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A police officer tries to put off the fire in a car during a wildfire

French firefighters battle wildfire threatening Marseille

Hundreds of firefighters are battling a fast-moving wildfire that reached the outskirts of the southern French city of Marseille, forcing people to stay indoors and the nearby airport to close.

World • 08 Jul

One of many homes burned in Thymari, east of Athens

Greece forest fire forces evacuations near Athens

A forest fire has devastated several seaside towns east of the Greek capital Athens, damaging homes and prompting dozens of evacuations in a popular tourist destination.

Europe • 26 Jun

Firebombs were thrown during clashes at the Athens protest

Clashes erupt at Greece train crash demonstration

Clashes broke out in Athens as hundreds of thousands of people rallied across Greece to demand justice on the second anniversary of the country's deadliest-ever train crash.

Europe • 28 Feb

The Acropolis as seen from Filopappou Hill during a snow storm which hit Athens

Storm brings snow, disruption to Greek capital

A winter storm brought snow to the Greek capital Athens, closing schools, nurseries and courts and disrupting both traffic and power supplies.

Weather • 06 Feb 23

The suspect was a priest undergoing a disciplinary hearing

Seven Greek bishops hurt in acid attack

Seven bishops from the Greek Orthodox Church were hurt in an acid attack late last night by a priest undergoing a disciplinary hearing in Athens, police said.

World • 24 Jun 21

The demonstration follows uproar over viral video footage showing an officer beating a man with a baton

Police officer injured in clashes at Athens protest

Greek police say an officer has been seriously injured after clashes broke out at a protest of some 5,000 people in Athens against police violence.

Europe • 09 Mar 21

Tear gas was fired to disperse the crowd

Clashes in Athens over Macedonia name change deal

Clashes between police and a group of masked protesters left several injured in Athens, as tens of thousands demonstrated against a name change deal with neighbouring Macedonia.

Europe • 20 Jan 19

Firefighters and volunteers try to extinguish flames during a wildfire at the village of Kineta, near Athens

At least 81 people dead following Greek wildfires

At least 80 people have been killed in wildfires burning close to Athens, a Greek fire brigade official has said.

Greece • 26 Jul 18

Over 180 people have been injured in the wildfires with many still unaccounted for

At least 74 killed, dozens injured in Greek wildfires

Three days of national mourning have been declared after at least 74 people died in a series of wildfires that broke out east of the Greek capital.

Greece • 24 Jul 18

Greece is due to leave its financial rescue programme on 20 August

Key dates in Greece's debt crisis

Here are some key dates in the Greek debt crisis, as Eurozone nations agree on the final elements of a plan to get the country out of its eight-year bailout programme and make its massive debt more manageable.

Greece • 22 Jun 18

President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina visited Eleonas refugee camp today

President Higgins visits refugee camp in Greece

President Michael D Higgins met with asylum seekers and refugees at a centre in Athens on the final day of his state visit to Greece.

News • 24 Feb 18

Village evacuated as wildfire burns near Athens

Firefighters are battling to contain a wildfire near Athens after it spread overnight to three towns 45km northeast of the Greek capital and damaged dozens of homes.

Europe • 14 Aug 17

Employees from the municipal kindergardens protest outside the Greek parliament during a 48-hour strike

Eurozone fails to reach debt deal for Greece

Eurozone finance ministers, the International Monetary Fund and the Greek government failed to agree at talks on a release of further bailout funds for Athens and reached no deal on further offers of debt relief for Greece, EU officials said.

Business • 22 May 17

Greece has asked for €53.5bn to help cover its debts until 2018

Eurozone meeting adjourned until tomorrow

.Eurozone finance ministers have adjourned their crisis meeting on Greece until tomorrow morning.

News • 12 Jul 15

Greece said it will pay IMF a lump sum of €1.6bn at the end of June

Greece will not accept agreement without relief

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has told his parliament he would not accept an agreement with lenders that did not include the promise of debt relief that has been his government's long-standing demand.

News • 05 Jun 15

IMF warns of more impetus needed in Greek talks for an agreement to be reached in time

Greek departments told to send central bank cash

Greece has ordered its public sector operations to transfer idle cash to the central bank in a scramble to meets its needs in the run-up to IMF loan repayments next month.

Business • 20 Apr 15

An anonymous caller said the bomb contained about 70kg of explosives

Bomb explodes outside bank in Greece

A car bomb went off outside a Bank of Greece building in central Athens early this morning.

News • 10 Apr 14

Ryanair announces two new Greek bases

Ryanair has invested $280m in the opening of two new bases in Greece - one in Athens and another in Thessaloniki.

Business • 14 Jan 14

Anger over 'mobility scheme', which could see thousands of public sector workers affected

Tear gas fired as Greek teachers stage strike

Greek police fired tear gas as teachers began a strike against public sector layoffs and forced transfers.

News • 16 Sep 13

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis said the handout would not be allowed

Police block 'Greeks only' food handout in Athens

Police have stopped members of a far-right party in Greece from staging a free food handout aimed only at Greeks in the capital's main square.

News • 02 May 13

Greece hit by new strikes as jobless rate soars

Unions have launched another general strike against austerity measures in Greece, amid predictions unemployment in the crisis-hit country will reach 30% this year.

Business • 20 Feb 13

Greek parliament earlier approved a series of unpopular tax rises to increase government income

Anarchists march through central Athens

Thousands of Greek anarchists marched through central Athens to protest about the arrest of nearly 92 people who tried to reoccupy a long-term squat evacuated by police last week.

News • 14 Jan 13

Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton said that the euro faces its biggest test ever

Barroso tells Greece to put words into action

EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has told Greece's new government to "deliver, deliver, deliver" on promises for cost-cutting reforms.

Business • 26 Jul 12

French President Francois Hollande meets US President Barack Obama

British PM calls for decisive action in eurozone

The British Prime Minister David Cameron has called on eurozone countries to take decisive action to stem the debt crisis and said that he would not accept a Europe-wide financial transaction tax

News • 18 May 12

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