Greece
Wildfire rages on Greece’s Crete island, settlements evacuated
ATHENS, April 6 (Reuters) - A wildfire raged out of control on the Greek island of Crete on Saturday, with authorities ordering…
Greece’s Crete and Gavdos islands see surge in migrant boats from Libya
ATHENS, (Reuters) - The Greek islands of Crete and Gavdos have seen a steep rise in migrant boats landing on their shores…
Almost 5,000 false identity documents seized in Greece
The Aliens Division of Attica within the Hellenic Police (Ellinikí Astynomía), supported by Europol, targeted a criminal network involved in document fraud…
Greek parliament approves private foreign universities, bucking protests
ATHENS, March 9 (Reuters) - Greece’s parliament narrowly passed a bill early on Saturday that will allow foreign private universities to set…
Greeks strike to mark train crash anniversary, protest low wages
ATHENS, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Rail services will be halted and ships will remain docked at ports near the capital Athens on…
Greece approves military participation in EU Red Sea mission
ATHENS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The Greek government on Monday approved the country's participation in a European Union naval mission in the…
Greece to suspend flights at Crete airport for six days due to maintenance
ATHENS, (Reuters) - Flights at the Greek airport of Heraklion on the island of Crete will be suspended for six days from…
Greece becomes first Orthodox nation to legalise same-sex civil marriage
Greece's parliament approved a bill allowing same-sex civil marriage on Thursday, a landmark victory for supporters of LGBT rights that was greeted…
Shooting incident at Greek shipping company leaves one dead, wounds two
ATHENS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - At least one man was killed and two wounded during a rare shooting incident at a Greek…
Greece to raise investment price for ‘golden visas’, PM says
Greece is planning to further raise the investment threshold for "golden visas" to foreigners to 800,000 euros ($861,520) for real estate in…
Greece has absorbed 15 bln euro from EU’s Recovery Fund – minister
ATHENS, (Reuters) - Greece has received nearly 15 billion euros in grants and loans from the European Union's Recovery Fund since 2021,…
Two migrants found dead, nine rescued off Greek island
ATHENS, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Greece rescued nine migrants and recovered the bodies of two dead people, a woman and a man,…