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May 30, 2023, 7:26 PM

Worst cyberattack in Greece disrupts high school exams, causes political spat

Greece’s Education Ministry says it has been targeted in a cyberattack described as the most extensive in the country’s history, aimed at disabling a centralized high school examination platform
May 30, 2023, 7:26 PM
May 29, 2023, 8:37 PM

5 Greek border police officers arrested on suspicion of working with migrant smugglers

Greek authorities say they have arrested five police officers from a special border guard force on suspicion of working with smugglers to help migrants cross into the country from neighboring Turkey
May 29, 2023, 8:37 PM
May 22, 2023, 4:14 PM

Greece faces new election in weeks, after center right triumphs but falls short of majority

Greece faces new national elections as early as June 25, after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis confirmed he wouldn't try to build a coalition government — despite having dominated the ballot hours earlier by the most decisive margin in half a century
May 22, 2023, 4:14 PM
Greece's center-right in landslide election victory
May 12, 2023, 9:17 AM

Greek PM seeks 'innovative' solution to decades-old Parthenon Sculpture dispute with British Museum

Greece's prime minister says his government is exploring a “win-win” solution to one of the world’s most intractable cultural heritage disputes: The fate of the Parthenon Sculptures currently in the British Museum
May 12, 2023, 9:17 AM
Greek PM seeks 'innovative' solution to decades-old Parthenon Sculpture dispute
2 months ago

Greek far-right party seeks to defy election ban

A retired senior prosecutor in Greece has been named as the new leader of a far-right party as it seeks to sidestep a ban on its participation in an upcoming general election
2 months ago
2 months ago

Greek city marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz train convoy

Greece’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki has commemorated the 80th anniversary of the departure of the first train convoy for the Auschwitz camp
2 months ago
Greek city marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz train convoy
3 months ago

Strikes, protests and clashes over deadly Greek rail crash

Clashes have broken out in Athens and a southern city during a general strike in Greece that drew large protests called in response to a rail disaster last month
3 months ago
Greek unions stage general strike over rail deaths
3 months ago

Greece: 3 more rail officials charged over deadly collision

Three more Greek rail officials have been charged in connection with a train crash that killed 57 people, as protests continued and the government promised to overhaul rail safety
3 months ago
3 months ago

Vatican 'donating' its own 3 Parthenon sculptures to Greece

The Vatican and Greece have finalized a deal for the return of three sculpture fragments from the Parthenon that have been in the collection of the Vatican Museums for two centuries
3 months ago
Vatican, Greece ink deal for 'donation' of Parthenon Marbles
3 months ago

Violent protests erupt over train collision in Greece that killed 57

Anger over a same-track collision between two trains in Greece that killed nearly 60, erupted in a massive protest Sunday in Athens and led to clashes with police.
3 months ago
Chaos erupts during protests over deadly train collision in Greece
3 months ago

Fallout from horrific train crash in Greece

Protests in Athens over that deadly train crash descends into chaos and violence, as the station manager accused of causing the disaster currently behind bars tonight.
3 months ago
Fallout from horrific train crash in Greece
3 months ago

Station master in Greece train crash delays court appearance

The station master involved in Greece’s deadliest train crash postponed his deposition and is now set to appear before a prosecutor and an examining magistrate on Sunday
3 months ago
Station master in Greece train crash delays court appearance
3 months ago

Thousands march in Greece as anger builds over train deaths

Protests have intensified in Greece, triggered by a rail disaster earlier this week which left at least 57 people dead
3 months ago
Greece: Crash victims returned to families in closed caskets
3 months ago

Station manager in deadly head-on train collision in Greece faces manslaughter charges

A station manager faces manslaughter charges following a deadly high-speed train collision that killed dozens of people in Greece, his attorney said Thursday.
3 months ago
Station manager in deadly train collision in Greece faces manslaughter charges
3 months ago

At least 57 dead, dozens more injured in Greek train derailment

At least 57 people were killed and dozens more injured in a head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train in Greece late Tuesday.
3 months ago
At least 57 dead, dozens more injured in Greek train derailment
3 months ago

