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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
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 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 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
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 crane operator, firefighters and rescuers work the scene of a collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometers (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, March 1, 2023. (AP/Vaggelis Kousioras)
March 1, 2023, 10:31 am
Fiery head-on train crash in Greece kills at least 32, injures 85
Multiple carriages derail and at least 3 burst into flames as locomotive traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki emerges from highway underpass; cause of collision unclear
By Agencies
Illustrative: A protester holds a placard depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a demonstration in Athens by Iranians living in Greece, September 24, 2022, following the death of an Iranian woman after her arrest by the country's morality police in Tehran. (Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP)
September 25, 2022, 11:29 am
Firebomb hurled at Iran’s embassy in Athens after protest against deadly crackdown
Greek police say no damage caused by Molotov cocktail, which exploded on the Iranian diplomatic mission’s wall
By AFP
Uzi Mor, vice president of Maccabi Haifa, with Holocaust survivor Emmy Mekiou in a synagogue in Athens on July 26, 2022 (Courtesy Shahar Azran / WJC)
July 28, 2022, 5:07 am
Maccabi Haifa soccer team reps visit Athens Jewish community
Officials visit synagogues and Holocaust memorial before team wins 4-0 against Olympiacos in UEFA qualifier game
By Jessica Steinberg
Fire burns next to houses in the area of Drafi east of Athens on July 20, 2022 (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
July 20, 2022, 3:01 pm
Wildfire threatens Athens hillside suburbs for second day
Hundreds of residents evacuated; at least two people hospitalized with breathing problems and minor burns; several houses damaged
By AP
Presiding judge Maria Lepenioti reads the sentences during the Golden Dawn trial, in Athens, October 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
October 14, 2020, 3:29 pm
Greece: Extreme-right party leaders jailed for 13 years
Leaders of Golden Dawn party receive near-maximum penalty for running a criminal organization implicated in attacks against immigrants, left-wing activists
By AP
Screen capture from video of passengers on an El Al flight to Athens that failed to take off due to engine trouble, October 1, 2020. (Ynet news)
October 1, 2020, 6:01 pm
First El Al commercial flight after virus hiatus is grounded due to engine fault
Passengers sit on stationary jet for three hours before eventually being returned to terminal and flown to Athens on replacement plane
By ToI Staff
Mansour Saif al-Din Mourad, a member of the Jordanian House of Representatives, speaking to the Jordanian A One TV station on December 9. 2019. (Screenshot: MEMRI)
December 20, 2019, 4:50 pm
Jordanian MP brags about carrying out terror attack against El Al office in 1969
Mansour Saif al-Din Mourad, a member of Jordan’s House of Representatives, claims that he was inspired to perpetrate attack by ex-Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of Athens (photo credit: CC BY-SA Titanas, Flickr)
July 19, 2019, 2:52 pm
5.1-magnitude earthquake rattles Athens; no reports of injuries
Quake, which knocks out cellphone connections in capital, sends residents fleeing into streets
By Agencies
The moon in seen in a partial lunar eclipse over a ship in Zakynthos island on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (AP/Petros Karadjias)
October 26, 2018, 5:42 am
No major damage as strong quake rattles Greek tourist island
Magnitude 6.8 temblor in Ionian Sea felt as far away as Athens, but only minor damage and injuries reported
By AP
A firefighter sprays water on the fire in the town of Mati, east of Athens, July 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
July 24, 2018, 4:14 am
Wildfires near Athens kill 50, injure 170
Country’s entire fleet of water-dropping planes and helicopters deployed to help vacationers escape deadliest blaze in a decade
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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