News: Greece

We have started to collect the most important news related to Greece in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Greece – overview

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• December 17th 2020 – March 12th 2020
• March 9th 2020 – April 28th 2019
• April 11th 2019 – July 26th 2018
• July 26th 2018 – March 8th 2017
• February 26th 2017 – July 2nd 2016
• June 26th 2016 – April 14th 2016
• April 11th 2016 – March 2nd 2016
• March 1st 2016 – December 4th 2015
• December 4th 2015 – September 21st 2015
• September 20th 2015 – August 14th 2015
• August 14th 2015 – July 16th 2015
• July 16th 2015 – July 8th 2015
• July 8th 2015 – July 1st 2015
• July 1st 2015 – June 23rd 2015
• June 22nd 2015 – June 4th 2015
• June 3rd 2015 – April 17th 2015
• April 17th 2015 – February 24th 2015
• February 24th 2015 – February 2nd 2015
• February 2nd 2015 – January 5th 2015
• January 5th 2015 – July 31st 2014
• July 19th 2014 – December 21st 2013
• December 11th 2013 – October 2nd 2013
• October 1st 2013 – July 22nd 2013
• July 20th 2013 – April 12th 2013
• April 8th 2013 – December 20th 2012
• December 18th 2012 – October 30th 2012
• October 29th 2012 – August 19th 2012
• August 16th 2012 – June 18th 2012
• June 17th 2012 – May 28th 2012
• May 27th 2012 – May 12th 2012
• May 12th 2012 – April 5th 2012
• April 4th 2012 – February 21st 2012
• February 20th 2012 – January 31st 2012
• January 29th 2012 – November 10th 2011
• November 9th 2011 – October 25th 2011
• October 25th 2011 – September 15th 2011
• September 15th 2011 – July 6th 2011
• July 5th 2011 – June 21st 2011
• June 20th 2011 – May 17th 2011
• May 16th 2011 – January 7th 2011
• January 7th 2011 – September 10th 2010
• September 8th 2010 – May 18th 2010
• May 18th 2010 – April 24th 2010
• April 24th 2010 – February 19th 2010
• February 16th 2010 – October 6th 2009
• October 5th 2009 – December 18th 2008
• December 17th 2008 – April 11th 2008
• April 4th 2008 – August 17th 2007
• August 17th 2007 – August 23rd 2006
• August 22nd 2006 – December 4th 2005

Greece: news

Hotel Rwanda 'hero' sues Greek airline for 'aiding kidnap'

Thursday, December 17th 2020, 11:33
related countries: Rwanda

The man depicted in the Hollywood film is in prison in Rwanda awaiting trial on terrorism charges.
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Pushbacks: Migrants accuse Greece of sending them back out to sea

Saturday, December 12th 2020, 0:15

Greece insists such accusations are an insult but some migrants documented their trips with GPS.
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Why Europe's big cannabis route is so hard to shut

Monday, December 7th 2020, 0:34
related countries: Albania

Authorities are struggling to stop smugglers moving drugs over the Greek-Albanian border.
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Turkey earthquake: Girl rescued from collapsed building

Tuesday, November 3rd 2020, 14:58
related countries: Turkey

This is the moment a four-year-old girl was rescued after being trapped under the rubble from the huge Aegean earthquake which has affected parts of Turkey and Greece.
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Lyon attack: Suspect in Orthodox priest shooting released

Sunday, November 1st 2020, 17:48
related countries: France

Police continue to investigate the shooting of a Greek Orthodox priest in the French city.
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Earthquake hits Greece and Turkey, bringing deaths and floods

Friday, October 30th 2020, 22:20
related countries: Turkey
related places: Samos

Twenty-two die in Turkey's Izmir province and on Greece's Samos island, with a mini-tsunami triggered.
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A powerful earthquake has struck off Turkey's Aegean coast and Greek islands

Friday, October 30th 2020, 15:53
related countries: Turkey
related places: Izmir

The 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the Aegean Sea has destroyed buildings and caused flooding in Izmir and some Greek islands.
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Covid: Dutch king expresses regret over Greek holiday scandal

