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 activists storm court hearings to save homes

Sunday, February 26th 2017, 0:21

A group of protestors have been storming Athens County Court regularly in a bid to stop home foreclosures.
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Greece: EU and IMF in 'common position'

Monday, February 20th 2017, 18:03
related countries: Germany

Germany's finance minister hints that deadlock between the EU and IMF over Greece may be resolved.
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Greece displays '7,000-year-old archaeological enigma'

Tuesday, February 14th 2017, 15:14

An asexual bird-like object which has baffled archaeologists goes on show in Greece.
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Greek WW2 bomb deactivated after mass Thessaloniki evacuation

Sunday, February 12th 2017, 12:49
related places: Thessaloniki

Some 70,000 residents have been warned to remain outside the evacuation zone until bomb is removed.
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Yanis Varoufakis: ‘Western Democracies need a New Deal’

Tuesday, January 31st 2017, 17:20

Viewsnight is BBC Newsnight's new place for ideas and opinion. Here Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek Finance Minister, argues for a universal basic income.
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Migrant crisis: Alarm over recent deaths at Lesbos camp

Tuesday, January 31st 2017, 2:14

Three migrants are found dead in the space of a week at an overcrowded Greek island camp.
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Turkey threatens to cancel migrant deal over Greek coup ruling

Friday, January 27th 2017, 17:27
related countries: Turkey

Turkish officials are insisting Greece must extradite soldiers allegedly involved in a coup attempt.
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Turkish anger as Greece rejects extradition of eight soldiers

Thursday, January 26th 2017, 19:49
related countries: Turkey

Greece rules against extraditing eight soldiers that Turkey accuses of involvement in a failed coup.
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Cyprus talks to continue at expert level, Greece and Turkey say

Thursday, January 12th 2017, 23:41
related countries: Turkey

Security issues remain a key stumbling block to finding a deal to reunify the Mediterranean island.
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Helicopter rescue for snowbound islanders

Thursday, January 12th 2017, 16:54
related places: Skopelos

The Greek air force has taken six people trapped in heavy snow on Skopelos in the Aegean to the island's port.
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Cyprus peace deal close, says UN chief after Geneva talks

Thursday, January 12th 2017, 16:35
related countries: Turkey, United Kingdom

The UN secretary-general is optimistic on a re-unification deal but says there is no quick fix.
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Driving to Greece's snowed-in migrant camps

Thursday, January 12th 2017, 1:29

The BBC's Howard Johnson made a video diary of his journey to migrant camps in northern Greece.
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Migrant crisis: Greece refugee camps hit by winter

Wednesday, January 11th 2017, 5:30

An estimated 10,000 migrants in Greece are living in tents as temperatures plummet.
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Parts of Greece have been blanketed in snow

Monday, January 9th 2017, 21:56

Parts of Greece have been blanketed in snow as icy temperatures continue to grip much of Europe.
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Russian consul Andrey Malanin found dead in Athens

Monday, January 9th 2017, 21:08
related countries: Russia
related places: Athens

The head of consular affairs at Russia's embassy in Greece is found dead in his Athens apartment.
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Snow covers Greek beach as Europe freezes

Sunday, January 8th 2017, 19:25
related countries: Italy

Icy temperatures across southern and eastern Europe have left more than 20 people dead and blanketed the Greek islands and southern Italy in snow.
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Deadly icy spell grips much of Europe, including Greek islands

Sunday, January 8th 2017, 15:51

Plunging temperatures in Europe claim 20 lives, as even the Greek islands are blanketed in snow.
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Ambassador's wife accused of murder plot

Saturday, December 31st 2016, 8:41
related countries: Brazil

The wife of the Greek ambassador to Brazil is accused of colluding with her lover in his murder .
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Brazil policeman 'killed Greek envoy' at wife's request

Saturday, December 31st 2016, 0:55
related countries: Brazil

A police officer killed Greece's ambassador to Brazil, at the request of the envoy's wife, police say.
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Inside the bathroom bus of Athens

Saturday, December 31st 2016, 0:26
related places: Athens

A bus has been converted into a bathroom to help homeless people in Athens stay clean.
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Brazil police detain wife of murdered Greek ambassador Amiridis

Friday, December 30th 2016, 22:23
related countries: Botswana, Brazil

Brazilian police detain the wife of the Greek envoy after finding his body in Rio de Janeiro.
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Body found as Brazil seeks missing Greek ambassador

Friday, December 30th 2016, 0:58
related countries: Brazil

Police in Rio find a body inside a burnt-out car rented by Greece's missing ambassador to Brazil.
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Greece passes pension deal in defiance of bailout creditors

Thursday, December 15th 2016, 20:11

The Greek parliament defies international creditors and approves a one-off payment to pensioners.
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Tsipras will put pensioner bonus to Greek parliament

Wednesday, December 14th 2016, 18:53

The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has refused to back down over his plans to give poor Greek pensioners a pre-Christmas bonus.
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Afghan murder suspect in Germany 'was jailed in Greece'

