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Kyriakos Mitsotakis, center, leader of center-right New Democracy party poses for the media with his daughter Dafni Mitsotakis, left, and son Konstantinos Mitsotakis at a polling station in Athens, Greece, June 25, 2023. (AP/ Yorgos Karahalis)
June 25, 2023, 9:44 pm
Exit polls in Greece project landslide win for conservative New Democracy party
Poll projects Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ party gaining 40-44% of vote, with main rival Syriza party suffering defeat with just 16-19%
By Agencies
This undated handout image provided by Greece's coast guard on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, shows scores of people covering practically every free stretch of deck on a battered fishing boat that later capsized and sank off southern Greece. (Hellenic Coast Guard via AP)
June 17, 2023, 9:42 pm
Did migrants reject help before deadly Greek wreck, or beg for it? Sides disagree
Over 600 people are feared dead in Mediterranean disaster that has left more questions than answers about ship’s final hours
By Renata Brito
Survivors of a migrant shipwreck sit at a warehouse at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens, Greece, June 14, 2023. (www.argolikeseidhseis.gr via AP)
June 14, 2023, 6:57 pm
At least 78 killed, dozens feared missing after migrant boat sinks in Mediterranean
Greek authorities says 104 rescued so far after fishing vessel capsizes off coast of Peloponnese Peninsula, in worst such disaster this year
By Derek Gatopoulos
Greece's Prime Minister and leader of New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis votes at a polling station in Athens, Greece, May 21, 2023. (Yorgos Karahalis/AP)
May 21, 2023, 11:35 pm
Incumbent Greek PM routs competition at ballot box, with second round expected
With most votes counted, Kyriakos Mitsotakis leads his opponent by 20 points; conservative leader expected to call another election in hopes of winning an outright majority
By Hui Min NEO and John Hadoulis
A man leaves the voting booth as he's votes at a polling station in Athens, Greece, May 21, 2023. (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP)
May 21, 2023, 1:08 pm
Greeks go to the polls, with rising cost of living on voters’ minds
First election since end of post-crisis international economic supervision pits conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis against left-wing Alexis Tsipras
By Elena Becatoros and THEODORA TONGAS
Fans of AEK Athens burn an Israeli flag at a match against Hapoel Jerusalem, in Athens, Greece, April 12, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 13, 2023, 7:41 pm
Sports minister slams violence by Greek basketball fans as ‘antisemitic attack’
FIBA launches disciplinary proceedings after Israeli flag burned and Hapoel Jerusalem supporters attacked with rocks and fireworks at game against AEK Athens
By ToI Staff
Fans of AEK Athens burn an Israeli flag at a match against Hapoel Jerusalem, in Athens, Greece, April 12, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 12, 2023, 10:23 pm
Israeli flag burned; fireworks, rocks thrown at fans at basketball game in Greece
Hapoel Jerusalem calls incident ‘terrorism,’ says it feared ‘violent pogrom’ against Israelis; police said to stand by, block fans from leaving stadium during attacks
By Michael Horovitz
A man holding an umbrella walks past a Jewish restaurant that Greek officials believe was one of the targets of a planned terrorist attack, in central Athens, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
April 5, 2023, 12:18 am
Official: Pakistanis nabbed before attack on Athens Chabad had Iran-based handler
Senior Israeli security source names Mohammad Mohsen Reza‏ as head of network of Pakistani nationals that allegedly works on behalf of IRGC
By ToI Staff
A Greek police officer closes the entrance of the court house following the transfer of suspects that have been charged with membership in a terrorist organization, in Athens, March 2023. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
March 31, 2023, 4:56 pm
Suspects in alleged Iranian plot to target Chabad house remanded into custody
Lawyer for pair admits one of his clients took videos of the Jewish center in Greek capital but says later decided not to carry out Passover attack
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A man holding an umbrella walks past a Jewish restaurant that Greek officials believe was one of the targets of a planned terrorist attack, in central Athens, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
March 29, 2023, 5:54 pm
Greece suspects fixer in Iran paid terror suspects to target Jewish site
Rabbi of targeted Chabad house and Athens Jewish community thank Greek authorities for thwarting alleged attack plot, as officials probe links to Tehran
By Derek Gatopoulos
A man holding an umbrella stands in front of a Jewish center that Greek officials believe was one of the targets of a planned terrorist attack, in central Athens, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (AP/Thanassis Stavrakis)
March 28, 2023, 8:44 pm
Two arrested in alleged Iranian plot to attack Israelis, Jews in Athens
Mossad says it aided probe into suspected international terror network that Greece says was making final preparations for mass-casualty attack on Jewish restaurant
By Agencies and ToI Staff
File: Workers from tech sector protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, on March 9, 2023 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 22, 2023, 3:06 pm
Greece offering senior Israeli tech executives tax breaks to relocate – report
Ahead of predicted exodus over judicial overhaul, senior officials in Mediterranean nation said to hold series of meetings with entrepreneurs
By ToI Staff
Participants including Greece's President Katerina Sakellaropoulou (C) march behind a banner with the words 'Never Again' in Thessaloniki, on March 19, 2023, as they proceed towards the old railway station to mark the departure of the first train deporting Greek Jews from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on March 15, 1943. (AFP stringer/AFP)
March 20, 2023, 1:23 am
Greece marks 80th anniversary of first deportation of Greek Jews to Auschwitz
Hundreds march to Thessaloniki’s old train station, where expulsion began; approximately 46,000 were taken to death camp in 1943, just 1,950 survived
By AFP
Holocaust survivor Naki Bega at her daughter's home in Athens, Greece, on March 14, 2023. (Louisa GOULIAMAKI/AFP)
March 15, 2023, 5:49 pm
Long ignored, Greek Holocaust survivors finally tell their story
Naki Bega, one of less than a dozen survivors remaining in south European country, survived Auschwitz and 22-day death march; Greece marks 80th anniversary of first deportation
By Yannick Pasquet
A demonstrator beats a swastika-emblazoned drum at a far-right march in Kaunas, Lithuania on February 16, 2015. (Canaan Lidor)
March 14, 2023, 4:15 pm
Jewish group, German organization urge EU authorities to end pro-Nazi marches
B’nai B’rith International and the Antonio Amadeus Foundation in Berlin find the rallies promote antisemitism even in countries with laws banning such activity
By Canaan Lidor
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