Wednesday, October 21st 2020, 21:51
related countries: Netherlands

The royal family have come under fire for travelling to Greece during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus: Dutch PM concedes 'wrong assessment' over royal holiday

Sunday, October 18th 2020, 11:53
related countries: Netherlands

Facing strong criticism, the royals cut short a trip to Greece they began during a partial lockdown.
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Coronavirus: Dutch royals return amid anger over Covid holiday

Saturday, October 17th 2020, 21:07
related countries: Netherlands

The family flew back from Greece after just a day on holiday there, amid intense criticism.
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Turkish ship at centre of Greece row to return to Mediterranean

Monday, October 12th 2020, 2:34
related countries: Turkey

The seismic research vessel Oruc Reis was at the centre of a row with Greece in August.
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Greece Golden Dawn: Neo-Nazi leaders guilty of running crime gang

Wednesday, October 7th 2020, 12:46

After a five-year trial in Greece, judges rule that Golden Dawn is a criminal organisation.
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EU warns Turkey of sanctions over 'provocations' in Mediterranean

Friday, October 2nd 2020, 8:33
related countries: Turkey

EU leaders are meeting as member Greece is locked in a row with Turkey over energy and sea borders.
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Turkey and Greece set up military hotline amid energy tensions

Thursday, October 1st 2020, 20:21

The two countries are locked in a row over energy resources and borders in the Mediterranean.
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Cyclone Ianos: Three dead as 'medicane' sweeps across Greece

Sunday, September 20th 2020, 12:36

The rare "medicane" storm flooded buildings, toppled trees and triggered landslides in central areas.
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Cyclone Ianos: Drone shows 'medicane' damage in Greece

Saturday, September 19th 2020, 18:26

The hurricane-like storm swept across Greece trapping hundreds of people.
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Medicane Storm Ianos lashes western Greece

Friday, September 18th 2020, 14:49

Intense wind and rain flood streets and fell trees on islands in western Greece.
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Lesbos: Greek police move migrants to new camp after Moria fire

Thursday, September 17th 2020, 10:06
related places: Moria

After sleeping rough for a week many migrants want to leave Lesbos, not stay in a new camp.
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Greece arrests five over Lesbos migrant camp blaze

Tuesday, September 15th 2020, 17:10

Most of the 12,000 who fled the fire on the Greek island last week are still sleeping rough.
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Moria migrants tear-gassed by Greek police in protest over new camp

Saturday, September 12th 2020, 21:43

Migrants and refugees were made homeless when the camp on the Greek island of Lesbos burned down.
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Greece-Turkey tensions: Greece announces military boost

Saturday, September 12th 2020, 21:14

Greece purchases 18 fighter jets and plans to recruit 15,000 new soldiers in the next five years.
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Moria migrants and Greek islanders protest over new camp

Friday, September 11th 2020, 18:55

The Greek military has begun construction of new tents, despite opposition from migrants and locals.
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Moria migrants: European countries agree to take minors after fire

Friday, September 11th 2020, 14:31
related countries: Germany

Germany says 10 European countries will take unaccompanied minors from the fire-ravaged camp in Greece.
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Moria camp: Afghan family helpless after fleeing Lesbos fire

Friday, September 11th 2020, 9:50
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Moria

Talibshah Hosseini ran with his family as fire engulfed the Moria migrant camp on the Greek island.
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Moria migrants: Greece calls for European action after fire at camp

Friday, September 11th 2020, 0:39

Greece is struggling to find shelter for thousands of migrants left homeless after a fire at a camp.
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Moria migrants: Greek ships to help shelter 13,000 after fire

Thursday, September 10th 2020, 15:12
related places: Moria

Thousands of migrants sleep rough on the island of Lesbos after fire engulfs their squalid camp.
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Moria migrants: Fire destroys Greek camp leaving 13,000 without shelter

Wednesday, September 9th 2020, 16:32
related places: Moria

The facility on the Greek island of Lesbos, designed for fewer than 3,000 people, has been destroyed.
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Moria fire: 'I know how little people had before'

Wednesday, September 9th 2020, 16:14
related places: Moria

The BBC's Jean Mackenzie responds to news the Moria camp in Greece has been destroyed by fire.
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Moria migrants: Fire destroys Greece's largest camp on Lesbos

Wednesday, September 9th 2020, 7:04

Migrants fled with what they could carry as fire spread through the camp on the island of Lesbos.
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Europe's migrant crisis: Is Greece still a gateway to Europe?

