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 24th 2009 – November 17th 2009
• November 12th 2009 – August 22nd 2009
• August 10th 2009 – March 30th 2009
• March 20th 2009 – January 5th 2009
• January 2nd 2009 – December 9th 2008
• December 8th 2008 – August 21st 2008
• August 17th 2008 – April 22nd 2008
• April 20th 2008 – March 4th 2008
• March 3rd 2008 – September 17th 2007
• September 17th 2007 – August 25th 2007
• August 21st 2007 – May 23rd 2007
• April 25th 2007 – February 5th 2007
• January 30th 2007 – September 14th 2006
• September 3rd 2006 – May 25th 2006
• May 24th 2006 – February 22nd 2006
• February 20th 2006 – December 4th 2005

Greece: news

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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Snowfall cuts off Greek villages

Monday, February 18th 2008, 14:45
related places: Athens

Heavy snow leaves at least 150 villages cut off in Greece and disrupts flights to and from Athens.
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Cypriot president ousted in poll

Sunday, February 17th 2008, 18:24
related countries: Cyprus

Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos is knocked out of the presidential race in the first round of voting.
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Strong earthquake strikes Greece

Thursday, February 14th 2008, 12:41
related places: Athens

A strong earthquake causes buildings to shake in southern Greece and in the capital, Athens.
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Strong earthquake strikes Greece

Thursday, February 14th 2008, 11:18
related places: Athens

A strong earthquake causes buildings to shake in southern Greece and as far as the capital, Athens.
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Greeks flock to mourn church head

Thursday, January 31st 2008, 12:05
related places: Athens

Huge crowds attend the Athens funeral of Archbishop Christodoulos, head of the Greek Orthodox Church.
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Greek Orthodox church head dies

Monday, January 28th 2008, 7:40

The head of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Christodoulos, dies, aged 69, after a battle with cancer.
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Greece calls for new Turkey start

Wednesday, January 23rd 2008, 22:22
related countries: Turkey

Greece's prime minister urges a new start with Turkey, on the first visit by a Greek leader in nearly 50 years.
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Greek fan killed after cup match

Thursday, January 17th 2008, 12:10
related places: Athens

A football fan is fatally stabbed near Athens after a game between Greece's two biggest clubs.
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Crew airlifted from Channel ship

Monday, January 14th 2008, 8:58

Twenty crew have been rescued from a Greek ship which is listing in the English Channel off Devon.
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Greece hit by strong earthquake

Sunday, January 6th 2008, 6:57
related places: Athens

A powerful earthquake is felt across Greece and shakes buildings in the capital, 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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Acropolis artefacts on the move

Monday, October 15th 2007, 0:07
related places: Athens

Greece begins moving sculptures from the Acropolis in Athens to a new museum at the foot of the citadel.
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Greek recovery 'to take decades'

Friday, September 28th 2007, 0:03

It will take at least 20 years for Greek forests ravaged by forest fires to recover, the WWF says.
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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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Greek PM set for new government

Monday, September 17th 2007, 14:42

Greek PM Costas Karamanlis has been asked to form a new government after his victory in Sunday's poll.
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