Sources: Reuters
A man opens fire at a shipping company in Glyfada, Greece, killing three people, before killing himself. 2024-02-12
Two people are killed by flash flooding in Agia Pelagia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. 2022-10-15
Greece issues new three-month debt at a negative interest rate. 2019-10-9
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
Greek authorities rescue 340 people from a boat carrying around 700 migrants that capsized 75 nautical miles off the Greek island of Crete. So far nine bodies have been recovered. 2016-06-3
The British Museum announces that it will loan one of the Elgin Marbles in its collection, originally taken from Greece, to the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras calls the move "a provocation to the Greek people." 2014-12-5
An estimated 25,000 protest in Athens as German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Greece. 2012-10-9
Vassilis Rapanos, chairman of Greece's largest private bank, is named finance minister. 2012-06-21
Greece suspends air mail deliveries after a series of parcel bombs are sent to foreign embassies and leaders. 2010-11-3
Greece heads for a general strike after legislators raise the retirement age from 60 to 65. 2010-07-8