Wednesday, December 14th 2016, 18:48
related countries: Afghanistan, Germany

An Afghan teenager suspected of murder in Germany had been convicted of a violent crime in Greece, reports say.
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Migrant crisis: Chios island camp in Greece attacked

Friday, November 18th 2016, 19:00
related places: Chios

A migrant camp on the Greek island of Chios is attacked with petrol bombs, fireworks and stones.
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Refugee children in Greece face protest on first day of school

Monday, October 10th 2016, 19:59

Local parents lock the gate of one local primary school as refugee children arrive for their first day's education under a new programme.
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Pensioners try to topple police bus at Greece anti-cuts protest

Monday, October 3rd 2016, 16:36
related places: Athens

Pensioners in Athens try to topple a police bus during a protest against cuts, leading police to use tear gas on them.
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Greek police use tear gas on pensioners at anti-austerity protest

Monday, October 3rd 2016, 16:02

Police in Greece use tear gas on angry pensioners protesting against cuts to their income from the state.
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Greek anger at Turkey border treaty remarks

Friday, September 30th 2016, 18:32
related countries: Turkey

Greece reacts angrily after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared to question a 1923 treaty that set borders between the two countries.
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Greece sends ship to house 1,000 migrants after Moria fire

Tuesday, September 20th 2016, 16:37
related places: Moria

The Greek government is to send a ship to house more than 1,000 migrants after fire destroyed much of their camp on Lesbos.
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Migrants flee burning Greek camp of Moria on Lesbos

Tuesday, September 20th 2016, 7:20
related places: Moria

Thousands of migrants flee as a fire sweeps through the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, police say.
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Migrants flee burning Greek camp of Moria on Lesbos

Monday, September 19th 2016, 21:47
related places: Moria

Thousands fled a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos as a huge fire took hold, destroying tents and prefabricated housing units.
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Trapped driver freed after five days in his car

Wednesday, September 14th 2016, 22:07
related places: Athens

A 78-year-old man who drove off the road on his way to Athens, Greece, was pulled to safety after five days trapped in his car.
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Aleksander Ceferin: Uefa elects Slovenia FA chief as new president

Wednesday, September 14th 2016, 9:49
related places: Athens

Aleksander Ceferin is elected as the new Uefa president at the governing body's congress in Athens, succeeding Michel Platini.
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Greece floods: 'I almost drowned in my own home'

Wednesday, September 7th 2016, 14:01

An elderly woman describes the moment her house was struck by flooding in southern Greece.
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Greece flash floods leave at least three dead

Wednesday, September 7th 2016, 13:12

Three people have been found dead and a woman is missing after torrential rain caused flash flooding in several areas of Greece.
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Greece fined €10m for breaking EU waste rules

Wednesday, September 7th 2016, 12:07

The cash-strapped Greek government is ordered by the European Court to pay a €10m (£8.4m; $11m) fine for not following rules on disposing of rubbish.
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Aris Messinis: Lesbos migrant crisis photos win French award

Sunday, September 4th 2016, 5:23
related countries: France

A Greek photographer wins the Visa d'Or news photography prize for his coverage of the mass arrival of migrants on the island of Lesbos last year.
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Migrant crisis: Meet the refugee camp psychologist

Sunday, August 28th 2016, 23:06

A camp psychologist at the Kara Tepe refugee camp in Greece explains how refugees there take care of their mental health.
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Bosnian pine tree is Europe's oldest living thing at 1,075 years old, say scientists

Monday, August 22nd 2016, 12:11
related countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina

A 1,075-year-old tree located in northern Greece is said to be Europe's oldest living thing, scientists say.
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Greece bans blood donations in 12 districts over malaria - reports

Sunday, August 21st 2016, 11:52

Twelve districts of Greece have banned blood donations because of malaria, with four out of 65 recent cases contracted inside Greece, Greek media report.
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Migrant crisis: Greek islands see rising numbers in camps

Wednesday, August 17th 2016, 9:52
related countries: United Kingdom

UK-based charity Save the Children says the number of migrants arriving in the Greek islands has nearly doubled in recent weeks, putting pressure on overcrowded camps.
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Greece boat crash: Four dead including child off Aegina

Tuesday, August 16th 2016, 15:18
related places: Athens

Four people - including a nine-year-old child - were killed when a speedboat and tourist boat collided off the Greek island of Aegina, near Athens.
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Court battle

Tuesday, July 19th 2016, 0:36
related countries: Turkey

Eight Turkish soldiers have gone on trial in Greece after fleeing Turkey's attempted coup - and now they are fighting extradition, as Bethany Bell reports.
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Why this woman is alone on her honeymoon

Tuesday, July 12th 2016, 15:24

A woman whose husband couldn't get a visa for their honeymoon in Greece goes without him - and has her picture taken at every location to show how much she misses him.
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The long wait

Wednesday, July 6th 2016, 23:32

With refugees becoming stuck in Greece, more are being moved to official camps, as BBC World Service's Destination Europe discovers.
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Greek fears over Brexit impact

Saturday, July 2nd 2016, 7:51
related countries: United Kingdom

Greek exporters and tourist destinations say they are worried that the UK leaving the EU will hit their profits.
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