# Athens

Last week

19th March 2023 - 25th March 2023

Vatican returns sculpture fragments taken from Parthenon to Greece

The fragments will be added to the collection at the Acropolis Museum, which opened in 2009 at the foot of the ancient site in Athens.

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This month

March 2023

# Athens

Greece faces fresh protests in wake of fatal train crash

57 people, many of them students, were killed when a passenger train and freight train collided head-on last month.

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Mar 12th 2023, 12:33 PM

# Train Collision

Greek station master's court date delayed as protests continue over train crash

Thousands of protesters have demonstrated across the country since Tuesday’s collision which killed at least 57 people.

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Mar 4th 2023, 12:58 PM

Last year

2022

# Greece

New York-bound Emirates flight returns to Athens with fighter jet escort after US terror alert

Security sources in Ireland told The Journal that the flight’s route was due to see it transit near or across Irish airspace en route to the US.

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Nov 10th 2022, 10:32 PM

All time

# Athens

Firefighters grapple with more wildfires near Greece’s capital

A number of villages near Athens have been evacuated.

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Aug 16th 2021, 5:32 PM

# Athens

'We're talking about the apocalypse': Thousands flee wildfires burning out of control in Greece

Firefighters are battling 56 active wildfires, Civil Protection chief Nikos Hardalias said.

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Aug 6th 2021, 10:14 PM

# Controversy

Galatasaray fly home from Greece after allegedly refusing further Covid tests

The visitors were due to play against Greek champions Olympiakos on Tuesday.

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Jul 13th 2021, 4:12 PM

# Medea

Three people dead after heaviest snow in a decade hits Greece

The ‘Medea’ cold front brought gale force winds, resulting in power outages and a delay to Athens’ vaccine rollout.

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Feb 16th 2021, 5:58 PM

# Raids

Greek police arrest over 140 people during raid on Athens squats

The squats had been occupied for several weeks.

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Aug 26th 2019, 9:20 PM

# Earthquake

Athens settles for uneasy night after 5.1-magnitude quake

A government spokesman later Friday said “life in Athens is back to normal”.

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Jul 19th 2019, 10:00 PM

# Extreme Weather

Temperatures plunge to -23C in Greece as Athens experiences rare snowfall

The snowfall in Athens prompted authorities to close schools and courthouses, while many public offices and banks provided minimal services.

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Jan 8th 2019, 8:24 PM

# the sweet spot

This is how much sleep you should be getting every night for maximum heart healthiness

Much less than six hours, and anything more than eight puts you at a significantly higher risk of heart trouble, new research suggests.

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Aug 26th 2018, 10:00 PM

# join the club

Eight years and €289 billion later, Greece exits its final bailout today

The country is not out the woods though and its people are still feeling austerity.

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Aug 20th 2018, 9:05 AM

# mati

Greek wildfire death toll climbs to 88

Forensics experts have faced a difficult task trying to identify the bodies.

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Jul 28th 2018, 2:15 PM

# national tragedy

79 dead and 187 injured: Rescuers search Greek towns after deadly wildfires

An Irish couple are reported to have been caught up in the giant wildfires which broke out on Monday.

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Jul 25th 2018, 7:15 PM

# groom missing

Irish newlyweds separated in Greek fires: 'He'd be the type to ensure Zoe was safe and go back to help others'

Brian O’Callaghan-Westropp married Zoe Holohan last Thursday and they had just gone on their honeymoon.

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Jul 25th 2018, 1:26 PM

# Wildfires

Department of Foreign Affairs updates travel advice for Greece as Irish honeymoon couple caught up in wildfires

While the woman has since been hospitalised, the man remains missing.

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Jul 24th 2018, 8:53 PM

# Athens

Flames ravage Greek seaside as wildfires kill 74

Authorities said that 26 bodies were discovered at a seaside resort this morning.

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Jul 24th 2018, 6:40 PM

# freak downpour

Elderly people stuck in their homes among 15 to die in 'waterfall' floods in Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has declared a state of mourning.

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Nov 15th 2017, 9:16 PM

# All aboard

A woman going to Denmark fell asleep on her flight and woke up in Greece

The ticket mix-up at Charles de Gaulle airport was not noticed by airline staff.