Monday, August 31st 2020, 15:39

Migrant numbers are rising again, but Greece does not want to be seen as a gateway to Europe.
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Harry Maguire: Why his Greek trial went so fast

Wednesday, August 26th 2020, 16:38

Greek justice threw the book at Harry Maguire, and fast, but the case throws up a number of questions.
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Harry Maguire: Manchester United captain given suspended sentence in Greece

Tuesday, August 25th 2020, 19:02
related places: Mykonos

Manchester United captain Harry Maguire is given a suspended sentence of 21 months and 10 days after his arrest on the Greek island of Mykonos.
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France sends jets and ships to tense east Mediterranean

Thursday, August 13th 2020, 13:12
related countries: France, Turkey

The French military deployment comes amid Greek-Turkish tension over oil and gas exploration.
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Beirut explosion: Video of church altar's survival brings hope

Saturday, August 8th 2020, 23:08

This Greek Orthodox church's altar survived the blast unscathed - even its oil lamp stayed lit.
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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson officially become Greek citizens

Monday, July 27th 2020, 13:04

The Hollywood stars are granted honorary citizenship for helping victims of a wildfire in Greece.
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Coronavirus: Greece bars Serbian visitors as Balkans cases rise

Monday, July 6th 2020, 13:31
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro
related places: Athens

Athens bars all but essential travel from Serbia for a week as infections steadily rise.
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Coronavirus: Island isolation over as Greece lets tourists back

Saturday, June 13th 2020, 23:04
related places: Mykonos

The idyllic islands of Mykonos and Santorini reopen for tourists, but not everyone is happy.
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Greek Orthodox Church rules yoga is 'incompatible' with Christianity

Friday, June 5th 2020, 15:49

The Orthodox Synod made the ruling after Greeks were encouraged to practise yoga during quarantine.
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Coronavirus: Greece to open up in two weeks, but not to the UK

Friday, May 29th 2020, 21:02
related countries: United Kingdom

Tourists from 29 countries will be able to visit Greece from 15 June, but not travellers from the UK.
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Coronavirus outbreak: Five ways Europe is easing lockdown

Monday, May 25th 2020, 12:52
related countries: Czech Republic, Spain
related places: Madrid

Jogging in a Madrid park, having a Czech beer, taking a Greek ferry - Europe is opening up more.
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Coronavirus travel: Airport tests and hotel quarantine for Greece arrivals

Thursday, May 21st 2020, 18:55

Greece's tourist season begins in June - but how easy will it be for travellers to get into the country?
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Coronavirus: Greece and Croatia acted fast, now need to save summer

Monday, May 4th 2020, 1:22
related countries: Croatia

Greece and Croatia reacted fast to coronavirus, but now it threatens their tourism industries.
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Canada navy helicopter crash: Five presumed dead

Saturday, May 2nd 2020, 14:07

A Nato helicopter crashed off a Greek island, and the sixth crew member's body has been found.
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Canadian helicopter missing off Greece

Wednesday, April 29th 2020, 22:05
related countries: Canada

The aircraft was taking part in a Nato operation in the Ionian Sea when it disappeared.
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Coronavirus: Greeks ponder ban on fax machines in state offices

Wednesday, April 29th 2020, 15:25

The coronavirus has forced Greece to digitise the state and rapidly move public services online.
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Greek artists fight race violence with a digital map

Monday, April 13th 2020, 23:15

Artists and activists in Greece are bringing racist violence out of the shadows - by illustrating it.
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Coronavirus: Second Greek migrant facility quarantined

Sunday, April 5th 2020, 13:45

The facility is under "full sanitary lockdown" after a resident tested positive for Coronavirus.
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EU to give migrants in Greece €2,000 to go home

Thursday, March 12th 2020, 17:38

The scheme aims to ease the burden on Greece, where migrant camps are squalid and overcrowded.
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