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At least four people are found dead after a small boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Samos, Greece.
2024-09-23

Greece reports a record 121 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,223.
2020-11-28

Greece reports 13 new deaths taking the nationwide total to 449, a new record since the beginning of the pandemic.
2020-10-11

Egypt and Greece sign a bilateral agreement which establishes a new exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Eastern Mediterranean between the two countries. The agreement prompts anger from Turkey, with the Turkish Foreign Ministry describing the deal as "null and void".
2020-08-6

The Hellenic Coast Guard seizes the Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship "Andromeda" – allegedly bound for Libya, loaded with 410 tonnes of explosives – in Heraklion, Greece. 102 safety deficiencies are found, and 8 crew members are arrested.
2018-01-10

A bomb explodes outside the residence of a Greek shipowner near Acropolis in central Athens; no one is injured.
2013-03-27

Eleven inmates are missing and two guards injured after gunmen attacked a prison in Trikala, Greece, less than a week after a hostage siege at a different jail.
2013-03-23

The President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias, fails to broker a coalition deal between Greece's major political parties.
2012-05-13

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

Parcel bombs explode at the Mexican, Russian and Swiss embassies in Greece. Similar packages were sent or addressed to the embassies of Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Germany and the Netherlands over the past two days.
2010-11-2