#Greece

All 17 people aboard a vessel that sank on Thursday off the Greek island of Milos have been rescued, the coast guard said on Thursday. All aboard were Greek citizens. The ...

The remaining 35 members of the Cypriot firefighting mission sent to Greece to help battle the wildfires are expected to return to the island on Friday as most blazes were put ...

Exhausted Greek firefighters battled blazes for a ninth day on Wednesday amid sweltering temperatures that also helped stoke wildfires in Algeria, where at least 65 people died, and in southern Italy. ...

The Salamis Organisation announced on Wednesday it will offer all three of its cargo ships for the free transport of humanitarian aid to Greece for the people affected by the ...

Several members of a Cypriot firefighting unit in Greece, including one who was slightly injured on Tuesday, will be returning to the island after seven days, a fire service spokesman ...

Migrating storks crossing through Greece on their way to Africa have fallen victim to the wildfires raging across the country for the past week, becoming disoriented by the flames and ...

By Stamos Prousalis and Costa Baltas Flames swept through a town near Athens overnight and hundreds of people were evacuated by ferry from the island of Evia east of the ...

Greek authorities told people in Athens to stay indoors on Wednesday as a wildfire raging uncontrolled north of the city covered the sky in a thick cloud of smoke. More ...

Turkey is not cooperating, nor implementing UN resolutions, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday adding that Ankara was trying to create new faits accomplis in Cyprus. Addressing a group of ...

The further expansion and deepening of ties between Cyprus, Greece and Jordan were the focus of the trilateral meeting between the leaders of the three countries in Athens on Wednesday. ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Wednesday presented a €1.65m project to fund the construction of an archaeological park at the ancient administrative acropolis of Idalion, aiming to the promotion of ...

Dr Natalie Alkiviadou In this year’s parliamentary elections ruling Disy secured a percentage of 27.77 per cent of the vote, Akel 22.34 per cent, Diko 11.29 per cent and Elam 6.78 per cent, ...

The Cyprus issue, Turkey’s stance on the Eastern Mediterranean, gas cooperation and the situation in Libya dominated Monday’s meeting between Greek PM Kyriacos Mitsotakis and Egyptian President Abdel ...

Turkey`s aggressive rhetoric undermines stability and cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday after the conclusion of the Ministerial Summit of the EU`s ...

The Church of Greece has called on their Cypriot counterparts to ask the outspoken Morphou Bishop to tone down his anti-vaccine rhetoric and criticism which it was deemed, interferes with ...

The European Commission has agreed to changes in the tender framework for a planned ferry link to Greece, raising hopes the long-discontinued service could attract interest from potential bidders, deputy ...

The defence ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt met in Nicosia on Wednesday to further strengthen military ties. In their joint statement following the 4th trilateral defence ministers΄ meeting, the ...

A former member of Greece‘s extreme right Golden Dawn party, Ioannis Lagos, was extradited to Athens on Saturday from Brussels, where he was a member of the European parliament. ...

Greece began opening to tourists on Monday with few bookings but hopes for a better season to help make up for a 2020 devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. On Rhodes island, ...

The first joint meeting between Cyprus, Greece, Israel and the United Arab Emirates, which started on Friday in Paphos, signifies a new era for the Mediterranean, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides ...

Two separate states and sovereign equality have no place in a Cyprus settlement, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday in response to Turkey’s views on the issue, which were ...

A 33-year-old man has been arrested at Larnaca airport in connection with the import of 27kg of cannabis, police said on Tuesday. Drug squad spokesman Stelios Sergides told CNA that ...

Cyprus has asked EU borders agency Frontex marine patrols to halt migrants sailing from Turkey`s southern coast to the island`s north Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said, speaking during ...

Greece accused Turkey on Friday of trying to provoke it by attempting to push boats carrying migrants into Greek waters. Greece and Turkey disagree on a range of issues, including ...