Death toll climbs from train crash in Greece

Greece’s transportation minister is resigning, saying the rail system was not up to 21st century standards.
3 months ago
Death toll climbs from train crash in Greece
3 months ago

Death toll rises after passenger train slams into freight train

The death toll has climbed to at least 46 in Greece where two trains were on the same track before the head-on collision.
3 months ago
Death toll rises after passenger train slams into freight train
3 months ago

At least 43 people killed in Greece train collision

Several top officials have resigned after a packed passenger train traveling more than 100 miles per hour slammed head on with a freight train.
3 months ago
At least 43 people killed in Greece train collision
3 months ago

26 killed, 85 injured in Greece train collision

A freight train and a passenger train crashed and derailed, authorities said.
3 months ago
26 killed, 85 injured in Greece train collision
3 months ago

At least 36 killed in Greece train collision

Dozens of people were killed and more than 80 injured when a passenger train collided with a freight train in northern Greece late Tuesday.
3 months ago
At least 36 killed in Greece train collision
3 months ago

Fiery Greece train collision kills 32, injures at least 85

A train carrying hundreds of passengers has collided with an oncoming freight train in northern Greece, killing 32 people and injuring at least 85
3 months ago
4 months ago

Far-right party banned from upcoming election in Greece

Greece's parliament has banned a far-right political party led by a jailed former lawmaker from participating in an upcoming general election expected in April
4 months ago
4 months ago

Greece: Snow reaches Acropolis, halts services

High winds and a cold snap in Greece have halted ferry services and highway traffic and dusted the Acropolis and other ancient monuments in Athens with snowy
4 months ago
Greece: Snow reaches Acropolis, halts services
4 months ago

Greece: 2nd airman found dead after fighter jet crash

Greek Air Force rescuers have located the body of a second airman missing in a deadly training accident in southwestern Greece
4 months ago
Greece: 2nd airman found dead after fighter jet crash
5 months ago

Greek police finalize security plan for ex-king's funeral

Greek media say that 1,000 police will be deployed for the funeral and burial.
5 months ago
5 months ago

Greece's former king to be buried as a private citizen

Greece's government says the country's former and last king will be buried as a private citizen in Tatoi
5 months ago
Greece's former king to be buried as a private citizen
5 months ago

Greece: Baby's body found in dam; mother arrested

A 29-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the death of her baby daughter in northern Greece
5 months ago
Greece: Baby's body found in dam; mother arrested
5 months ago

Despite rhetoric, Greek-Turkish armed conflict seen remote

Even by the standards of Turkey’s and Greece’s frequently strained relations, it was a remarkable escalation
5 months ago
5 months ago

Greece: New quake on island near Athens puzzles experts

Emergency services have been placed on alert on an island near Athens following a new earthquake that caused no injuries or severe damage but puzzled scientists
5 months ago
Greece: New quake on island near Athens puzzles experts
5 months ago

Weapons checks in Greek town turn up grenades, machine guns

A series of pre-Christmas weapons inspections in a small town in northern Greece has turned up hand grenades, assault rifles, and decades-old unexploded ordnance
5 months ago
Weapons checks in Greek town turn up grenades, machine guns
6 months ago

Greek Roma leaders urge calm after teen shot by police dies

Thousands of protesters have marched through the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki and the capital Athens, as Roma community leaders appeal for calm after the death of a Roma teenager
6 months ago
Greece: Roma teenager shot during police chase dies
6 months ago

Greece: Police officer appears in court over teen shooting

Residents of a Roma settlement have lit fires near a police station outside Greece’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki to protest the police shooting of a 16-year-old driver during a chase over an unpaid gas station bill
6 months ago
Greece: Police officer appears in court over teen shooting
6 months ago

2 quakes rattle Greek island, no major damage reported

Two earthquakes have struck the Greek island of Evia, rattling residents and shaking Athens, but no injuries or major damage have been reported
6 months ago
Greece: Schools closed following quake in rare spot
6 months ago

