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I was enchanted by the car-free Greek island of Spetses

Navigable by electric bike, this historic island is full of charm, from its picturesque Old Harbour to hidden beaches where pines reach the water.

Greece

Greek police arrest suspect in 1985 TWA aircraft hijacking

The 1985 hijacking of the flight from Athens became a multi-day nightmare for passengers and crew members and included the slaying of a US Navy diver.

Greece

Watch: Drought kills hundreds of fish in Greek lake

Hundreds of fish have washed up on the shores of a lake after drought caused a drop in the water level. The phenomenon is blamed on high temperatures and a lack of rainfall.

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Greek island of Zakynthos ravaged by large forest fires

52 fire engines and crews, 171 firefighters in total, as well as nine groups of firemen on foot, two firefighting helicopters and four water-dropping helicopters assisted by 13 water-tanker trucks and digging machinery are battling the blaze.

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Watch: Climate change hits Greek wine as grape harvest falls 30%

Santorini wines are famously sharp but higher temperatures change the acidity of the grape and lead to sweeter wine.

World

Hundreds of people continue to head to Greece from Turkey each week

On the Greece's Aegean coast, 13 migrant boats carrying a total of 546 people arrived on the island of Lesbos in the space of about an hour on Thursday last week.

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Watch back: Rare look inside 'jungle' at Europe’s largest migrant camp

Watch back: Rare look inside 'jungle' at Europe’s largest migrant camp

Greece

Greece sets out new measures to curb migrant flows

More than a dozen boats carrying migrants arrived in Greece on Thursday.

Greece

'I don't think in terms of fear': basketball coach Blatt on MS battle

Last week, professional basketball coach David Blatt made a surprising announcement in a letter on Greek team Olympiacos' website — he has been diagnosed with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (PPMS).

World News

Is Europe losing ground in its fight against measles?

The UK, Greece, Albania and Czech Republic have lost their measles "eliminated" status according to the World Health Organization

Greece

Social gap widens after Greek economic crisis and bailout programmes

Ago Kouitimi and Tassos Athanasopoulos had many things in common, both enjoying a good standard of living. Until the startling impacts of the economic crisis hit Greece, increasing the social gap between the workers drastically.

Greece

Greece 'will not aid' Iranian tanker after U.S. warning

Greece 'will not aid' Iranian tanker after U.S. warning

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Watch: Full moon casts a glow by Greece's Koroni castle

The moon was celebrated with cultural events around the country, with local media reporting that museums and archaeological sites would stay open late.

Greece

EU helps Greek firefighters battle wildfire near Athens

Wildfires broke out on Tuesday morning in Greece, and more fires have been reported as smoke engulfed Athens.

Greece

French man arrested after Greek resort boat crash kills two

A French boat owner was questioned in Greece after a collision that left two local people dead and a third seriously injured, the coastguard said.

Greece

Greece scraps university sanctuary law banning police from campuses

Greece has scrapped a law that made universities a no-go zone for police — a move critics have blasted as a clampdown on democracy.

Business

The Brief: Greece unemployment rate drops to lowest level since 2011

The unemployment rate in Greece has dropped to the lowest level since May 2011. This is a sign that the country's troubled economy is recovering and showing modest growth.

Greece

Greek police find body of UK scientist missing on island of Ikaria

Greek police searching for missing UK scientist Natalie Christopher say they have found her body

Greece

Hunt for astrophysicist missing on Greek island after morning jog

The 34-year-old British-Cypriot was reported missing by her husband after she failed to return from a morning run on the Greek island of Ikaria.

Greece

Ancient shipwrecks discovered in the sea near small Greek island

Five major ancient shipwrecks are among the finds by archaeologists during underwater searches at the bottom of Levitha, the small Greek island in the Aegean Sea, between Amorgos and Leros.