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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
Protesters are engulfed in flames as they throw petrol bombs at police during an anti-fascist rally, commemorating the killing of Greek rap singer Pavlos Fyssas, in Athens, September 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
September 17, 2017, 1:11 am
Anti-fascist protesters gather at anniversary of Greek rapper’s murder
Activists throw firebombs at police after they are prevented from reaching neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party headquarters
By Agencies
North face of Greece's Mount Astraka covered in fog. (CC BY-SA Kkostagiannis, Wikimedia commons)
September 12, 2017, 3:10 pm
Search team rescues 2 Israelis trapped on Greek mountain
Weather conditions hampered airlift of tourists, located after going off trail on Astraka peak due to heavy fog
By TOI staff
Study for 1917 Fire —Salonika” (2016) by Harry I. Naar (Courtesy of Naar via JTA)
August 18, 2017, 11:17 pm
A century ago, Jewish Salonica burned
The home to the largest and most dynamic Ladino-speaking Sephardi Jewish community in the world was rebuilt, only to be destroyed anew
By Devin E. Naar
An Israeli firefighting plane in Macedonia (Israel Police)
August 11, 2017, 11:04 am
Israeli firefighters conclude Macedonia aid effort
22-member delegation set to return to Israel after battling spate of wildfires in landlocked Balkan nation
By TOI staff
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