Greece gets EU help to battle disastrous wildfires
Greece on Sunday was battling wildfires that have ravaged homes and sparked evacuations, with Czech firefighters and Italian aircraft being deployed to help...
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Many Bangladesh nationals living in Greece at risk
Undocumented migrants from Bangladesh and other countries in Greece are now at risk of deportation as the government of the European country has tightened its migration related law suspending the registration of...
Heatwave shuts Acropolis, halts outdoor work in Greece
Greece鈥檚 top archaeological monument, the Acropolis, was partially shut Tuesday as part of emergency measures to protect visitors and workers around the country during a four-day heatwave...
Hundreds more asylum-seekers near Crete
Greece鈥檚 coastguard on Monday said it had rescued around 230 asylum seekers near the island of Crete, after hundreds more landed over the weekend...
Greece starts charging tourist tax on cruises
Greece has began charging a tax on island cruise ships, the latest European effort to tackle soaring visitor numbers to the continent鈥檚 most popular destinations.
Wildfire forces evacuation in Greek island of Crete
A wildfire fanned by gale-force winds on the southern Greek island of Crete has forced the evacuation of locals and tourists, officials said on Thursday.
400 asylum seekers reach Greece island
Over 400 asylum seekers have landed at the small island of Gavdos near Crete, a new entry point increasingly used by migrant smugglers in past months, the Greek coastguard said Friday.
Dhaka, Athens explore agri cooperation
Bangladesh鈥檚 ambassador to Greece Nahida Rahman Shumona met the Greek deputy minister of rural development and food Dionysis Stamenitis to discuss bilateral agricultural collaboration at his office in Athens on June 18, said a release...
Greece to toughen migration laws
Greece plans to eliminate a provision allowing irregular migrants to apply for residency after seven years in the country, the migration minister announced Thursday, saying the rule had been abused.
Migrant boat sinking kills seven in Greece
Seven people, including two children, died and 23 others were rescued on Thursday when an inflatable boat carrying migrants capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos, the coast guard said...
Greece to spend 25b euros in defence overhaul: PM
Greece will spend 25 billion euros ($27 billion) through to 2036 in the 鈥榤ost drastic鈥� defence overhaul in its modern history, prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday...
Violence mars Greece train crash demonstration
Violence on Friday marred a huge demonstration in Athens to mark the second anniversary of the country鈥檚 worst rail tragedy, as youths threw firebombs and clashed with riot police outside parliament.
Bangladeshi culture celebrated in Athens
Doel Academy, a cultural organisation founded by Bangladeshi expatriates in Greece, performed traditional Bangladeshi songs and dances at the 13th Folklore Festival in Greece on Monday...
Greece orders schools to close as quakes shake Santorini island
Schools on the Greek tourist island of Santorini will remain closed on Monday after more than 200 small earthquakes shook the region, civil protection authorities announced.
Greek parliament to adopt almost double defence budget
Greece will almost double its defence spending with parliamentary debate on the 2025 state budget expected to culminate Sunday with a roll-call vote, traditionally regarded as a vote of confidence in the government.
Five dead as migrant boat sinks off Greece
Five migrants died early Saturday when a migrant boat sank off Crete, Greece鈥檚 coastguard said, leaving 40 people reportedly missing while 39 survivors were rescued.
Italy and security-tight France lock up Nations League quarter-final spots
Italy ensured qualification for the Nations League quarter-finals with a victory over Belgium on Thursday that also guaranteed France a place in the last-eight despite a lacklustre display in a scoreless draw with Israel under tight security in Paris.
Kane disappointed by England Nations League withdrawals
Harry Kane says he is disappointed by the high number of withdrawals from the England squad this week, insisting the national team must come first.
Greece earn late win against England in Nations League, Italy-Belgium stalemate
A 94th-minute winner by Vangelis Pavlidis gave Greece a 2-1 victory on Thursday against England in a Nations League clash overshadowed by the death of Greek player George Baldock on the eve of the game, while Italy were held to a draw by Belgium.
Bangladesh ambassador to Greece presents credentials
Ambassador Nahida Rahman Shumona presented her credentials to the Greek president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, at the Presidential Palace in Athens on September 27.
Greece battles deadly wildfire for third day
Greek emergency services battled a massive wildfire threatening Athens for a third day on Tuesday after finding the first victim and thousands of people were kept away from their homes by the flames.
Greeks try tropical crops in climate change experiment
Stirring the leaves of a shrub on his farm in Kyparissia, western Greece, Panos Adamopoulos spied the first soon-to-be-ripe mangoes 鈥� his share of a state experiment against climate change...
75 migrants rescued off Greece
The Greek coastguard on Tuesday said it had rescued 75 migrants in an area where one of the Mediterranean鈥檚 worst migrant shipwrecks occurred last year.
Looming war between NATO allies
THE relations between Turkey and Greece have never been normal. The legacy of Mongol Turkish conquest of Greece in the fifteenth century poisons all connections between Turks and Greeks. The Greeks remember their Turkish oppressors like other barbarians who invaded their country. They fought hard and long to free themselves from the...
Art unites divided Cyprus
The vocalist and guitarist for the band Island Seeds, Alexis Sunder, prepares for a concert in Nicosia鈥檚 old town with six other young Greek and Turkish Cypriot members of the band that aims to connect the residents of the divided island....
75 years of NATO equals 75 years of denial
JUST in time for its 75th anniversary, NATO has dropped its mask. And the NATO summit beginning Tuesday in Washington is one particularly illuminating moment in this revelation...
Lithonia, Greece, Malawi envoys present credentials to president
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday separately received credentials of envoys from three countries to Bangladesh at Bangabhaban in Dhaka....
Greece fighting dozens of wildfires braces for worse to come
A large wildfire broke out southeast of Athens on Sunday afternoon, amid warnings that the worst of the summer heat is yet to come.
Pakistan, Greece, Denmark, Panama, Somalia become Security Council members
Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia were elected by secret ballot Thursday at the United Nations General Assembly to serve on the Security Council for the 2025-2026 term.
Ocean summit wraps with $11.5 billion in pledges: Greek minister
An annual international summit on saving the oceans on Wednesday concluded in Athens with over $11.5 billion in pledges, the Greek foreign minister said.....