A Greek-owned bulk carrier is hit by a missile launched from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen with minor damage reported. Separately, the United States launches more airstrikes on Houthi positions, destroying four anti-ship missiles that were being prepared for launch. 2024-01-16
Greece restricts the use of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine to people over 30 years old following reports of a possible link with rare blood clotting cases. 2021-04-9
Citizens of Greece go to the polls to vote for the next members of the Hellenic Parliament. 2019-07-7
An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude shakes the Aegean Sea, causing one death. Many houses were damaged in Plomari, Greece, and some collapsed. 2017-06-12
A body found in a burnt-out vehicle north of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro is confirmed to be that of missing Greek Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis. A military police officer who had an affair with the ambassador's wife confesses to the murder. The wife and a second man are also detained. 2016-12-30
Officials of the ruling Syriza party in Greece say that they cannot accept a last-minute deal proposed by the country's creditors: default deadline looms. 2015-06-4
Greek anti-terror police arrest four people in Athens, Greece in alleged relation to the January 15 failed terrorist plot to kill police officers in Belgium. 2015-01-17
Shots are fired at the German ambassador's residence in Athens, Greece; no casualties are reported. 2013-12-30
An estimated 25,000 protest in Athens as German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Greece. 2012-10-9
61 people, illegal immigrants traveling below deck, die after a fishing boat capsizes fifty meters off the Izmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands. 2012-09-6