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Two people are killed and six others are injured, including two suspects, in a shootout in Vorizia, Crete, Greece. Police say that it was caused by a long-standing feud between two local families.
2025-11-1

Four people are killed, including a girl, after a boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Lesbos, Greece. Police find the 34 survivors at shore.
2025-10-7

Israeli police forcibly removes and arrests a guard of the Greek consulate inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in East Jerusalem, during Holy Saturday.
2024-05-4

Greece reports a record for the second consecutive day of 21,657 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,105,885.
2021-12-28

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces sanctions on four shipping firms for transporting oil from Venezuela. Three firms are based in the Marshall Islands and another in Greece. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza responds by saying Pompeo has a "criminal obsession" with Venezuela.
2020-06-2

Hellenic Police border guards open fire on migrants attempting to illegally enter Greece by crossing the border from Turkey, killing a Syrian man.
2020-03-2

Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reports 11 migrants, including three children, drowned, and the Turkish coast guard rescued seven Syrians from a capsized boat headed to the Greek island of Samos.
2015-12-22

Greece requests its partners in the eurozone for a six month loan program extension in an apparent compromise attempt; Germany has rejected the request.
2015-02-19

A hostage situation in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, ends peacefully, as policemen arrest a 72-year-old Greek pensioner who was threatening to set a tax office building on fire due to a financial dispute.
2012-11-22

Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the Euro Group, cancels a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the Greek bailout stating that they are still seeking information from the Greek government.
2012-02-14