The government will table in parliament on March 30 a draft bill that will address issues relating the implementation of the EU-Turkey deal, the head of Greece’s coordinating body for the management of the refugee crisis said on Thursday. 

Europe needs to "redesign" its entire approach to dealing with terrorism, Greece's Alternate Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas said on Thursday as he arrived for an EU Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council.

Greek Independence Day, national holiday celebrated annually in Greece on March 25, commemorating the start of the War of Greek Independence in 1821. It coincides with the Greek Orthodox Church’s celebration of the Annunciation to the Theotokos, when the Archangel Gabriel appeared to Mary and told her that she would bear the son of God.