February 3 – Police on the island of Lesbos fired tear gas to disperse migrants and refugees protesting about conditions in the camps and the slow pace of processing asylum requests.
February 26 – The country confirmed its first COVID-19 case in Thessaloniki.
February 27 – The country confirmed its second and third cases and cancels all Carnival-related events.
February 28 – Nearly 300 migrants including Syrians arrived in Edirne province, Turkey, on the country's border in a bid to go to Europe. Another group of migrants arrived on the coast of Ayvacik in Çanakkale, western Turkey, and wanted to go to Lesbos by boats. Turkish officials announced that the security forces will not intervene to prevent the crossing of any migrants, including those from Syria and other countries like Afghanistan and Iran.
March 1 – The country deployed its military on the border with Turkey to prevent thousands of migrants from entering the European Union, and suspends all asylum applications for a month while also vowing to deport any migrants who enter the country illegally.
April 26 – Two separate fires at a refugee camp on Samos left around 100 migrants without shelter, with some moved to Vathy.
April 29 – A CanadianCH-148 Cyclone helicopter went missing while flying over the Ionian Sea during a NATO mission. One body was recovered, while the five other persons on board remained missing.
June 2 – U.S. Secretary of StateMike Pompeo announced sanctions on four shipping firms, including one based in the country, for transporting oil from Venezuela.
Eight people are dead after floods caused by thunderstorms and torrential rains affected Evia, Greece. Dozens of people have been evacuated from the area.
The National Public Health Organization reported 203 new COVID-19 cases in the country in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single day for the country since the pandemic began.
August 11 – The country imposed a curfew on bars, restaurants, and cafes in several regions following an increase in COVID-19 cases. The curfew lasts from midnight until 7 am local time.
August 14 – The country announced that they would limit public gatherings to 50 people and impose a midnight curfew on bars and restaurants in Athens and other areas. This measure is to last until August 24 in parts of the country where infection numbers have risen.
August 25 – Manchester United captain and England international Harry Maguire was given a suspended sentence of 21 months and 10 days in prison by a court in the country for repeated bodily harm, attempted bribery of police, violence against public employees and insult, following his arrest on the island of Mykonos.
August 26
The country confirmed 293 new cases in the last 24 hours which is the highest daily spike since the outbreak began in the country. According to National Public Health Organization, 22 of the new cases were reported at the country's entry points.
The Ministry of Citizen Protection announced changes to the country's travel restrictions, effective August 31 until at least September 19, due to a rise in cases in recent weeks. Changes include requiring visitors from a list of countries to show a negative test result to enter and a suspension of flights to and from Catalonia, Spain, but lifting restrictions on the Netherlands.
Turkey demands that the country withdraws its troops from the Aegean island of Kastellorizo, saying it had violated the 1947 peace treaty, which called for the formerly Italian-occupied Kastellorizo to be demilitarized, with a recent troop deployment. The government says the event was a "routine troop rotation".
The number of COVID-19 cases in the country reached 10,000.
September 1 – Due to some spikes in cases, authorities delayed the schools' reopening to September 14 in order to allow time for vacationers to return to big cities to limit the movement of asymptomatic people. Students and teachers are told to wear face masks, which will be handed out for free to both public and private schools.
September 2 – The country reported the first case in its largest refugee camp, located on the island of Lesbos.
September 9 – Multiple fires erupted in the Mória Reception & Identification Centre, the country's largest migrant camp, causing widespread destruction. The fires happen shortly after the entire camp was put under quarantine due to the detection of positive COVID-19 cases.
September 10
The country reports 372 new cases in the last 24 hours, its highest daily tally since the start of the pandemic in the country. From those new cases, 114 were due to an outbreak at a food processing plant in the northern part of the country, with 133 recorded in the greater Athens area.
September 19 – A rare Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone (medicane), with winds up to 120 km/h (75 mph), killed three people as it passes over the country heading toward the island of Crete. About 5,000 homes in Karditsa, Greece, were affected by flooding and heavy winds. One person is still reported missing.
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