Greece

After years of battling to recover from a debt crisis, ratings agency Moody’s raised Greece’s credit rating on Friday, lifting the nation out of junk territory. Moody’s shifted its outlook for Greece from positive to stable,...

On Tuesday, hundreds of European firefighters were expected to assist in containing the catastrophic wildfire that has burnt portions of the suburbs surrounding Athens as Greece battled it for a third day. Driven by powerful winds,...

Firefighters reported on Monday that the forest fires that erupted near Athens over the weekend have been contained, but new fires have started in other areas as officials have cautioned of a challenging fire season to...

At the UN General Assembly on Thursday, Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia were chosen by secret ballot to fill the 2025–2026 term on the Security Council. The United States, China, France, Russia, Britain, and China...

In one of the bloodiest shipwrecks in European history, a migrant trawler carrying hundreds of people sank off the coast of Greece, and nine alleged smugglers are on trial there starting on Tuesday. Among the charges...

Declaring today that the establishment of a diplomatic presence in Dhaka is a top priority for the Greek government is Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis. During a bilateral discussion on the fringes of the 9th Our...

While 18 people were rescued, four migrants perished after their boat capsized off the coast of Lesbos, Greece, according to the coastguard. In the Aegean, a patrol found 22 people, but four of them were deceased,...

Greek firefighters fought massive wildfires that have been blazing unchecked for six days and have claimed 20 lives in vain on Thursday. On Mount Parnitha near Athens, in the largest forest adjacent to the city, a...

On Wednesday, two persons were murdered by wildfires in central Greece that were sparked by strong winds and temperatures above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). This caused a new round of evacuations. According to the fire department,...

A fire department spokeswoman told AFP that a firefighting plane crashed in Greece on Tuesday while on a trip to the island of Evia. “A Greek Canadair plane with at least two people on board crashed...