‘Everyone is on tenterhooks’: Santorini streets empty after days of tremors
Thousands of locals and tourists have fled Greek island amid fears of bigger earthquake or volcanic eruption On the second day of feeling the ground...
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Greece sends rescue teams to Santorini amid fears of big earthquake
Schools shut as precautionary measure and people told to avoid shoreline after hundreds of seismic tremors Greek authorities have dispatched special forces, rescue teams, tents...
Carl Bloch’s lost masterpiece Prometheus Unbound finds fame again in Athens
Work that made its creator a superstar then mysteriously disappeared is mesmerising art lovers once more It was commissioned by a Greek king, made its...
Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis dies aged 88
Four days of mourning decreed after death of Pasok party co-founder Simitis, architect of country’s entry into euro Costas Simitis, the former socialist prime minister...
Greece’s former royal family seeks to regain citizenship 50 years after end of monarchy
Ministry says ‘historically pending matter’ is being resolved as late king’s relatives acknowledge government – but choice of surname ruffles feathers Members of Greece’s former...
People in Greece return to homes burned by wildfires – video
Greece has been assessing the damage caused by wildfires that raged through the outskirts of Athens, forcing mass evacuations and killing at least one person....
Greek minister says wildfires reduced to ‘scattered hotspots’ – as it happened
This live blog is now closed Greece’s opposition wasted little time Tuesday lambasting prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ centre right government for what has been described...
Greece orders evacuations near Athens as wildfires rage – Europe live
An army of volunteers have also rushed to help extinguish raging blazes north east of Athens AFP reports from Penteli: Thick smoke from burning trees...
Greek officials advise staying in with windows shut due to fires near Athens
Whole neighbourhoods are being evacuated from around capital as firefighters mount huge effort to put out blazes Greek authorities have warned people to stay indoors...
EU states ‘not properly investigating’ reports of rights violations at borders
Fundamental rights body warns of flawed approach to credible accounts of ill-treatment and loss of life Authorities in EU member states are not doing enough...