Greece: Boat with hundreds of migrants safely towed to port

Greek authorities say a dilapidated fishing boat crammed with hundreds of migrants that lost steering and had been drifting in the Mediterranean south of the Greek island of Crete has been successfully towed to port
6 months ago
Greece: Rescue operation for hundreds on drifting boat
7 months ago

Greece: Migrant shipwreck death toll rises to 28

Greek authorities say they have found the body of another victim from last week’s shipwreck of an overloaded migrant smuggling boat in the western Aegean Sea, bringing the confirmed death toll to 28
7 months ago
Greece: Migrant shipwreck death toll rises to 28
7 months ago

Greece migrant boat sinking: 11 rescued, 1 dead, 56 missing

Greek authorities say one more person from a migrant boat shipwreck has been found alive, bringing the total number of survivors to 11 from the sailboat that capsized and sank in rough seas east of Athens with reportedly 68 people on board
7 months ago
Greece migrant boat sinking: 11 rescued, 1 dead, 56 missing
7 months ago

Greece: Dozens missing after boat carrying migrants sinks

Greece's coast guard is searching for dozens of migrants reported missing after the overloaded sailboat they were on capsized and sank in rough seas off an island near Athens
7 months ago
Greece: Dozens missing after boat carrying migrants sinks
7 months ago

Greece: Sailboat carrying 75 migrants safely towed to port

Greece's coast guard says a sailboat carrying dozens of migrants that had sent a distress signal in rough weather off the southern tip of mainland Greece has been safely towed to port
7 months ago
8 months ago

Magnitude 5.0 tremor strikes Greece; no damage reported

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit central Greece early Sunday
8 months ago
Magnitude 5.0 tremor strikes Greece; no damage reported
2 years ago

Greek prime minister asks Boris Johnson to return Parthenon marbles

Backtracking, Boris Johnson said the British Museum needs to decide.
2 years ago
Greek prime minister asks Boris Johnson to return Parthenon marbles
2 years ago

Store shakes as earthquake strikes Greek island

Security footage recorded the moment a powerful earthquake struck the island of Crete.
2 years ago
Store shakes as earthquake strikes Greek island
2 years ago

Delivery workers protest in Greece

Food delivery drivers in Athens protested working conditions amid backlash against a delivery company and its contracts.
2 years ago
Delivery workers protest in Greece
2 years ago

Fires continue to rip through Greek island as residents, other countries jump in to help

Firefighters were still struggling to extinguish the blazes on Evia island, one of the hardest-hit areas in Greece, which has been seeing wildfires for nearly 2 weeks.
2 years ago
Fires continue to rip through Greek island as residents, other countries come to help
3 years ago

Acropolis gets new lights

Greece unveiled a new lighting system for the iconic Acropolis.
3 years ago
Acropolis gets new lights
3 years ago

Greek police fire tear gas at demonstrators

Student protesters were targeted with tear gas during a rally outside the parliament building in Athens.
3 years ago
Greek police fire tear gas at demonstrators
3 years ago

Largest refugee camp in Europe gutted by fire

One official has called it a "humanitarian catastrophe."
3 years ago
Largest refugee camp in Europe gutted by fire
3 years ago

Divers remove lost fishing nets from submarine wreck in Greece

Abandoned fishing nets are known as "ghost nets" and often turn into death traps for marine life.
3 years ago
Divers remove lost fishing nets from submarine wreck in Greece
3 years ago

Full snow moon rises over Acropolis Hill in Greece

Timelapse footage shows a full moon rising Sunday morning over Acropolis Hill in Athens, Greece.
3 years ago
Full snow moon rises over Acropolis Hill in Greece
4 years ago

Earthquake hits Athens, Greece

An earthquake hit Athens, Greece. It was 5.3 magnitude.
4 years ago
Earthquake hits Athens, Greece
5 years ago

Greece and Macedonia hope to end decades-long dispute over name

A dispute between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia over the latter's name has gone on for nearly three decades.
5 years ago
Greece and Macedonia hope to end decades-long dispute over name