Greece

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Thousands of migrants, still living on the streets, protest in Lesbos

Thousands of protesting migrants left homeless on the Greek island of Lesbos after fires destroyed the notoriously overcrowded Moria camp gathered on a road leading to the island's main town Friday, demanding to be allowed to leave.

11/09/2020

Greece

Families of Greek refugees who fled Turkey in 1922 tell their stories

The descendants of Greek refugees who fled Turkey nearly a century ago tell Euronews their stories

11/09/2020

Greece

MEP says Moria migrant camp is an 'insult' to European values

"Europe is not leaving up to its values by parking people in such camps. We should have acted earlier", says Greens EFA's co-president Philippe Lamberts.

11/09/2020

Greece

Southern EU leaders urge Turkey to end 'unilateral' actions

Heads of states of France, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Italy, Spain and Portugal warned Turkey that "unless it ends its unilateral activities", the EU would "develop a list of further restrictive measures".

10/09/2020

Greece

New fire at overcrowded migrant camp on Greek island of Lesbos

4,000 migrants who had left the camp for the island's main port of Mytilini to board ships for the mainland threw stones at police blocking the road.

10/09/2020

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Lesbos' migrants sleep on the streets after fire at Moria camp

Thousands of migrants slept on the streets on the Greek island of Lesbos after being evacuated from their camp as fires broke out early on Wednesday.

09/09/2020

Greece

Thousands of migrants flee massive fire at Lesbos camp

Some 12,500 people were living at the Moria camp and the surrounding area.

09/09/2020

Greece

COVID-19: Crowded Greek refugee camp quarantined after case confirmed

As of Aug. 31, the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos housed 12,714 people, well over its capacity of 2,757.

02/09/2020

Greece

Greek coast guard rescues 96 migrants from sinking yacht

Search and rescue operations continued on Wednesday, as the total number of people on board is not known.

26/08/2020

Greece

Greece to extend territorial waters amid drilling row with Turkey

The two NATO allies have come to blows over energy resources in the disputed Mediterranean Sea and are both set to carry out rival navy drills.

25/08/2020

Greece

Harry Maguire: Manchester United captain found guilty in Greece

The England footballer was found guilty of repeated bodily harm, attempted bribery, violence against public employees, and insult after his arrest on the island of Mykonos.

25/08/2020

Greece

Greece's top national security advisor resigns over Turkey remarks

Alexandros Diakopoulos said his comments — which he had later retracted — had “caused confusion and created a problem” for Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

19/08/2020

Greece

EU holds urgent talks on Greece-Turkey energy dispute

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said the Turkish drilling must stop.

14/08/2020

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Watch: Greece's Tinos pilgrimage overshadowed by virus

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the suspension of many of the usual practices.

14/08/2020

Greece

Erdogan: Greece will pay a 'heavy price' if it attacks Turkish ships

Greek-Turkish tensions will be on the agenda for Friday's Foreign Ministers meeting in Vienna on Friday,

14/08/2020

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Residents of Greek island face storm and flooding aftermath

Greek emergency services and residents faced severe damage on Monday after flash floods sparked by a storm on the island of Evia left eight people dead.

10/08/2020

Greece

Tensions grow between Greece and Turkey over exploratory drilling

Greece’s prime minister has convened the government’s national security council amid growing tensions with Turkey over drilling in the eastern Mediterranean.

10/08/2020

Greece

Seven killed in floods after torrential downpours on Greek island

Authorities in the Greek island of Evia say seven people have died and dozens remain trapped in their homes and cars after flash floods caused by a torrential downpour.

09/08/2020

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Seven dead after storm causes flooding on Greek island

Torrential rains and floods swept the Greek island of Evia, killing seven, damaging dozens of houses and blocking roads.

09/08/2020

Greece

Seven dead in Greece as car carrying migrants crashes into roadworks

The migrants were believed to have recently entered the country when the crash happened, according to police.

05/08/2020

Greece

Divers clean 'ghost nets' off old WWII submarine to save marine life

Environmental divers have cleaned the HMS Perseus, a submarine lost during WWII, of lost fishing gear to prevent marine wildlife getting trapped in the nets.

03/08/2020

Greece

‘Parthenon of shipwrecks’: Greece opens its first underwater museum

Members of the public have the chance to scuba dive to the wreck of an ancient ship that sank in the 5th century BC.

02/08/2020

Greece

Watch back: Athens protest as Turkey's Hagia Sophia becomes a mosque

Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described Turkey's decision as a sign of 'weakness'. Protests are expected in Athens and Thessaloniki.

24/07/2020

Greece

Greeks haunted by Mati fire tragedy, two years on

The fire, which started on the Penteli mountain, spread very quickly to the seaside towns of Mati and Kokkino Limanaki, east of Athens, killing 102 people.

23/07/2020

Smart Regions

DISARM - predicting fires and protecting against them

In partnership with the European Commission

DISARM is the fire-modelling system giving southern European nations a fighting chance against blazes like the one that caused the Mati tragedy in Greece two years ago.

20/07/2020

Greece

Greece's great declutter at key naval battles coastline

The 480 BC Battle of Salamis is seen by many historians as a turning point in history that allowed ancient Greece to flourish.

18/07/2020