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In Athens, Greece, a wave of student protests persists against the government's proposed legislation enabling the creation of private universities. Thousands of students gathered once more in the capital,…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan flew to Athens upon the invitation of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for the fifth meeting of the Türkiye-Greece High Level Cooperation Council. The top ministers discussed Türkiye-Greece…

Public employees in Greece have gone on strike in Athens, and citizens have protested against a contentious labor bill proposed by Minister Adonis Georgiadis. The bill seeks to increase working hours significantly…

In the aftermath of a train accident in Greece, protests have erupted in the capital city of Athens. More than 20,000 employees who had previously announced a strike came together in Syntagma Square, located near the parliament building.…

Two people, aged 44 and 41, died and 1 injured in an armed attack carried out in a crowded cafe in Athens, the capital of Greece. The attacker, wearing a medical mask and a hoodie, entered the cafe, approached a table, fired 6 shots at…

A huge forest fire broke out on Penteli Mountain, where suburbs are located north of Athens, Greece. The flames spread over a wide area despite all the intervention of the fire brigade. Many houses and a power plant were affected by the…

The restoration work in the Greece's Parliament Square (Syntagma) located in Greek capital city of Athens, was started in September 2021. The works were planned to be completed in March 2022 but they were delayed due to the discovery of…

Hundreds of people gathered in Greek capital city of Athens under the leadership of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), organized a protest against the US-Greece Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement and war. Being opposed the extension of…

The police reported that 587 Byzantine-era artifacts were seized in the home of an elderly couple in Athens, Greece's capital. Upon a notice, the police conducted an operation on the couple's house, aged 76 and 85, and seized the historical…