Greek defense team says 9 Egyptians accused of causing deadly shipwreck were misidentified as crew
The legal defense team for nine Egyptian men due to go on trial in southern Greece next week accused of causing one of the Mediterraneanโs deadliest shipwrecks say they will argue Greece has no jurisdiction in the case.
Carli Lloyd turns diplomat and takes a US message to kids in Greece
One of Americaโs greatest soccer players is spending the week in Greece working with kids and reminding everyone that the most important moments in sports donโt always end with a group of Champagne-soaked winners holding up a trophy.
Unions in Greece call widespread strikes, seeking a return to bargaining rights axed during bailouts
Strikes called by Greeceโs largest labor union have halted ferries, disrupted public transport services and left some state-run hospitals running on emergency staffing levels in Athens and elsewhere.
US sanctions spyware company and executives who targeted American journalists, government officials
The Treasury Department says it has sanctioned two people and a Greece-based commercial spyware company headed by a former Israeli military officer that developed and distributed technology used to target U.S. government officials, journalists and policy experts.
In latest crackdown on violence, Greece bans fans at all top-flight matches for two months
All top-flight soccer matches in Greece will be played without fans in the stadiums for the next two months, in the latest crackdown on supporter violence following a sport-related riot last week that left a police officer with life-threatening injuries.
The death toll from flooding in central Greece has increased to 10 while 4 others are missing
The death toll from severe flooding in central Greece has increased to 10 people, while another four remain missing, Greeceโs climate crisis and civil protection minister says, as rescue crews in helicopters and boats are ferrying hundreds of people from inundated villages to safety.
Severe flooding in Greece leaves at least 6 dead and 6 missing, villages cut off
Widespread flooding in central Greece has left at least six people dead and six missing, with severe rainstorms turning streams into raging torrents, bursting dams, washing away roads and bridges, and hurling cars into the sea.
A massive wildfire in northeastern Greece is gradually abating, with over 700 firefighters deployed
Greek firefighters say a massive wildfire that decimated vast tracts of forest in northeastern Greece over 17 days is gradually abating, although hundreds of firefighters are still tackling pockets that continue to burn.
Firefighters in Greece struggle to control wildfires, including the EU's largest blaze
Firefighters are struggling against strong winds and hot, dry conditions to tame multiple wildfires ravaging Greece, including one in the countryโs northeast that officials say is the largest recorded in the European Union.
With hundreds lost in the migrant shipwreck near Greece, identifying the dead is painfully slow
Nearly two months after a dilapidated fishing trawler crammed with people heading from north Africa to Italy sank in the central Mediterranean, killing hundreds, relatives are still frantically searching for loved ones among the missing and dead.
Nearly 100 Croatian soccer fans face murder, gang-related charges in Greece after deadly violence
Nearly 100 Croatian soccer fans have appeared in an Athens court to face serious criminal charges that include murder and membership of a criminal organization, over their alleged involvement in deadly fan violence.
As crews contain Europe fires, Pope Francis sounds alarm on climate threat to 'our common home'
Pope Francis has urged governments to do more to fight climate change and protect โour common homeโ as improving weather conditions help firefighters contain wildfires in Greece, Italy and other countries in southern Europe.
EU watchdog investigates the role of the bloc's border agency in migrant tragedy off Greece in June
The European Unionโs official watchdog says it has opened a probe into the role of the blocโs Frontex border agency in the shipwreck off Greece last month that is feared to have killed hundreds of people in the Mediterranean Sea.
Tourists and residents warned to stay inside as deadly heat hits Europe during peak travel season
Officials are warning residents and tourists packing Mediterranean destinations to stay indoors during the hottest hours as the second heat wave in as many weeks hits the region and Greece, Spain and Switzerland battle wildfires.
Wind-fanned wildfires force thousands to flee seaside resorts outside Greek capital
Wildfires outside Athens forced thousands to flee seaside resorts, closed highways and gutted vacation homes Monday, with high winds pushing flames through hillside scrub and pine forests parched by days of extreme heat.
Acropolis' midday closure leaves many tourists in the lurch as a heat wave lashes southern Europe
Disgruntled tourists are bemoaning the temporary closing of the Acropolis in Athens as Greek authorities proactively shut the world monumentโs gates between midday and early evening amid a heat wave gripping southern Europe.