News | Latest Breaking News Stories & Headlines

Israel: Detained flotilla activists to be taken to Greece

Israel said that dozens of activists intercepted by the Israeli military from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters off Crete, which include seven Irish citizens, would be taken to Greek shores where they would disembark.

Middle East • 01 May

15 dead after Greek coastguard, migrant boat collide

At least 14 people were killed after a Greek coastguard vessel and a boat carrying migrants collided in the Aegean Sea, Greek police have said.

Europe • 04 Feb

Sean Binder stands outside the courthouse of Mytilene, Greece, on January 10, 2023, after the first hearing of the case of a misdemeanor charge against him, and 23 other humanitarian workers. (Photo by Iason Raissis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Irish humanitarian says charges in Greece were 'farcical'

An Irish man who was facing up to 20 years in jail for helping refugees in Greece has said the charges brought against him were "farcical".

Ireland • 16 Jan

Turnaround for Greece as Pierrakakis to lead Eurogroup

Greece's finance minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has been elected Eurogroup chief in a remarkable turnaround for a country that a decade ago was on the brink of crashing out of the euro.

Business • 12 Dec 25

17 found dead in migrant vessel off Crete - coastguard

Seventeen men were found dead Saturday after a migrant vessel was found drifting off the Greek island of Crete, a coastguard spokeswoman said.

World • 06 Dec 25

Euronext secures majority stake in Athens Stock Exchange

Pan-European stock exchange operator Euronext said today that it had successfully completed its voluntary share exchange tender offer for Hellenic Exchanges, securing about 74% of the Greek bourse's voting rights.

Business • 20 Nov 25

Firefighters are pictured working on extinguishing a wildfire near the city of Patras in western Greece

Wildfires fanned by heatwave rage across Europe

Wildfires caused by arsonists or thunderstorms and fanned by a heatwave and strong winds have wreaked destruction across southern Europe, burning homes and forcing thousands of residents and tourists to flee.

Europe • 14 Aug 25

A red helicopter flies over a house on fire with flames and smoke burning underneath in Greece

Further evacuations as Greece battles raging wildfires

Officials in Greece are continuing to battle wildfires that have ravaged homes and sparked evacuations for a second day, with the help of Czech firefighters and Italian aircraft expected to arrive later.

Europe • 28 Jul 25

A tourist drinks water outside of the closed Acropolis Hill monument site in Athens during a heatwave

Greece considers water-saving moves amid heatwave

Greece has announced plans to "urgently" overhaul its water management as temperatures continued to rise during a week-long heatwave.

Weather • 23 Jul 25

The latest fire broke out in the municipality of Koropi, around 30 kilometres east of Athens

Greece on high alert as heat and wind fuel fire outbreaks

A new fire has broken out near the Greek capital, Athens, as the country was put on high alert for wildfires due to increased temperatures and strong winds.

Europe • 04 Jul 25

Firefighters battle a wildfire that broke out in Ierapetra on Crete

Thousands evacuated as Greece wildfire rages on Crete

A wildfire fanned by gale-force winds on the southern Greek island of Crete has forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and tourists, officials have said.

Europe • 03 Jul 25

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 25

CHIOS, GREECE - JUNE 22: Smoke rises as firefighting teams respond the wildfire that broke out in Chios, Greece on June 22, 2025. (Photo by Dimitris Tosidis/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Greece declares emergency on Chios as fires burn

Greece has put the island of Chios under a state of emergency because of major fires that have raged since the weekend.

Europe • 23 Jun 25

Greek coastguards prosecuted for migrant tragedy - groups

17 members of Greece's coastguard have been prosecuted over the country's deadliest migrant shipwreck, which claimed hundreds of lives, rights groups representing the survivors and victims said Friday.

World • 27 May 25

Climate change is making Greece hotter, drier and more vulnerable to wildfires

Watch: Volunteers prepare for peak fire season in Greece

In summer 2023, Dimitris Marinelis spent days on the frontline of Europe's biggest wildfire in northern Greece, protecting homes and setting up anti-fire zones as flames engulfed a forest.

Climate Change • 25 May 25

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 25

It is believed to have disappeared from a local museum in 1936 before it could be properly catalogued (Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

New York's Met Museum returns stolen Greek artefact

Greece said it has recovered from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art a 2,600-year-old bronze artefact stolen from ancient Olympia in the 1930s.

World • 26 Feb 25

Over 11,000 residents and seasonal workers have left Santorini since the weekend

State of emergency on Santorini following earthquakes

Greece has declared a state of emergency on Santorini after a series of earthquakes shook the popular tourist island this week.

Europe • 07 Feb 25

People wait for a ferry in the port of Athinios

Thousands leave as fresh tremors shake Santorini

Thousands of people were leaving the Greek island of Santorini by sea and air for a third day as an unprecedented series of earthquakes shook the top travel destination.

World • 04 Feb 25

People queue to get a ferry off the island of Santorini after 'intense' tremors

Greek PM calls for calm after 'intense' Santorini tremors

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has appealed for calm after a wave of seismic tremors hit the tourist island of Santorini, prompting mass departures.

World • 03 Feb 25

Statue of Alexander the Great, located at the waterfront of Thessaloniki in Macedonia, Greece (file image)

Ancient statue found 'near dustbins' - Greek police

Police in Greece said they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near dustbins in the northern city of Thessaloniki.

News Lens • 22 Jan 25

Ancient statue found 'near dustbins' - Greek police

Police in Greece said they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near dustbins in the northern city of Thessaloniki.

News Lens • 22 Jan 25

Albania was promised EU membership years ago

Greece says Albania's EU accession bid is conditional

Greece will back Albania in its decade-long bid to join the European Union on condition it respects the rights of its ethnic Greek minority, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said.

Europe • 18 Dec 24

The Parthenon Marbles are considered stolen goods by Greece

Deal over Parthenon Marbles dispute 'some distance' away

Head of the British Museum, George Osborne, has said a reported deal with Greece to end a decades-long dispute over the highly contested and priceless Parthenon Marbles was "still some distance" away.

World • 04 Dec 24

Workers scoop up the dead fish from the port area

Greek tourist port flooded with dead fish

Greek authorities have started collecting hundreds of thousands of dead fish that poured into a tourist port in the central city of Volos this week after being displaced from their usual freshwater habitats during flooding last year.

Climate Change • 29 Aug 24