“I heard a bang, then chaos” -Greece train crash survivors
It took a bang, and just seconds to turn a long holiday weekend into a nightmare for hundreds of Greeks caught up in a deadly train wreck on Tuesday night.
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Two trains collide in Greece, at least 36 killed, 85 injured (Videos)
A Greek passenger train collided head-on with a cargo train late on Tuesday, throwing entire carriages off the tracks and killing at least 36 people, many of them students, in the ...
Greece and Turkey can make region one of cooperation – Blinken
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Aegean Sea rivals Greece and Turkey to engage to resolve differences and avoid unilateral actions that could increase tension.
The ...
Greece and Bulgaria to consider reviving oil pipeline project
Greece and Bulgaria will consider reviving a pipeline project to transport crude oil from the Greek port of Alexandroupolis on the Aegean Sea to Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of ...
Greek government and British Museum looking to strike deal over Parthenon marbles
The UK is working on a new arrangement with Greece through which the Parthenon Sculptures could be seen both in London and in Athens, British Museum chair George Osborne said ...
Greece bans parties with convicted leaders from running in elections
The Greek parliament paved the way for banning political parties whose leaders have been convicted of crimes from running in elections, ahead of national polls in spring.
Lawmakers voted late ...
Greece rescues migrants missing after Lesbos shipwreck
Greece has rescued seven more migrants who were missing following Tuesday’s shipwreck off the island of Lesbos in which three people drowned, bringing the number of survivors to 39, the ...
Three drown, many feared missing in migrant shipwreck off Greece
Three people drowned and more than a dozen were believed to be missing in the second migrant shipwreck off Greece this week, authorities said on Tuesday.
The coast guard said 19 ...
Snowstorm shuts schools and shops, disrupts traffic in Athens
Heavy snowfall and plummeting temperatures shut schools and shops in the Greek capital on Monday, with many public services and businesses switching to remote working.
Traffic was halted on some ...
Four dead, at least 39 rescued after migrant boat sinks off Greece
Four migrants, including three children, died after their boat sank off the island of Leros in the southeastern Aegean Sea on Sunday, the Greek coast guard said.
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Pilot dies in Greek F-4 jet crash in Ionian Sea, second pilot missing
One pilot died in an F-4 fighter jet crash in the Ionian Sea off western Greece on Monday and rescuers were searching for the jet’s second pilot, the Greek ...
Earthquake shakes Greek island of Rhodes, felt in Cyprus
A strong earthquake shook the Greek island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday and was felt as far away as Cyprus, witnesses said.
There were no immediate reports ...
Greek opposition submits censure motion over phone tapping scandal
The head of Greece’s largest opposition party submitted a censure motion against the conservative government on Wednesday, accusing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of orchestrating mass wiretaps of political allies ...
Europe’s royals, in Athens, bid farewell to Greece’s last king
European royalty gathered in Athens on Monday for the funeral of former King Constantine of Greece, who ruled for just three years in the 1960s before being forced into exile, ...
Greek court rejects charges against aid workers
A Greek court dismissed espionage charges on Friday against a group of humanitarian workers on trial in Greece and ordered a prosecutor to refile the case, citing flaws in the ...
Greek PM dashes hopes of swift return of Parthenon marbles
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday dismissed reports of an imminent repatriation of the Parthenon sculptures known in Britain as the Elgin marbles.
Britain and Greece recently began fresh ...
Greece, Malta lag behind in sanctioning Russian assets – EU
Greece and Malta lag behind their European Union peers in freezing Russian assets sanctioned over Moscow’s war against Ukraine, according to an EU official and an internal document, as ...
Greece’s last king Constantine II to be buried privately in Athens
Greece’s former King Constantine II, who died on Tuesday night aged 82, will be buried privately at a former royal estate north of Athens, the Greek government said on Wednesday.
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British Museum says in ‘constructive’ discussions over Parthenon marbles
The British Museum said on Wednesday it was holding “constructive discussions” with Greece over the Parthenon Sculptures amid renewed speculation that the 2,500-year-old marbles could soon be returned to Athens.
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Greek island rattled by strong earthquake, felt in Athens
A 4.9 magnitude earthquake shook the island of Evia in central Greece on Wednesday and was felt in Athens, according to the Athens Geodynamic Institute.
There were no immediate reports of ...
Greece to double subsidy on energy bills to 840 mln euros in January
Greece will increase subsidies on energy bills to €840 million ($892.08 million) in January to continue supporting households and businesses against soaring energy prices, Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas said on Friday.
The ...
Pope Francis orders return to Greece of Parthenon sculptures held in Vatican
Pope Francis has decided to return to Greece three 2,500-year-old pieces of the Parthenon that have been in the papal collections of the Vatican Museums for more than a century.
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Roma teenager dies in Greece after police shooting
A 16-year old Roma boy died in hospital on Tuesday after being shot by police in the Greek city of Thessaloniki after allegedly filling up a truck with fuel and ...
European Parliament acts on lawmaker accused in Qatar graft probe (Updated)
The European Parliament moved on Monday to strip one of its members of her role as vice president after she and others faced criminal charges over allegations Qatar lavished them ...