Sources: Reuters
Cafés, restaurants, and bars in Greece reopen for the first time in six months as the government begins to ease its COVID-19 restrictions. A nightly 9:00 p.m. curfew is also changed to 11:00 p.m. 2021-05-3
Aftershocks cause panic in the Greek island of Kos after a deadly earthquake that injured hundreds. 2017-07-22
A boat carrying Iraqi Kurd migrants sinks off the Greek island of Samos in the Aegean Sea off Turkey's Anatolian coast, killing at least 24 people, including several children, with 11 others missing. 2016-01-28
The government of Greece shuts down the public radio and television broadcaster ERT, calling it a "haven of waste". 2013-06-12
At least 18 asylum seekers drown in the Aegean Sea while trying to reach Greece from Turkey. 2012-12-15
Vassilis Rapanos, chairman of Greece's largest private bank, is named finance minister. 2012-06-21
Greek authorities prevented a US-flagged vessel, "The Audacity of Hope", carrying dozens of U.S. activists, from departing for the Gaza Strip, towing it back to the port of Perama after commandos, reportedly carrying weapons, intercept it. 2011-07-1
Greece resumes shipping mail and packages overseas following a 48-hour suspension imposed following a spate of parcel bombs sent to embassies in Athens and to European Union leaders. 2010-11-5
Greek police shoot tear gas at protesters in Athens during an anti-government march. 2010-05-1