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Jul 29th 2017, 8:45 AM

# anti-austerity protests

Rubbish is piling up on Athens' streets as temperatures soar

Greek workers are protesting against staff shortages that have resulted from terminating hundreds of short-term contracts.

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Jun 22nd 2017, 8:35 PM

# left with nothing

This I can carry - Irish exhibit shows the meagre possessions refugees hold following a harrowing journey

Dutch-Irish artist Annabel Konig spent a month in the migrant accommodation centres in Athens in early May.

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Jun 20th 2017, 6:15 AM

# Athens

Former Greek Prime Minister 'seriously hurt' in bomb attack

ERT said Papademos, PM from 2011 to 2012, had been targeted by a letter bomb.

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May 25th 2017, 5:15 PM

# Greece

Policeman injured after grenade thrown at French embassy in Athens

The grenade left a tennis ball-sized hole in the pavement, and shrapnel marks on the embassy gate and guard post.

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Nov 10th 2016, 10:25 AM

# Parliamentary Drachma

Greece passes spending cuts and tax hikes in order to unlock billions in bailout funds

EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici hailed the deal.

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May 23rd 2016, 9:51 AM

# flame on

Pictures: The Olympic flame begins its long journey to Rio

The flame was kindled in the 2,600 year-old Temple of Hera at Ancient Olympia today.

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Apr 21st 2016, 12:50 PM

# crisis

Homeless in Athens: 'Greece never dies. But the Greeks will die.'

“No home, no bathroom, no life.”

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Jul 20th 2015, 6:10 AM

# Nick of time

The EU have now officially received Greece's bailout proposals

But will the proposals be sufficient to see a deal being done to keep Greece in the EU?

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Jul 9th 2015, 10:28 PM

Voices

The Greek people have said no – so what's next?

Yesterday’s result will have inspired millions across Europe that the forces of the 1% can be taken on.

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Jul 6th 2015, 5:32 PM

# to the streets

Greek PM Tsipras speaks to 25,000 as food and medicine supplies run low

Around 25,000 people gathered to hear PM Alexis Tsipras speak this evening.

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Jul 3rd 2015, 11:00 PM

# little help

Greece will accept the troika's bailout terms... but says it hasn't capitulated

Germany is still demanding the country go through with its planned referendum.

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Jul 1st 2015, 12:25 PM

# Austerity

Thousands of people are rallying in the centre of Athens right now

They are braving bad weather as they make their feelings clear over the upcoming referendum.

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Jun 30th 2015, 6:57 PM

# TOUGH TALK

Joan Burton: Syriza has been "lecturing the rest of Europe"

The Tánaiste added that Syriza was yet to “persuade us” they can run the Greek economy.

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Jun 25th 2015, 11:18 PM

# Don't Drachma Down

Greece's relationship with the euro is hanging by a thread

The IMF last night walked away from talks on the future of the Greek bailout, which has hit the euro hard in international trading.

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Jun 12th 2015, 7:43 AM

# bailout brinkmanship

Germany thinks Greece is 'insulting' countries like Ireland

Europe and Greece are racing to reach a deal to avoid a catastrophic ‘Grexit’. It’s expected Greece will seek a six-month extension deal today.

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Feb 18th 2015, 8:32 AM

# RIP

Singer Demis Roussos has died

Roussos sold more than 60 million albums worldwide.

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Jan 26th 2015, 12:18 PM

# Global

In from the cold: international ideas for dealing with homelessness

Utah has a very simple idea – give homeless people homes.

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Oct 3rd 2014, 3:30 PM

# Photography

Gallery: See what has become of these Olympic host cities after the games left town

What does a white elephant look like?

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Aug 31st 2014, 11:15 AM

# not aging gracefully

Here's what these Athens Olympics stadiums look like, 10 years later

Faster, higher, stronger, rustier…

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Aug 14th 2014, 6:15 AM

# Athens

So how much heroin was found in Europe's largest-ever seizure of the drug?

The narcotics were discovered in Greece.

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Jun 22nd 2014, 8:35 PM