Greek police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters who threw flares and other objects during a protest in central Athens on Sunday (August 29) against mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations.

Fires blazed uncontrolled for a fifth day in Greece on Saturday, ravaging swathes of land on its second-biggest island of Evia.

With swathes of neighboring Turkey also aflame, the smoke-filled skies have added to apocalyptic images of floods and fire seen across Europe this summer.

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.

Athens celebrates the New Year with fireworks over the Acropolis.

A court in Greece designates a notorious neo-Nazi and fascist party a criminal organization, setting up its leaders for heavy sentences, in one of the most important trials in the country’s political history.

Turkey slams a new deal signed between the US and Greek Cyprus, saying the deal will further escalate tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The Turkish president declares his country's readiness to respond to any threat as tensions rise in the disputed waters of the eastern Mediterranean.

Greek police use teargas on crowds protesting against proposed demonstration law in front of Parliament in Athens.

Greek teachers took to the streets of Athens to oppose a new education reform bill that would impact schools countrywide.