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Greece unearths remnants of ancient city of Tenea

November 13th, 2018 Greek archaeologists have discovered jewellery, dozens of coins and remnants of a housing settlement affirming the location of an ancient city thought to have...

Greece

Greek taxi drivers strike in protest against ride-hailing firms

November 8th, 2018 Greek taxi drivers started a 12-hour strike on Thursday over what they say is unfair competition from ride-hailing operators, in a sector still reeling from...

Greece

Greek students clash with police in central Athens

October 29th, 2018 Greek youths clashed with police in central Athens on Monday as a protest against education reform turned violent when it reached parliament's Syntagma...

Greece

Powerful quake shakes western Greece, no major injuries (Update 2)

October 26th, 2018 A powerful earthquake shook western Greece early on Friday, damaging a port and a 15th century monastery, but causing no major injuries, officials and local...

Greece

Greek university halts classes to protest over drug use on its doorstep

October 24th, 2018 Classes were called off at Athens University of Economics and Business on Wednesday in a protest by staff about the increasing number of addicts injecting...

Turkey

Turkey will not allow Greek interference in East Med (update 3)

October 24th, 2018 The government said on Wednesday it would not be dragged into the game of tension played by Turkey, as Ankara warned it would not allow any activity in the...

Greece

Greece, Turkey snipe over maritime borders (Update 2)

October 23rd, 2018 Turkey warned Greece on Tuesday it would not tolerate a shift in Greece's maritime border, drawing a sharp rebuke from Athens that it would decide when and...

Greece

Greece suspends police officer for swearing at a migrant woman

October 21st, 2018 The Greek police has suspended an officer and ordered an internal inquiry after a video showed him verbally abusing an elderly woman at a migrant camp, police...

Greece

As cabinet row rumbles, Greek PM hails Macedonia name change

October 20th, 2018 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday welcomed the approval by Macedonia's parliament of a proposed change to the country's name as a decisive step...

Greece

Greek PM rules out snap polls after foreign minister quits

October 19th, 2018 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ruled out a snap election on Friday following the resignation of his foreign minister, saying his administration still had...

Cyprus

Turkish navy stops Greek frigate 'harassment', Navtex borders Cyprus’ offshore blocks 4 and 5 (Update 2)

October 18th, 2018 By Elias Hazou A Turkish seismic survey vessel waded into Cyprus’ maritime zone on Thursday, with reports from Turkey claiming the boat had been harassed...

Greece

Kotzias resigns over Macedonia name row (Updated)

October 17th, 2018 Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accepted the resignation of his foreign minister on Wednesday, Greece's first major political casualty in a crusade to end a...

Greece

11 dead after car carrying migrants in Greece crashes

October 13th, 2018 A car carrying migrants has collided with a truck in northern Greece - killing 11 people, police said. Ten of the victims were believed to be migrants who...

Greece

Dozens of ancient wrecks off Greece weave fascinating tale

October 13th, 2018 By Vassilis Triandafyllou and Idyli Tsakiri Archaeologists in Greece have discovered at least 58 shipwrecks, many laden with antiquities, in...

Greece

Greece tells Germany it wants better ties but still seeks WW2 reparations

October 11th, 2018 Greece still seeks reparations for its victims of World War Two and repayment for a loan it was forced to make to its Nazi occupiers, President Prokopis...

Greece

Three women found dead near Greece's river border with Turkey

October 10th, 2018 Three women of unknown origin were found dead on Wednesday on the Greek side of the river border between Turkey and Greece, police sources said, an area known...

Greece

Three people missing as cyclone brings flash floods in Greece

September 30th, 2018 Three people were reported missing in Greece on Sunday after swirling winds and torrential rain brought flash floods in several parts of the country. A rare...

Greece

Greece swept by gales, braces for autumn cyclone

September 28th, 2018 Ships were held in dock at ports across Greece on Thursday and schools were ordered to shut down in the Attica region around Athens on Friday as the country...

Greece

IRC warns of mental health crisis on Lesbos

September 25th, 2018 Greece moved another 400 people from its biggest migrant camp on Tuesday as the International Rescue Committee (IRC) charity warned of a mental health...

Greece

Greece moves to ease overcrowding in Lesbos migrant camp

September 18th, 2018 Greece said on Tuesday it would move 2,000 asylum-seekers from the island of Lesbos to the mainland by the end of the month as pressure mounted on the...

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