Two days before the great feast of the Virgin Mary, visitors from around the globe, including Australia, were found beginning to flock to one of the most historic pilgrimage sites …

Greece battled a dozen major wildfires on Wednesday, including one threatening its third-largest city Patras, as a heatwave stoked blazes and forced the evacuation of thousands in southern Europe. Spain, …

Greece is once again facing a summer under siege from flames, with uncontrolled wildfires destroying vast areas of land, turning properties to ash, and forcing entire villages to evacuate. Among …

More than 100 wildfires broke out across Greece on Tuesday, with the most severe blazes raging in Achaia, Zakynthos, Kefalonia and Chios. Authorities ordered evacuations of dozens of villages as …

Greece’s Migration Minister Thanos Plevris announced on Monday (local time) the implementation of a measure that will require migrants with rejected asylum claims to wear ankle monitors. The measure is …

An investigative report from European journalists has unearthed a shoddy network facilitating flights between Athens and Damascus in 2023, a time when no European flights were going to the Syrian …

Family, friends and numerous officials all gathered to farewell Lena Samara, the 34-year-old daughter of former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, following her sudden death last Thursday. The funeral ceremony was …

Greek police have arrested three men after seizing over 270 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated value of over 5.5 million euros ($A10 million). The cocaine was hidden inside a …

Greece joined EU countries in dropping food aid over Gaza, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said. “This morning, two aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force dropped 8.5 tonnes of essential food …

A wildfire on the outskirts of Athens has been contained, but evacuations of at-risk areas continue as strong winds are expected through the weekend. As previously reported in Neos Kosmos, …