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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Greece: news

Greek fires: Residents 'worsened disaster' by illegal building

Thursday, July 26th 2018, 16:42

Locals confront the defence minister, as he blames illegal construction for blocking escape routes.
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Greek fires: Survivors confront defence minister

Thursday, July 26th 2018, 16:05

Greek fire survivors confront the defence minister, saying they waited hours for help from authorities.
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Irishman on honeymoon dies in Greek fire, family confirms

Thursday, July 26th 2018, 7:26

Brian O'Callaghan-Westropp became separated from his wife as they fled the fires.
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British survivor speaks about Greece fires

Wednesday, July 25th 2018, 15:54
related countries: United Kingdom

Susan Margaret Stephos speaks about her experience of being caught up in the wildfires in Greece.
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Greece wildfires: 'I jumped from the flames'

Wednesday, July 25th 2018, 9:27

Katerina Pantelidis tells the BBC's Gavin Lee how she survived the devastating wildfires in Greece.
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Wildfires around the world: The photos that explain the flames

Tuesday, July 24th 2018, 23:51
related countries: Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Deadly wildfires in Greece follow huge blazes in Sweden, the US and the UK.
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Greece wildfires: Aerial view of destruction

Tuesday, July 24th 2018, 23:08

Wildfires have killed at least 74 people in Greece.
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Greece wildfires: At least 74 dead as blaze 'struck like flamethrower'

Tuesday, July 24th 2018, 15:38

Survivors of the fires that have killed 74 people in Greece describe being "forced into the sea".
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Greece wildfires: Dozens dead in Attica region

Tuesday, July 24th 2018, 14:44
related places: Athens

At least 74 people are confirmed dead in the country's worst fire disaster in more than a decade.
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Greece wildfires: Survivors fled to sea as flames kill dozens

Tuesday, July 24th 2018, 13:44
related places: Athens

At least 74 people die as flames spread across the Attica region around Athens.
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Homer Odyssey: Oldest extract discovered on clay tablet

Tuesday, July 10th 2018, 14:56

Found near an Ancient Greek temple in Olympia, the tablet has been dated to Roman times.
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Prince William visits great-grandmother's tomb in Jerusalem

Thursday, June 28th 2018, 13:53

Princess Alice, whose tomb is in Jerusalem, helped to rescue Greek Jews during World War Two.
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Greece hails 'historic' debt relief deal

Friday, June 22nd 2018, 7:55

The eurozone agrees a long-awaited deal, which pushes back the repayment schedule for Greece's debt.
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Macedonia name dispute: PMs watch as ministers sign 'historic' deal

Sunday, June 17th 2018, 11:00

Greece's PM hails the agreement, but it faces stern opposition from nationalists on both sides.
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Greek PM Tsipras survives confidence vote over Macedonia name deal

Saturday, June 16th 2018, 23:41
related countries: Macedonia

Alexis Tsipras wins a confidence vote that was tabled over the deal to rename Greece's neighbour.
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Macedonia and Greece: Backlash over name deal

Wednesday, June 13th 2018, 21:24
related countries: Macedonia

Macedonia's president firmly refuses to sign a deal agreed with Greece to change his country's name.
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Macedonia and Greece: Deal after 27-year row over a name

Tuesday, June 12th 2018, 19:38
related countries: Macedonia

Macedonia's name has been a running sore with its neighbour ever since it came into existence in 1991.
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PAOK Salonika: Gun incident sees Greek club's president banned

Thursday, March 29th 2018, 11:11

PAOK Salonika's president is banned for three years for coming onto the pitch with a gun during a Greek top-flight game against AEK Athens.
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Greek man arrested over letter bombs sent to EU officials

Saturday, October 28th 2017, 13:49

The man was held in connection with devices sent to senior EU officials and the former Greek PM.
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Greek parliament approves law allowing legal gender change

Tuesday, October 10th 2017, 16:06

The law will allow citizens over the age of 15 to change their gender without a medical operation.
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Lost Greek temple found after steps recounted

Wednesday, September 27th 2017, 12:50

Archaeologists find Greek temple after step recount.
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Greek oil spill threatens popular Athens beaches

Thursday, September 14th 2017, 12:37
related places: Athens

Greek clean-up crews are scrambling to contain an oil slick as it sweeps towards the Athens Riviera.
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Oil spill off coast of Greece 'environmental disaster'

Tuesday, September 12th 2017, 21:30
related places: Salamis

Emergency crews have begun an oil spill clean-up after an oil tanker sank close to the island of Salamis.
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Greece wildfires made worse by high winds

Tuesday, August 15th 2017, 13:19
related places: Athens

High winds are hampering efforts in Greece to extinguish wildfires near the capital Athens.
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Migrant crisis: Spain arrivals triple compared with 2016

