Greece

Airlines and travel firms are experiencing a surge in demand following Boris Johnson’s road map for how coronavirus restrictions will be eased in England (Matt Alexander/PA)

Surge in holiday bookings following road map to end lockdown

February 23, 2021

Snow covers the ancient Acropolis hill in Athens (Antonis Nikolopoulos/Eurokinissi via AP)

Rare snow blankets Acropolis in Athens

February 16, 2021

A family plays at the snow-covered Sygrou park in northern Athens (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP)

Snow in central Athens as cold weather front sees temperatures plummet in Greece

February 15, 2021

A jetty at the Afsluitdijk, a dike separating the IJsselmeer inland sea and the Wadden Sea, in the Netherlands (Peter Dejong/AP)

European deep freeze serves up fun, frustrations and danger

February 11, 2021

University students wearing protective face masks take part in a rally against education reforms in Athens (Petros Giannakouris/AP)

Greek students march against campus policing plans

February 4, 2021

Sokratis Papastathopoulos has left Arsenal by mutual consent (Bradley Collyer/PA)

Sokratis Papastathopoulos free to find new club after Arsenal contract cancelled

January 20, 2021

The cupola and bells of an Orthodox church on the Greek island of Santorini (PA)

Greece’s Orthodox Church rejects government order to close places of worship

January 4, 2021

Gabriel Tachtatzoglou at his home (AP)

Greek nurse erects ICU at home to treat relatives with virus

December 30, 2020

A French-made Rafale fighter jet (Manish Swarup/AP)

Greece to pay £2bn for fighter jets amid tensions with Turkey

December 17, 2020

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey’s Erdogan brushes off EU sanctions threat

December 9, 2020

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, center, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, right, and President of the Onassis Foundation, Antonis Papadimitriou, stand in front of the of the Parthenon Temple, following the restoration of the Acropolis archaeological site in order to become fully accessible to people with disabilities (Louisa Gouliamaki/AP)

New lift and pathways to open Acropolis to disabled visitors

December 3, 2020