‘Brutal’ weather conditions in Greece fan the flames of deadly fires.
Fires in Greece have become erratic as a result of strong winds and scorching heat, forcing firefighting crews to retreat and additional evacuations for nearby...
Israel, France, Greece, Cyprus come together for naval military exercise
In an effort to strengthen its control over the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the Israel Navy held joint maneuvers this week with Greece, Cyprus and France...
Turkey and Greece resume talks on maritime disputes after five years
Turkey and Greece resumed talks aimed at addressing long-standing maritime disputes on Monday, ending a five-year hiatus after months of tension in the eastern Mediterranean....
Greece detects four new cases of coronavirus of the new variant from UK
According to an official of the Ministry of Health, Greece has detected four new coronavirus cases in people who have recently travelled from Britain. The...
Greek newspaper likens Pfizer’s Jewish CEO with the Nazi doctor Mengele
The front-page article, with graphics including a picture of Albert Bourla and the Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele, appeared Tuesday in the daily Makeleio....
Jealous husband is charged with attempted murder for shooting a married Orthodox priest ‘who was sleeping with his wife’
A jealous husband has been charged with attempted murder for shooting a 'sexually adventurous' Greek Orthodox priest last month in Lyon, France. The Georgian...
Greek newspaper publisher convicted of hate speech against Jewish leader
In addition to defaming Moissis personally, the paper “contributed deliberately to the reproduction of a rhetoric of hate against the Greek Jewry,” the court said....
Fatalities, floods after strong quake jolts Turkey, Greece
A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake has struck off Turkey's Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos, destroying a number of houses. Search...
Greek court rules neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn guilty of acting as criminal group
A general view of the courtroom before a trial of leaders and members of the far-right Golden Dawn party at a court in Athens, Greece,...
Greece says first migrant dies of COVID-19 since the pandemic
A male migrant died of COVID-19 on Sunday, the first reported death of an asylum seeker since the pandemic broke out in Greece in late...
About 9,000 migrants on Greece’s Lesbos move into tent camp after fire
Thousands of asylum-seekers have moved into a new temporary facility on the Greek island of Lesbos, government officials said on Saturday, 10 days after a...
Two dead as destructive storm Ianos hits central Greece
Two people have died as a hurricane-like storm pounded central Greece, flooding streets and homes, the authorities said on Saturday. Cyclone Ianos, known as a...
Greek police transfer homeless migrants to new Lesbos camp
Police blocked the road in the area where the operation to transfer the migrants began Manolis LAGOUTARIS AFP Police on the Greek island of Lesbos...
Greece struggles to bring migrants into temporary camp after fire
Greek authorities were struggling on Wednesday to move thousands of migrants made homeless by a blaze at an overcrowded camp into new tents, while fears...
Germany to take in 1,500 refugees from Greek islands
Thousands of migrants have been left to wander aimlessly around the island for days ANGELOS TZORTZINIS AFP Germany plans to offer refuge to 1,500 migrants...
Greece hails Turkish survey ship’s return to Mediterranean port as a ‘positive sign’
Turkey sent the Oruc Reis research vessel to disputed waters near a Greek island on August 10 and prolonged the mission three times despite repeated...
Fed-up Lesbos islanders, migrants stuck waiting for Europe to decide
Crisis-weary residents of the Greek island of Lesbos and the thousands of migrants stranded there after this week’s refugee centre fire are united by one...
For Greek camp migrants, COVID-19 quarantine was spark
For asylum-seekers trapped in the overcrowded facility on Greece’s island of Lesbos, Moria was hell most days. But a coronavirus quarantine was the final straw....
Germany, France to take in minors from destroyed Greek camp, Merkel says
Refugees and migrants camp on a road following a fire at the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis...
Lesbos migrants sleep on roadsides; housing will take days
Thousands of migrants were stranded without shelter on Lesbos on Thursday after fires razed their camp to the ground, and the government said it would...
Thousands homeless after fire guts migrant camp on Greek island
Thousands of migrants were left without shelter on Wednesday after overnight fires gutted their overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, and authorities warned...
Greece’s main migrant camp evacuated after major blaze
Nearly the entire Moria camp was on fire early Wednesday, according to an AFP photographer AFP Greece's largest migrant camp was partly evacuated early Wednesday...
Nearly half of all Greeks would say no to a coronavirus vaccine
Nearly half of all Greeks wouldn't take a coronavirus vaccine should one be available, and almost 20% opposed wearing masks, according to a poll published...
13,000 chairs outside German parliament in Greek migrant camps protest
Each chair represented one of the migrants stuck in Greece's biggest island camp for igrants on Lesbos Tobias SCHWARZ AFP Campaigners placed 13,000 chairs outside...
Greece wants to bolster defense sector as tensions in east Mediterranean grow
Greece plans to acquire arms, bolster up its army staff and revamp its defense industry, its government spokesman said on Monday, as tensions with NATO...
Israeli businessman causes 3 Greek ministers to enter quarantine – report
Eitan Zucker reportedly arrived in Greece for a series of important business meetings that were meant to set the stage for a new Israeli-Greek cooperative...
Greece, Turkey agree to talks over Eastern Mediterranean, NATO says
Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday, part of efforts...
Kastellorizo, idyllic island at heart of Greece-Turkey row
Kastellorizo is the Greek island furthest removed from the European mainland, a rocky, arid outcrop of around nine square kilometres Louisa GOULIAMAKI AFP The tiny...