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Greece 'turning a page' as it exits enhanced surveillance programme

It comes 12 years after requiring an international bailout.

10/08/2022

Europe News

Dozens missing after migrant boat sinks off coast of Greek island

Greek authorities say a major search and rescue operation has been launched east of the island of Karpathos.

10/08/2022

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

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

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

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

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Wildfire rages in Athens's northeastern suburbs for a second day

Hundreds of firefighters continue to battle a massive forest fire outside Athens for the second day in a row, after hundreds of residents were evacuated during the night.

20/07/2022

Greece

Greek Church protests baptism for celebrity same-sex parents

Greece's Orthodox Church says it will send a letter of protest to the archbishop who heads the church in the US after he baptised the children of celebrity fashion designer Peter Dundas and his partner, Evangelo Bousis.

19/07/2022

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

Smart Health

Data dividend: how big tech will empower Europe's healthcare systems

In partnership with The European Commission

Digitalisation and data sharing are set to empower European healthcare systems and the medical sector. Smart Health examines how this e-revolution is enabling healthcare companies to improve their products and offer better services.

14/07/2022

Smart Health

How could the European Health Data Space boost the e-health sector?

In partnership with The European Commission

Smart Health speaks to Alexander Berler, an expert from the organisation, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), about how the European Health Data Space (EHDS) is set to transform Europe's healthcare sector.

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

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

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

Greece

Athens' chief heat officer prepares the city for the climate crisis

Appointed last year, Eleni Myrivili is helping the Greek capital to be prepared for the realities of global warming.

24/06/2022

Art

Welcome to Europe’s largest open-air digital art exhibition

A giant planet, robot and artificial moon: this is Europe’s largest open-air digital art exhibition

21/06/2022

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

Euronews Witness

Queues return to Greek soup kitchens as inflation takes its toll

First, the financial crisis played havoc with Greece. Then the pandemic showed up. And now: inflation. will Greeks manage to weather the storm again?

17/06/2022

Culture news

Watch: Athletes compete in parkour's most prestigious competition

Billed as the most daring freerunning competition in the world, the Red Bull Art of Motion 2022 showcased gravity-defying stunts and tricks. But who was crowned the King and Queen of parkour?

17/06/2022

Greece

Anti-fascist protesters rally during Golden Dawn appeal trial

Dozens of members of the neo-Nazi party have appealed their lengthy prison sentences.

15/06/2022

Culture news

Is Britain finally ready to share the Parthenon Marbles with Greece?

Ahead of UNESCO talks over the ownership of the Parthenon Marbles between Greece and the UK, the British Museum president has suggested he would be open to sharing.

15/06/2022