# greece - Yesterday’s News
# Wildfires
# Wildfires
This year’s fire season has been significantly more destructive than previously, according to EU data.
# greece - Tuesday 13 July, 2021
# Controversy
From The42
# Controversy
The visitors were due to play against Greek champions Olympiakos on Tuesday.
# greece - Tuesday 15 June, 2021
# The Name Game
From The42
# The Name Game
The initials ‘cannot be accepted’ by Greece , according to Nikos Dendias, the country’s Foreign Minister.
# greece - Saturday 22 May, 2021
# Geraneia Mountains
# Geraneia Mountains
The fire is “one of the biggest in the past 20 to 30 years”.
# greece - Tuesday 11 May, 2021
# Rhodes To Freedom
# Rhodes To Freedom
The Greek Prime Minister said: “My message is clear. We are open again.”
# greece - Monday 8 March, 2021
# Greece
# Greece
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tweeted “the grief is unbearable”.
# greece - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Medea
# Medea
The ‘Medea’ cold front brought gale force winds, resulting in power outages and a delay to Athens’ vaccine rollout.
# greece - Saturday 14 November, 2020
# Shutdown
# Shutdown
Schools, kindergartens and daycare centres have all been shut in Greece as cases surge.
# greece - Saturday 31 October, 2020
# Earthquake
# Earthquake
The quake toppled buildings in Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city.
# greece - Friday 30 October, 2020
# Izmir
# Izmir
On Samos, two teenagers died after being struck by a wall that collapsed.
# greece - Friday 9 October, 2020
# Election
# Election
The move threatened to further inflame tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, where Turkey has been engaged in bitter maritime disputes with Greece and Cyprus.
# greece - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Neo-Nazi
# Neo-Nazi
The judgement came to a background of clashes between police and anti-fascist demonstrators.
# greece - Thursday 1 October, 2020
# Moria
# Moria
Justice Minister Helen McEntee said today that Ireland will welcome refugee families from Greece under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme.
# greece - Saturday 12 September, 2020
# Moira Camp
# Moira Camp
Asylum seekers have been sleeping rough since Wednesday, when the Moria camp was gutted in apparent arson attacks.
# Criticism
# Criticism
Varoufakis served as the Greek Finance Minister from January to July 2015.
# greece - Friday 11 September, 2020
# Moria
# Moria
Greek authorities have said the fires on Tuesday and Wednesday evening were deliberately set by some of the camp’s residents.
# greece - Thursday 10 September, 2020
# Lesbos
# Lesbos
The blaze means thousands more refugees are in need of emergency housing.
# greece - Wednesday 9 September, 2020
# Moria
# Moria
A state of emergency is set to be declared on the island.
# greece - Wednesday 26 August, 2020
# Saga
From The42
# Saga
The Manchester United captain was handed a suspended prison sentence of 21 months and 10 days.
# greece - Saturday 22 August, 2020
# Greece
# Greece
Greece annually grapples wildfires during the dry summer season.
# Altercation
From The42
# Altercation
The £80million defender was arrested late on Thursday.
# greece - Tuesday 11 August, 2020
# Travel
# Travel
The country has seen a recent spike in Covid-19 cases.
# greece - Wednesday 17 June, 2020
# Migrants
# Migrants
The children will be received into the care of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.
# greece - Friday 29 May, 2020
# Tourism
# Tourism
The Greek government imposed an early lockdown, which is credited with limiting the spread of Covid-19.
# greece - Monday 25 May, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
Travel to the islands had been generally off-limits since a lockdown in late March.
# greece - Thursday 12 March, 2020
# Refugee Crisis
# Refugee Crisis
The plan, available for a month only and based on a €2,000 stipend, is only open to those who arrived in Greece before 1 January.
# greece - Saturday 7 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
In Greece , a row has erupted over whether to cancel Holy Communion, while China has just 99 new confirmed cases of Covid-19.
# greece - Thursday 5 March, 2020
# European Dream
From The42
# European Dream
The Girls In Green were 1-0 winners over group rivals Greece at Tallaght Stadium.
# Border
# Border
Turkey has claimed Greece is using live rounds against people at the border, saying three have been killed.
# greece - Tuesday 3 March, 2020
# Syria Civil War
# Syria Civil War
Greek authorities said they thwarted an attempt by about 1,000 people overnight to cross the border.
# greece - Monday 2 March, 2020
# Open Borders
# Open Borders
Turkey’s decision to ease border restrictions came amid a Russia-backed Syrian government offensive into a Syrian province.
# greece - Sunday 1 March, 2020
# Idlib
# Idlib
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened his country’s borders with Europe.
# Euro Vision
From The42
# Euro Vision
The next fortnight has the potential to define the Euro 2021 qualifying campaign for Vera Pauw’s side.
# greece - Saturday 11 January, 2020
# Rescue Operation
# Rescue Operation
Six coastguard patrol boats and three helicopters were engaged in the continuing rescue effort.
# greece - Monday 25 November, 2019
# Extreme Weather
# Extreme Weather
People have been trapped in their cars and roads have been closed by the floods.
# greece - Tuesday 12 November, 2019
# Two Points Dropped
From The42
# Two Points Dropped
The FC Köln striker scored her second international goal today – but was left disappointed afterwards.
# Erdogan
# Erdogan
President Erdogan said that the man was not Turkey’s problem.
# Disappointment
From The42
# Disappointment
Ireland boss says her side need to ‘be better’ and ‘learn to dominate a game’ after frustrating late draw.
# Tough Blow
From The42
# Tough Blow
It finished 1-1 in Athens as Greece struck for an injury-time goal.
From The42
Live
Nov 12th 2019, 12:30 PM
Periods of rain from late morning on
Max: 16 °C
Min: 10 °C
Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers
Max: 19 °C
Min: 12 °C
