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.

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• 'Already too late' – Athens sees more violent clashes
• Athens suburb fire under control – Couple drown on holiday in Greece
• Crete 'burns' trial due to begin – EU force 'foils Somali pirates'
• EU members' deficits 'on track' – Football: Alves denies claims
• Football: Fifa suspends Greece – Greece claims wildfire victory
• Greece fined over airline subsidy – Greece votes to allow cremations
• Greece's debt at highest ever level – Greek fan killed after cup match
• Greek farmers clash with workers – Greek monks clash at monastery
• Greek MPs consider riot response – Greek police flatten migrant camp
• Greek police hunt for stolen icon – Greek teens held for murder
• Greek tomb find excites experts – Hu's Greek trip focuses on trade
• Immigrants hurt in Greek violence – Macedonian poll marred by unrest
• Manhunt after Greek prison break – Onassis heiress weds in Sao Paulo
• Orthodox priest in attack charges – Protests as Athens funeral held
• Protests mar Straw Cyprus visit – Somali pirates free Greek vessel
• Somali pirates release Greek ship – Tourists hit by Greek island fire
• Turkish and Greek ships collide – Woman 'torched Briton's genitals'

Greece: news

Manhunt after Greek prison break

Monday, February 23rd 2009, 11:22
related places: Athens

A massive manhunt is under way in Greece after two notorious criminals escape from Athens' top security prison by helicopter.
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Many injured in Greek train crash

Saturday, March 8th 2008, 4:59

A passenger train derails near Larissa in central Greece with at least 23 people injured, police say.
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Mass brawl mars Greek volleyball

Friday, March 30th 2007, 9:53
related places: Athens

A man dies and six people are injured in a mass brawl between rival volleyball fans near Athens.
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Migrants drown off Turkish coast

Monday, December 10th 2007, 22:45
related countries: Turkey

At least 40 suspected illegal immigrants drown in the Aegean Sea off the western coast of Turkey.
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Museum remarks spark Turk row

Wednesday, May 10th 2006, 15:47
related countries: Turkey

A row erupts in Turkey over comments about the prime minister written in a visitors' book in a museum in Greece.
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Nato presses Macedonia on name

Tuesday, March 4th 2008, 10:37
related countries: Macedonia

Nato's chief calls on Macedonia to settle a long row with Greece over the ex-Yugoslav republic's name.
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Nato tries to heal Macedonia row

Monday, March 3rd 2008, 1:13
related countries: Macedonia
related places: Athens

Nato's secretary general is to visit Athens to try to convince Greece not to block FYR Macedonia's membership.
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New clashes break out in Athens

Friday, January 9th 2009, 16:40
related places: Athens

Police in Greece clash with protesters in a resumption of the violence that flared over the killing of a teenager last month.
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New clashes break out in Greece

Thursday, December 18th 2008, 14:25

Clashes break out between protesters and police in Greece, in continuing unrest over the killing of a teenager.
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New Greek government sworn in

Wednesday, September 19th 2007, 12:56

A new centre-right government takes office in Greece, after PM Costas Karamanlis's election win.
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New Greek group threatens police

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 13:47

An unknown Greek group threatens to kill police officers and prominent people in retaliation for the killing of a teenager.
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No more slouching, Greeks told

Wednesday, March 14th 2007, 13:40

Greece's interior minister says most civil servants must stay at their desk during the summer months.
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Nuns killed for convent treasure

Wednesday, April 25th 2007, 10:24

Police in southern Greece hunt the killers of two elderly nuns found suffocated in their hillside convent.
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Olympic torch lit despite protest

Monday, March 24th 2008, 22:09
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

The Olympic torch is lit in Greece, in a ceremony briefly disrupted by pro-Tibet demonstrators.
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Onassis heiress weds in Sao Paulo

Sunday, December 4th 2005, 2:57
related countries: Botswana, Brazil

Greek heiress Athina Roussel Onassis marries a Brazilian horseman amid tight security to deter reporters.
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'Already too late' – Athens sees more violent clashesAthens suburb fire under control – Couple drown on holiday in GreeceCrete 'burns' trial due to begin – EU force 'foils Somali pirates'EU members' deficits 'on track' – Football: Alves denies claimsFootball: Fifa suspends Greece – Greece claims wildfire victoryGreece fined over airline subsidy – Greece votes to allow cremationsGreece's debt at highest ever level – Greek fan killed after cup matchGreek farmers clash with workers – Greek monks clash at monasteryGreek MPs consider riot response – Greek police flatten migrant campGreek police hunt for stolen icon – Greek teens held for murderGreek tomb find excites experts – Hu's Greek trip focuses on tradeImmigrants hurt in Greek violence – Macedonian poll marred by unrestManhunt after Greek prison break – Onassis heiress weds in Sao PauloOrthodox priest in attack charges – Protests as Athens funeral heldProtests mar Straw Cyprus visit – Somali pirates free Greek vesselSomali pirates release Greek ship – Tourists hit by Greek island fireTurkish and Greek ships collide – Woman 'torched Briton's genitals'