Friday, August 11th 2017, 6:18
related countries: Spain

Spain could overtake Greece in sea arrivals in 2017 as migrants find the route safer, the IOM says.
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Germany to resume sending migrants back to Greece

Monday, August 7th 2017, 12:18

Germany had halted returns because of the precarious conditions for migrants in Greece.
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Iran footballers break Israel sporting 'taboo'

Friday, August 4th 2017, 9:22
related countries: Israel

Praise and condemnation for pair as they play against Maccabi Tel Aviv for their Greek club side in the Europa League.
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DNA clue to origins of early Greek civilization

Thursday, August 3rd 2017, 1:52

DNA is shedding light on the people who built Greece's earliest civilizations.
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Scarred by Islamic State, 'captive' in Greece

Friday, July 28th 2017, 19:23

Migrants describe fleeing torture by the militant group - only to find scant help while in detention on Lesbos.
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Bitcoin fraud suspect Vinnik charged by US grand jury

Thursday, July 27th 2017, 3:11

He is said to be part of a gang accused of laundering billions through the digital currency.
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Greece-Turkey earthquake: Two killed on island of Kos

Friday, July 21st 2017, 13:20
related places: Kos

At least 100 are injured on the Greek island of Kos after the 6.7-magnitude quake in the Aegean Sea.
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Greece tourist attack: Eight charged over death of US graduate

Thursday, July 13th 2017, 13:58
related countries: United States
related places: Zakynthos

Bakari Henderson suffered severe head injuries when he was attacked on the Greek island of Zakynthos.
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The Greek island where Syrian refugees are welcome

Wednesday, July 12th 2017, 21:47
related countries: Syria

The 800-strong community on Tilos have made 50 refugees feel at home.
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Shock over US tourist killed in Greek bar

Monday, July 10th 2017, 20:17
related countries: United States

Bakari Henderson's family say it was unlike the recent graduate to get into a street brawl.
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Greek rubbish strike causes stink

Thursday, June 22nd 2017, 10:24

For days, piles of rubbish have mounted in cities across Greece in a dispute over thousands of jobs.
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Eurozone ministers strike deal to release funds to Greece

Thursday, June 15th 2017, 20:59

The deal would release 8.5bn euros but still requires final approval from the IMF.
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Earthquake rubble blocks roads in Lesbos village

Monday, June 12th 2017, 17:49
related places: Vrisa

Buildings in Vrisa village on the Greek island of Lesbos are damaged by a 6.3 magnitude quake.
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Greece earthquake hits Lesbos: Tremors felt in Istanbul and Athens

Monday, June 12th 2017, 17:48
related countries: Turkey
related places: Istanbul

A village on Lesbos is so badly damaged the mayor says it looks as if it was "flattened by bombs".
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Hawaiian pizza inventor Sam Panopoulos dies aged 83

Friday, June 9th 2017, 21:05
related countries: Canada

The Greek immigrant to Canada created the pizza topping in a flight of fancy in the 1960s.
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Greece hunts Colombians over hospital kit stolen in Athens

Thursday, June 8th 2017, 10:24
related countries: Colombia
related places: Athens

A Colombian gang stole expensive medical devices from Greek hospitals, police say.
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Greek goddess statue removed in Bangladesh after Islamist outcry

Friday, May 26th 2017, 10:32
related countries: Bangladesh

Bangladeshi Islamist groups said the statue of Themis - the goddess of justice - hurt religious sentiment.
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Greek ex-PM Lucas Papademos injured in Athens car blast

Thursday, May 25th 2017, 22:59
related places: Athens

Lucas Papademos is injured when an explosive device, said to be a letter bomb, goes off in his car.
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Greece adopts more austerity measures in bailout bid

Thursday, May 18th 2017, 22:22
related places: Athens

More pension cuts and tax rises are agreed as thousands protest in central Athens.
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Greeks walk out in general strike over cuts

Wednesday, May 17th 2017, 9:39

Industrial action over austerity takes place as figures show Greece has fallen back into recession.
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Migrant in Greece: 'It is very dangerous here'

Tuesday, May 16th 2017, 0:06
related countries: Italy

Many migrants in the port of Patras, Greece, are prepared to take huge risks to try to reach Italy.
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Learning the hard way

Tuesday, April 18th 2017, 23:24
related countries: Syria

Children who fled bombs in Syria now have to overcome nationalist hostility and poverty in Greece.
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The migrants 'trapped' on the Greek island of Chios

Sunday, March 26th 2017, 23:12
related countries: Turkey
related places: Chios

Five hundred people have come from Turkey to Chios, Greece, in the past two weeks alone.
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Greek farmer protests turn violent in Athens

Wednesday, March 8th 2017, 12:35
related places: Athens

Greeks farmers have clashed with police during demonstrations against austerity measures.
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