Europe News Greek PM 'did not know' about opposition politician wiretap Mitsotakis said the wiretap of Nikos Androulakis was wrong. 09/08/2022
Europe News NATO deploys record 40 firefighting aircraft to Greece Halfway through the summer wildfire season, about 600,000 hectares had been burnt across the EU. This is second only to 2017 when nearly a million hectares when up in smoke. 05/08/2022
Greece Greek intelligence chief resigns over alleged spying scandal Panagiotis Kontoleon resigned Friday over allegations Greece's National Intelligence Agency hacked the phones of a journalist and a socialist opposition leader. 05/08/2022
no comment Fire broke out at the Greek Balıklı Hospital in Istanbul A fire broke out at Balıklı Rum Hospital in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul for an as yet undetermined reason. 04/08/2022
Greece Athens has not offered enough support over Evia wildfire, say locals It's a year since the devastating blaze. 03/08/2022
Greece 'I fear new famine,' Live Aid relief organiser Geldof tells Euronews In an interview for Euronews at the Sani music festival in Greece, the Irish rock star and activist accused Vladimir Putin of "using food as a weapon". 02/08/2022
Europe News Frontex 'covered up' illegal migrant pushbacks by Greece: report Frontex's former boss and some of its staff covered up the pushbacks and lied to MEPs about it, a leaked report by the European Anti-Fraud Office (Olaf) states. 29/07/2022
Greece MBS visits Europe Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is in Athens on his first European Union trip since the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi 27/07/2022
world news Wildfires Europe: Greece, Tenerife, and Czech Republic battle new and ongoing blazes Several major fires are burning across Greece where the heatwave, which started on Saturday, 23 July, has increased the danger of new ones. Meanwhile, a fire in Tenerife has burnt almost 2,500 hectares. 24/07/2022
Greece Major wildfires sweep through north, south and east Greece Greece is battling three major forest fires sweeping across the north, south and east of the country on Sunday. 23/07/2022
no comment Emergency evacuation on the Greek island of Lesbos due to forest fire Evacuation of the popular resort of Vatera on the island of Lesbos due to a forest fire threatening the first houses of the village. 23/07/2022
Greece Jordan-bound Ukrainian cargo plane carrying weapons crashes in Greece The Ukrainian-owned Antonov was carrying 11,5 tonnes of munitions from Serbia to its final destination in Bangladesh, Serbian Minister of Defence Nebojša Stefanović confirmed on Sunday. 17/07/2022
Taste Feta cheese is Greek, EU's top court tells Denmark The European Union's top court has ruled against Denmark and says the country has mislabelled white cheese as "feta". 14/07/2022
See These Ancient Greek statues used to be colourful Two historians have created a new exhibition at the Met, returning Greek and Roman statues to their original colours. 14/07/2022
Greece Firefighting helicopter crashes in Greece with four people on board Authorities say the aircraft went down in the Aegean Sea while battling a forest fire on the island of Samos. 13/07/2022
Culture news UPDATE: Anger as prominent Greek actor get suspended sentence for rape Lignadis had resigned as artistic director of Greece’s National Theatre when the accusations emerged. 13/07/2022
world news Greece demands answers over map that shows islands as Turkish The controversial map was gifted to an ally of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 11/07/2022
world news Bulgaria and Greece open new gas pipeline to cut reliance on Russia The 182-kilometre pipeline from Azerbaijan will connect to the two neighbouring EU countries and reduce dependency on Russian gas. 08/07/2022
Greece Greece will raise pensions in 2023 - the first time in over a decade "Today, Greece is a different Greece," said Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis. 07/07/2022
Europe News 'Violent and illegal' migrant pushbacks must end now, EU warns Greece Greece has been accused by NGOs of carrying out violent illegal pushbacks of migrants at its border with turkey and at sea. Athens denies the accusations. 04/07/2022
world news Good News: a break from climate anxiety and cheaper tech for Greeks A break from bad news anxiety: here are five stories about what is going well in the world. 01/07/2022
Greece Greece prevents 1,130 migrants crossing Aegean Sea from Turkey Athens has regularly accused Ankara of violating international law and helping migrants cross the border. 27/06/2022
world news Olympus race: 'Mountain of the Gods' marathon returns to Greek capital Over 500 runners from across the globe came to Greece to take on the punishing marathon to the summits of the Olympus Mountain -- a race which emulates an ancient Greek pilgrimage. 26/06/2022
world news UN says climate change and Ukraine war driving up refugee numbers "I had a right to build a better future, it wasn't possible to do that in Somalia." Abdullahi Ahmed, now a councillor in Turin, spoke to delegates on UN World Refugee Day. 20/06/2022
world news Festival unites people from three Balkan countries sharing Lake Prespa For the first time in recent history the Meet Prespa festival took place, connecting people from all three sides of the lake. 19/06/2022
Greece Greek coast guards rescue 108 migrants at sea, four remain missing Meanwhile, authorities in North Macedonia conduct multiple arrests for human trafficking charges after discovering about 100 migrants in two unrelated cases. 19/06/2022
