Sources: Reuters
A Hellenic Air Force plane evacuates Greek and Cypriot nationals from Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport in Lebanon. 2024-10-3
Two people are killed by flash flooding in Agia Pelagia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. 2022-10-15
Two people are killed and four others are injured after a three car pileup caused by a pack of boars north of Thessaloniki, Greece. 2022-07-11
Greece reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a man who travelled from South Africa to Crete. 2021-12-2
Greece reports a record 121 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,223. 2020-11-28
The number of new confirmed cases in Greece hits a record high of 882 in the past 24 hours, making it the highest number in a single day since the pandemic began, bringing the cumulative total to 28,216. 2020-10-22
Mayor Yiannis Boutaris of Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki, is hospitalized after being assaulted by a group of nationalists at a Greek genocide remembrance event. 2018-05-20
Police in northern Greece move more than 400 Syrians and Iraqis by bus from a makeshift camp near the Macedonian border to a shelter near the northern city of Thessaloniki. More than 50,000 migrants remain stranded in Greece following European border closures, and the European Union's agreement with Turkey. 2016-06-13
Vassilis Rapanos, chairman of Greece's largest private bank, is named finance minister. 2012-06-21
Greece heads for a general strike after legislators raise the retirement age from 60 to 65. 2010-07-8