Greece

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Conditions worsen in Greece's largest refugee camp

Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos is infamous for terrible living conditions — and it's only getting worse as temperatures drop and winter rains hit.

23/11/2018

Living

Greek silk road town finds itself back in fashion

Soufli had silk first produced in Europe.

20/11/2018

Greece

Greece's student heroes remembered

The 1973 student uprising in Athens that was crushed with tanks and heavy loss of life was not the end of Greece's military dictatorship, but it marked the beginning of the end.

17/11/2018

Cinema

Review: Thessaloniki International Film Festival

The curtain falls on the 59th edition of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.

15/11/2018

Greece

10,000 clergy to come off Greek payroll

Greece and its Orthodox Church have tentatively agreed on Tuesday to remove some 10,000 clergy from the state payroll, according to Reuters.This landmark deal could clearly define the distinction between church and state in Greece

07/11/2018

Greece

Euroviews. "Moria is worse than war": Children on life in a refugee camp | View

Children and young people explain what it's like to grow up in an overcrowded refugee camp, and how access to a family support center gives them hope.

01/11/2018

Greece

UEFA investigates Athens stadium after fan video shows movement

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) are investigating over fears Athens Olympic ‘Spyros Louis’ Stadium is moving more than it should.

31/10/2018

No Comment

Greek students clash with police in central Athens

A protest by Greek students over education reform suddenly turned violent on Monday ( October 29) when youths clashed with police in central Athens outside the parliament building.

29/10/2018

Greece

Powerful quake permanently moves Greek Island by 3 centimetres

The Greek island of Zakynthos has shifted at least 3 c.m. southwest after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked the island on Friday.

29/10/2018

Greece

Big earthquake near Greece felt as far away as Italy and Libya

Greece appears to have escaped relatively unscathed after a powerful earthquake struck in the early hours of Friday.

26/10/2018

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Watch: Giant spider web envelops coastline of Greek lake

Spiders have been keeping busy at Lake Vistonida in north-eastern Greece. Over the last few days large webs, spreading for hundreds of meters across the lake's coastline, have blanketed the entire landscape. The trees and shrubs have been completely wrapped in spooky grey webs.

21/10/2018

Greece

Greece's foreign minister resigns

Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias was Athen’s main negotiator regarding the June accord with Skopje to rename Greece’s northern neighbour North Macedonia

17/10/2018

Greece

Greece: 11 people die in head-on collision

It's thought 10 were migrants travelling in a mini-van close to the city of Kavala in the north-east of the country. The accident happened in the early hours of Saturday morning.

13/10/2018

Greece

58 shipwrecks with over 300 treasures are found in Greece

Almost 60 shipwrecks dating from ancient Greece to the 20th century have been found in the Aegean sea.

12/10/2018

Cult

Athens: Richard Bellia photography exhibition of music

Richard Bellia show cases his art of a musical journey of 36 years of rock. Music is his passion

11/10/2018

Greece

Greece to renew call for Germany to pay €279 billion in WWII damages

Greece's President is expected to raise the issue during a meeting this week with his German counterpart.

10/10/2018

Greece

Euroviews. As women, we have to fight to achieve our rights | View

How surviving the perilous journey to Europe gave a young Afghan women the courage to make her voice heard.

05/10/2018

Greece

Southern Greece is lashed by Storm Zorba

A search and rescue operation has been launched after swirling winds and torrential rain has brought flash floods in Greece

30/09/2018

Greece

Three people missing as cyclone brings flash floods in Greece

Three people were reported missing in Greece on Sunday after swirling winds and torrential rain brought flash floods in several parts of the country.

30/09/2018

World

Greece battens downs hatches for "Medicane" cyclone

Greece battens downs hatches for "Medicane" cyclone

28/09/2018

Greece

Gay activist dies in Athens after brutal public beating

Accounts differ about the circumstances leading up to the death of Zak Kostopoulos, a 33-year-old Greek LGBTQ activist and drag performer.

26/09/2018

Greece

Watch: Personal stories of refugee families trapped on Lesbos

Euronews spoke to refugee families who are living in extremely poor conditions in Moria, the largest camp on the island of Lesbos.

23/09/2018

Greece

Child migrant arrivals at Greek islands 'soar by one-third in 2018'

On average, more than 850 children arrived on the Greek islands each month between January and August.

21/09/2018

Greece

Aid group alarmed at rising mental health issues in Greek migrant camp

More than 9,000 people live in the Moria camp — three times its official capacity.

21/09/2018

World

Moria refugee camp conditions "not meeting the minimum requirements"

One of Europe's largest migrant camps is overcrowded and lacks basic hygiene and sanitation practises. It's grown so large, refugees are pitching tents outside the camp boundaries. Crime is so rife MSF has called for minors to be removed. This is Moria Refugee Camp.

20/09/2018

Greece

In pictures: Eerie spiderweb covers entire shoreline in Greece

A huge spiderweb is covering 300 metres of vegetation in Aetoliko, Greece

19/09/2018