't throw down her crucifix. Francis referred to the Lesbos camp as a 'concentration camp' noting, despite the good will of local communities, many refugee camps are overcrowded and little more than prisons.
2017-04-22

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

Eurozone finance ministers reject a request by Greece to extend debt negotiations past Tuesday's deadline.
2015-06-27

Greece and its creditors harden their stances after the collapse of talks aimed at preventing a default.
2015-06-15

Greece's new finance minister Vassilis Rapanos resigns due to ill health.
2012-06-25

The Euro falls to near year-low levels amid concerns about Greece's debt crisis.
2010-04-22