Sources: Reuters
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accuses Greece of "arming" and "occupying" the demilitarized Aegean islands, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu threatening to revoke recognition of Greek sovereignty over the islands if the alleged militarization is not halted. 2022-09-3
Greece reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first detected in India. 2021-04-25
Greece officially begins a vaccination programme against COVID-19, with ICU nurse Efstathia Kambissiouli, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis among the first people to get vaccinated. 2020-12-27
Several European Union states, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal and Spain, officially recognize Juan Guaidó as interim President of Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro rejects the European ultimatum to call a new snap election. Other European Union countries, such as Greece and Ireland, stop short of recognizing Guaidó, while Italy's leading coalition party, the 5 Star Movement, declares that it is not "for the EU to tell another nation what to do". 2019-02-4
Greek offshore gas extraction firm Energean, which is already developing gas fields off Israel, is revealed to be contemplating an initial public offering to raise US$1.5 billion in order to develop Gaza Marine, a gas deposit off Gaza. Shell, who own a 55% stake in Gaza Marine, have been attempting to sell their share as ongoing conflict prevents production. 2018-06-25
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
The Greek bailout program by the European Union ends today with Greece failing to make a payment to the International Monetary Fund. 2015-06-30
Several hours of heavy rain and thunderstorms in the Greek capital Athens flood roads, houses, and causes disruption to train and tram networks. 2013-02-22
Trade unions in Greece call a general strike in protest against continuing austerity measures. 2012-09-26
Vassilis Rapanos, chairman of Greece's largest private bank, is named finance minister. 2012-06-21