Greece

Smugglers ferrying migrants from Turkey to Greece’s eastern islands have in two cases adopted the new and dangerous tactic of knocking some passengers off their speedboats into the sea to avoid capture by pursuing coast guards, Greek authorities say.

The crew of a Greek coast guard vessel opened fire on a speedboat smuggling migrants that rammed into a patrol boat.

The Greek-flagged oil tanker MV Sounion was left adrift and burning in the Red Sea after attacks from the Houthi terrorists of Yemen.

A Greek oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attacks, leaving the vessel “not under command” and drifting ablaze.

Wildfire raged across the northern suburbs of Athens on Monday, leaving at least one person dead and triggering multiple evacuations.

A pod of killer whales sank a yacht in the Mediterranean Sea in a “terrifying” attack that lasted for two hours.

Persistently high inflation under the policies of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is decimating the Turkish tourism industry, as both foreign visitors and locals decide to save money by nipping over to Greece for holiday getaways.

Israel’s flag carrier El Al said Turkish officials refused to refuel an aircraft that made an emergency medical landing in Turkey.

Greek police officer guarding the house of a top judge was hospitalized with burns after a gasoline bomb attack in Athens.

A team from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group rescued the crew of a Greek-owned ship that Houthis attacked.

Police said that a body believed to be that of missing British TV presenter Michael Mosley was found on a Greek island Sunday morning.

Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia were elected by the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to serve two-year terms on the U.N. Security Council (UNSC), taking over five rotating “non-permanent” membership slots from Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Switzerland, and Mozambique.

The government of Greece said on Sunday it will deport nine Europeans who participated in disruptive anti-Israel protests at the University of Athens School of Law in May.

Over 500 thought to have died on people smuggler boat but case against nine Egyptians collapses because sinking was in international waters.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said more than one thousand Hamas terrorists received medical treatment in hospitals across Turkey.

Old foes Turkey and Greece will test a five-month-old friendship initiative Monday when Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents resume terrorist attacks against Red Sea shipping after a two-week pause.

A police officer in Greece was arrested on drugs charges for allegedly using his service car to smuggle marijuana.

A large explosion reverberated around Odesa as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greece’s prime minister ended a tour of the war-ravaged city.

A second Ukrainian basketball player has succumbed to his wounds and died after a knife attack, allegedly at the hand of a migrant gang. 

Scores of tractors were parked outside Greece’s parliament Tuesday, horns blaring, as thousands of farmers make their anger heard.

Parliament is to vote to legalize same-sex civil marriage in a first for an Orthodox Christian country and despite opposition.

Three people were fatally shot Monday in the offices of a shipping company near Athens and the suspected gunman also took his life.

Greek authorities found 84 boat migrants and arrested four individuals, accusing them of being the traffickers that transported them.

Snow-dusted tractors marked by vivid national flags have become markers of a farmer protest movement across Europe.

Greece has unveiled the palace where Alexander the Great was proclaimed king before he launched a conquest that reached as far as Afghanistan.

The Pentagon said more than 20 countries have signed up to protect Red Sea shipping against the Iran-backed Houthis, but it only named 12.

A father and son duo in Greece were arrested for selling adulterated sunflower oil marketed as olive oil, police said Saturday.

Police in North Macedonia said they found 77 migrants in the country’s south and arrested seven Pakistanis suspected of human trafficking

The government of Greece is planning to put illegal migrants to work on public works projects to update the nation’s infrastructure.

Olive oil is the latest commodity to see huge price hikes as it faces extreme weather during its production.  

At least 2,000 fatalities have been reported in Libya’s eastern city of Derna after dams burst in a torrential rainstorm.

A Greek shipping company has pleaded guilty to smuggling sanctioned Iranian crude oil and agreed to pay a $2.4 million fine.

A Greek captain and three of his crew faced homicide charges Wednesday over the death of a tardy passenger who was pushed into the sea.

Greek officials said four people died and 18 were rescued after a boat carrying migrants sank off the cost of the island of Lesbos.

Greek fire department officials arrested two men on Saturday for allegedly deliberately starting wildfires blamed for 21 deaths.