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Kostas Papadopoulos was one of the few survivors of the 1944 British attack on the ship Tanais carrying Crete’s Jews. (Roger Rapoport/JTA)
Last survivor of Crete’s Jewish community watches its rebirth with gratitude
By Roger Rapoport
His Christian surname saved Kostas Papadopoulos from the Nazis; now, a rededicated interfaith synagogue commemorates the island's Holocaust victims
Kostas Papadopoulos was one of the few survivors of the 1944 British attack on the ship Tanais carrying Crete’s Jews. (Roger Rapoport/JTA)
June 25, 2018, 7:32 am
Last survivor of Crete’s Jewish community watches its rebirth with gratitude
His Christian surname saved Kostas Papadopoulos from the Nazis; now, a rededicated interfaith synagogue commemorates the island's Holocaust victims
By Roger Rapoport
The view over Greece from the cockpit of an Israeli Air Force plane taking part in an aerial exercise over the European nation in June 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 11, 2018, 9:48 am
With no landings, Israeli jets train for long-range missions in Greece
40 IAF planes take part in exercise with Hellenic Air Force, practicing in-air refueling
By Judah Ari Gross
The mayor of Greece's second city, Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris (C) is helped after being assaulted by suspected far-right members at a rally in Thessaloniki on May 19, 2018. (AFP/Eurokinissi/Eurokinissi)
May 21, 2018, 11:16 pm
Greek mayor assaulted by far-right has close ties to Jewish community
Eyewitness says attackers were yelling about LGBT, the Macedonian dispute, Turkey, and the Jews
By JTA
The mayor of Greece's second city, Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris (C) is helped after being assaulted by suspected far-right members at a rally in Thessaloniki on May 19, 2018. (AFP/Eurokinissi/Eurokinissi)
May 20, 2018, 5:57 pm
Greek mayor assaulted by ‘far-right thugs’
Thessaloniki's Yiannis Boutaris hospitalized after attack at event commemorating Greeks massacred in Turkey in early 1900s
By AFP
People walk walk in Athens' main commercial street on March 5, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI)
March 7, 2018, 6:44 am
Five neo-Nazis arrested in Greece over attacks
Counter-terrorism police detain young suspects as as part of crackdown on far-right groups accused of attacking migrants and left-wing activists
By AFP
Illustrative: Supporters of the Greek ultra-nationalist party Golden Dawn. (AFP/Aris Messinis)
February 26, 2018, 4:57 am
Five injured after attack on Greek anti-fascist center
Favela Free Social Center in Athens blames neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party for assault that left two hospitalized
By AFP
President Reuven Rivlin attends a foundation stone-laying ceremony for a Holocaust museum in the Greek city of Thessaloniki on Janmuary 30, 2018. (Haim Zach / GPO)
January 30, 2018, 6:39 pm
Rivlin, Greek PM lay foundation stone for Thessaloniki Holocaust Museum
Mayor says memorial to 54,000 Jews murdered by Nazis will 'symbolize our shame...for what we could not, or did not wish to do'
By TOI staff and AP
File: Migrants and refugees arrive on a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, on October 14, 2015. (AFP Photo/Dimitar Dilkoff)
January 18, 2018, 6:04 am
Jewish and Muslim groups join efforts to help refugees in Greece
HIAS and Islamic Relief USA will set up centers in Athens and on the island of Lesbos
By JTA
The Greek parliament (CC BY-SA ΠΑΣΟΚ/Wikimedia Commons, File)
January 11, 2018, 1:55 pm
Sharia law no longer mandatory in family matters for Greek Muslims
Century-old policy of allowing Muslim courts to rule on Muslim family law disputes ends amid European human rights court challenge
By AFP
Illustrative: Police gather outside the Israeli embassy building in Athens on December 12, 2014. (AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)
December 26, 2017, 6:36 pm
Greek anarchists vandalize Israeli embassy in Athens
Rubicon members throw red paint at building, says vandalism in solidarity with 'Palestinian struggle'
By JTA
Italian ambassador in Cyprus Andrea Cvallari, right, Israel's Energy minister Yuval Steinitz, second right, Greece's Energy minister Giorgos Stathakis, second left, and Cyprus' energy minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis, left, shake hands after their talks in Nicosia, Cyprus, December 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
December 5, 2017, 5:44 pm
Israel expects gas to flow from east Mediterranean to Europe
Energy minister says $7.36 billion underwater pipeline could help secure continent's energy future as Israel, Cyprus, Greece, and Italy sign deal
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, center, and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades shake hands during their meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, on June 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
October 17, 2017, 12:25 am
Work on Israel-Cyprus-Greece electricity link to start in 2018
Cypriot official says 1,500 kilometer cable connecting power grids of 3 countries set to be approved by Israeli regulators in November
By AP
Russian-made military helicopters of the Cypriot air force fly by a Cyprus flag during a military parade marking 57th anniversary of independence, in Nicosia, in the divided island of Cyprus, October 1, 2017. (AP/Petros Karadjias)
October 1, 2017, 5:13 pm
Israel to conduct joint air force drills with Greece, Cyprus, Egypt
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos says exercises part of efforts to bolster stability in eastern Mediterranean
By AP
Golden Dawn far right party lawmaker Ilias Panagiotaros (L), party's spokesman and lawmaker Ilias Kasidiaris (C) and party's lawmaker and wife of jailed leader Eleni Zaroulia give a televised press conference in Athens ahead of the EU elections and the second round of local elections, in 2014 .(photo credit: AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)
September 28, 2017, 11:05 pm
Greek neo-Nazi lawmaker is convicted for hate speech
Ilias Kasidiaris of the Golden Dawn party given suspended sentence of 6 months for inciting violence against immigrants
By AP
Police chase protesters who threw molotov cocktails during anti fascism protest in Athens on September 16, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/LOUISA GOULIAMAKI)
September 19, 2017, 8:30 am
3 injured at Athens march held in memory of musician killed by neo-Nazi
Riot police use stun grenades to disperse left-wing protesters who threw petrol bombs, rocks, smashed windows, looted a coffee shop
By AP and AFP
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