Tag: Greece

• Sunday, August 2nd 2026 - 20:43 UTC

  Two crew killed as firefighting helicopters collide in midair in Greece

  

  Two crew members were killed on Sunday when two helicopters battling a wildfire collided in midair in the Psatha area, on the boundary between Attica and Boeotia northwest of Athens, the Hellenic Fire Service said.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2026 - 12:45 UTC

  France and Greece dispatch warships to Cyprus after Iranian attack on UK base

  

  France will deploy anti-missile and anti-drone systems to Cyprus and send a frigate after drones struck the UK’s RAF Akrotiri air base on the island, citing Cyprus’ state-run CNA news agency and a Cypriot government source. The move comes amid a fast-moving regional escalation tied to fighting involving the United States, Israel and Iran.

• Friday, October 17th 2025 - 01:08 UTC

  Greek Parliament passes bill providing for 13-hour workdays

  

  Greece's Parliament approved this week a controversial labor reform that allows for an extended workday of up to 13 hours, despite widespread national protests and strikes.

• Monday, September 25th 2023 - 08:53 UTC

  Changes to the net zero plan by PM Sunak stir controversy in UK and Globally

  

  Condemnation and praise for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who last week delayed the net zero plan by pushing back a ban on new petrol cars from 2030 to 2035 and announced delays on other key green policies.

• Tuesday, July 25th 2023 - 11:35 UTC

  Interpol disrupts criminal network that smuggled 5,000 Cubans to EU

  

  Law enforcement from several European countries have disrupted an intercontinental criminal network smuggling migrants from fantasy island Cuba to the European Union. The investigation, coordinated by Europol and INTERPOL, led to the arrest of 62 persons, 25 of which were Cuban nationals and officials.

• Thursday, December 1st 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Greece to reinstate unvaccinated healthcare staff

  

  Greek healthcare workers sidelined in September 2021 for refusing to take a vaccine against COVID-19 are to be allowed back at their jobs effective Jan. 1, Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2022 - 20:10 UTC

  Greece pays up IMF financial bailouts

  

  Greece has paid up its debt with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after three assistance programs amounting to US$ 35 billion between 2010 and 2015, it was reported Tuesday.

• Tuesday, July 13th 2021 - 09:28 UTC

  France and Greece mandate all healthcare workers be vaccinated

  

  The Governments of France and Greece Monday decreed mandatory anti-covid-19 vaccination for all health care workers, while a green pass will be required for everyday life.

• Monday, May 24th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Belarus forces commercial flight to land so that dissident can be arrested

  

  The Government of Belarus Sunday forced a Ryanair Boeing 737 en route from Athens, Greece to Vilnius, Lituania which was flying over their territory to land and make the arrest of 26-year-old dissident journalist Roman Protasevich possible.

• Tuesday, March 9th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Greek 37 day old baby dies from Covid-19

  

  Greece on Monday mourned a 37-day-old baby, the youngest among the country's nearly 6,800 COVID-19 victims. “Sadly today we had the pandemic's youngest victim in our country, an infant that spent 17 of its 37 days fighting the coronavirus,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tweeted.