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ATHENS: A wildfire whipped by gale-force winds blazed through vegetation in a southern suburb of Athens on Saturday, the fire brigade said, forcing residents...

The weapon was found during raids on 13 premises in the Athens area which started on Friday, police said.

There are no reports of serious injury," government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on television

The 3,50-metre (11.5-foot) equestrian statue of a young Alexander, cast in bronze, was erected in central Athens opposite a statue of Lord Byron.

GREECE: A wildfire killed at least 50 people and injured more than 150 as it swept through a small resort town near Athens, with...

ATHENS, Greece: After 17 years of delay, construction has finally begun on the first official mosque for Athens, but Muslims in the city are...

Conventional weddings are just like ‘another ceremony’, but when a marriage proposal follows an instant wedding, irrespective of time and location – that’s something surprising.

BRUSSELS: The European Union, faced with a burgeoning refugee crisis in Greece, launched a new aid program on Wednesday worth an initial 700 million euros that mirrors the kind of disaster relief it offers developing nations.

At least seven children died when boats carrying migrants sank off Greece on Wednesday, as rescue workers battled to save more youngsters on the seashore in the latest desperate scenes in Europe's refugee crisis.

ATHENS: Greece's top Supreme Court judge was named caretaker prime minister on Thursday to lead the country to elections next month, ending a week of political deadlock after leftist leader Alexis Tsipras resigned.

ATHENS: Air crews began lifting passengers off a burning ferry adrift in the Adriatic Sea on Sunday, racing to rescue as many of the hundreds trapped on board as possible before nightfall as storms hampered seaborne operations.