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Greek-Israeli relations are 'flourishing,' Israel's deputy foreign minister tells 'Post'

Deputy Minister Sharren Haskel served as a keynote speaker at the Maritime Med conference and the East Med Energy Transition Summit.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sharren Haskel on a three-day diplomatic and economic mission to Athens.
Greek riot police mobilize near a courthouse in Athens, April 24, 2026; illustrative.

Several wounded after 89-year-old man fires shotgun at Athens courthouse, social security office

Tourist congestion at the Colosseum

In our beloved city live 700,000 people and 8 million tourists

Riot police use pepper spray and a water cannon against pro-Palestinian protesters during a demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in Athens, Greece on May 15, 2021

Athens has lost its way: Is the birthplace of democracy normalizing antisemitism?


Senior Hamas terrorist released in deal to speak at Athens university

Senior Hamas terrorist released in February as part of a ransom for October 7 Massacre hostages is set to speak at a Wednesday panel at Panteion University in Athens.

Poster for a panel at Panteion University in Athens that will feature Abdel Nasser Issa, a senior Hamas terrorist that was released in February, 2025. October 19, 2025

Serious clashes outside the Israeli embassy in Athens

Pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with police outside Israel’s embassy in Athens on Oct. 7, marking two years since Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel.

A pro-Palestinian protester holds flares in front of the Israeli embassy, during a demonstration on the two-year anniversary of Hamas's October 7, 2023 massacre, in Athens, Greece, October 7, 2025.

Greta Thunberg to be deported to Greece following Global Sumud Flotilla arrest

Global Sumud Flotilla says activist Greta Thunberg will be deported to Greece on Monday after the Israeli navy intercepted and detained her.

Greta Thunberg.

Greek activists wave anti-Israel 'Free Palestine' banners at Athens Acropolis

In a video shared by KNE's media arm, activists can be seen atop the Acropolis cliff, holding banners written in both Greek and English, as well as waving flags in the air.

Protesters hold a banner during a pro-Palestinian protest in front of the parliament building in Athens, Greece.

Sparta and Athens: History's wartime lessons for a modern-day Israel - analysis

As Netanyahu evokes "super-Sparta," Israel may be repeating the mistakes that left both city-states devastated after decades of war.

Repulse of Pyrrhus from Sparta', 1890. Pyrrhus, in retreat at the Siege of Sparta, 272 BC from Spartans defending their city under command of Areus I. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier.

Anti-Israel activists call for Greek police to probe beaten, arrested Israeli for war crimes

Anti-Israel activists are urging Greek authorities to investigate an Israeli tourist, linked to the Golani Brigade, for potential war crimes after a clash with Palestinian protesters in Athens.

A PRO-PALESTINIAN protester waves a Palestinian flag in front of the Greek parliament during a demonstration at Syntagma Square in Athens on August, 24, 2025. The chants echoing in our capitals are not background noise but warnings, the writer argues.

Athens successful launches 24-hour public transport service

“We are very happy, first because the 24-hour operation of the metro on Saturdays was implemented, and second because thousands of passengers embraced it,” said a Tram & Metro official.

Illustration: the metro entrance in Athens’ Monastiraki square at night.

Five charged after Israeli, Palestinian injured in Athens clash

An Israeli man was hurt in a clash with three Palestinians at Athens’ Syntagma Square. The incident comes amid rising anti-Israel protests and attacks targeting Israelis in Greece.

A PRO-PALESTINIAN protester waves a Palestinian flag in front of the Greek parliament during a demonstration at Syntagma Square in Athens on August, 24, 2025. The chants echoing in our capitals are not background noise but warnings, the writer argues.

Strong earthquake strikes Evia island, felt in Athens

The quake was allegedly of magnitude 5.2, and was felt in the Greek capital.

 Athens

'Won't accept lectures': Athens mayor, Israeli amb. clash over antisemitic incidents, graffiti

"It is appalling that Mr. Ambassador focuses only on graffiti (which is obviously being erased), while an unprecedented genocide is being carried out in Gaza," the mayor of Athens wrote.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators carry a banner during a protest against the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship in the port of Piraeus near Athens, Greece, June 12, 2025.