World Jun 25 Greece’s conservative party wins majority in landslide election victory Greece's conservative New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed to speed up reforms following his landslide victory Sunday that granted him a comfortable parliamentary majority to form a government for a second term.
World Jun 16 Greek coast guard defends response to shipwreck that may have killed up to 500 migrants Patrol boats and a helicopter spent a third day scouring the area of the Mediterranean Sea where the packed fishing vessel capsized and sank early Wednesday.
World Jun 15 78 dead, hundreds still missing after migrant boat sinks off Greek coast Greek authorities said that the vessel appeared to be sailing normally until shortly before it sank, and declined repeated offers of rescue, while a network of activists said they received repeated distress calls from the vessel during the same time.
World Jun 14 At least 78 migrants dead and dozens feared missing after fishing boat sinks off Greece Authorities said 104 people have been rescued so far following the nighttime incident some 75 kilometers southwest of Greece's southern Peloponnese region.
World May 23 Greece heads to new election after conservatives fail to gain a majority despite landslide win A power-sharing deal was put mathematically out of reach after the main opposition party formally received and summarily rejected an invitation to try and form the country's next government.
World May 21 Greek PM’s conservative party wins big in election, sets sights on outright majority Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose conservative party scored a landslide election Sunday but without the seats in parliament to win outright, indicated Sunday he will seek a second election in a bid to consolidate victory without need of a…
World Mar 08 Tens of thousands march in Greece to protest train disaster Tens of thousands of people are marching in Athens and Greek cities to protest the deaths of 57 people and the serious safety deficiencies the country's worst train disaster exposed.
World Mar 06 Greece clears wreckage days after deadly rail disaster Recovery crews in northern Greece have cleared the final sections of wreckage from a deadly train collision from the tracks, as protests and political fallout from the country's worst ever rail disaster continue.
World Mar 02 Greece train collision death toll rises to 57 as crews continue searching crash site Emergency crews cut through the mangled remains of a passenger train on Thursday, progressing “centimeter by centimeter” in their search for the dead from a head-on collision in northern Greece that killed at least 57 people. Rail workers went on…
World Mar 01 Greek transport minister resigns after train crash kills at least 36 people Rescuers delved Wednesday through flattened, burned-out carriages for survivors and bodies after a passenger train and a freight train crashed head-on in central Greece overnight, killing at least 36 people and injuring scores.