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Two people are killed by flash flooding in Agia Pelagia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
2022-10-15

The European Parliament votes to lift the immunity of far-right MEP Ioannis Lagos, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2020 for being a leader of Golden Dawn, a party linked to acts of racist and political violence. Belgian police arrest Lagos ahead of his likely extradition to Greece.
2021-04-27

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis nominates Council of State president Aikaterini Sakellaropoulou to be President of Greece. If approved, she will be the first female president in Greek history.
2020-01-15

Over 70,000 people are evacuated from Thessaloniki, Greece, as authorities attempt to defuse a World War II-era unexploded ordnance, which was discovered last week.
2017-02-11

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it underestimated the damage austerity would do to Greece.
2013-06-5

In Greece, Evangelos Venizelos of the Pasok party makes a third effort to create a coalition government, amid increasing political and economic turmoil in the country.
2012-05-10

Protesters are also reported to have stormed Syrian embassies in Kuwait, Egypt, Australia, Germany and Greece.
2012-02-4

Israel's navy confiscates a French yacht bound for Gaza, which departed from Greece and attempted to run the blockade after repeated warnings to make for Ashdod instead. No casualties are reported.
2011-07-19

Officials in the European Union acknowledge that Greece will need a second bailout program soon, and American ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgrades Greek bonds to junk status.
2011-05-9

Nearly 300 migrant workers in Greece end a hunger strike after the government offered a deal over residence permits.
2011-03-9