Sources: Reuters
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
In an interview with Greek newspaper "Ta Nea", UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Britain is the legitimate and legal owner of the historic 2,500-year-old Elgin Marbles amid growing calls to return the marbles to Greece. 2021-03-12
Greece reports 667 new infections in the last 24 hours; 250 of them are from Attica. It is the highest number yet for the country since the beginning of the pandemic. 2020-10-20
Greece, a member state of NATO, strongly criticizes Stoltenberg's remarks, saying his recognition of the "Muslim Brotherhood government" does not reflect the positions of the military alliance. 2020-05-14
Greek officials arrest 14 men, all but one of which are Greek nationals, on suspicion of funding terrorism. 2018-05-8
The President of Turkey embarks on a two-day state visit of Greece. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's démarche is a first in 65 years. 2017-12-7
Scientists discover 7.2 million-year-old "pre-human" remains in the Balkans area near Bulgaria and Greece. 2017-05-23
Vassilis Rapanos, chairman of Greece's largest private bank, is named finance minister. 2012-06-21
Voters in Greece go to the polls for a parliamentary election with parties opposed to austerity measures winning 60 per cent of the vote and the two main parties in favour of austerity suffering withering defeats. 2012-05-6
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