Greece

Greece

Turkey using Greek soldiers as "bargaining chips"

Turkey has said it will release two Greek soldiers it has imprisoned once eight of its own servicemen are returned home from Greece, where they fled after a failed coup attempt. Athens says this amounts to "blackmail".

22/04/2018

Greece

Clashes erupt as protesters try to topple Truman statue in Athens

Anti-war protesters in Athens clashed with police as demonstrators attempted to bring down a statue of former US President Harry Truman.

16/04/2018

Greece

Refugees in Greece denounce Syria escalation

Refugees in Greece say the new round of hostilities in Syria dashed their hopes of return

16/04/2018

Greece

Young refugees in Greece face losing their shelter due to funding shortfall

NGO ARSIS runs seven homes for around 200 unaccompanied minors. They say a delay in government funding could result in shelters being closed

13/04/2018

Greece

Ryanair to reduce domestic Greek flights.

Ryanair has announced it will be reducing domestic greek flights. Nikolaos Lardis, the airlines marketing manager for the eastern Mediterranean said 'regrettably, current airport charges at the majority of greek airports encourage peak-only services in the summer on international routes.'

11/04/2018

Greece

Watch how the Evros river floods parts of Greece and Turkey

A timelapse of satellite images shows how an overflowing Evros river has engulfed riverbanks and fields in northern Greece and Turkey.

03/04/2018

Greece

The ultra fan, 82, at the heart of her team’s birthday celebrations

When Noule Depe started going to watch her favourite Greek football team play in 1954, she was, as a woman at a live match, a rarity. Now, more than six decades later, her loyalty is set to be rewarded.

23/03/2018

Greece

Saharan dust covers much of Greece and travels further into Europe

Parts of Greece resemble Mars more than the Mediterranean.

23/03/2018

Greece

Sixteen migrants drown off Greek island including five children

Three migrants were saved by the Greek coastguard.

17/03/2018

Greece

Greek court rejects Turkey extradition request

Ankara wants the handover of eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after a failed military coup in 2016

16/03/2018

Greece

Life in Limbo on Lesbos: A WhatsApp interview

Euronews interviews Amal, an asylum seeker living on Lesbos, who has limited access to internet and the phone. She gave her accounts on what life is like at Moria refugee camp via WhatsApp

14/03/2018

Greece

Greece suspends Superleague after PAOK boss invades pitch with handgun

Sports Minister condemns action by one of Greece's richest men, who wears holstered automatic alongside bodyguards when confronting referee after disallowed goal.

12/03/2018

Cinema

After 20 years at the Thessaloniki festival, how are documentaries pushing boundaries?

Euronews caught up with some of those involved with the Thessaloniki film festival in Greece.

12/03/2018

Sport

Top Greek football match abandoned as armed owner confronts referee

Club's owner seemed to be carrying a gun on the pitch as he complained about the decision to deny Paok a goal.

12/03/2018

Greece

Greek police carry out anti-terrorist raid

Counter-terrorism officers in Greece launched an operation in the early hours of Tuesday to arrest suspected members of a far-right extremist group calling itself Combat 18 Hellas

06/03/2018

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Heat produced in our cities is affecting human mortality

How can we make cities more eco-sustainable?

05/03/2018

Greece

Medical cannabis one step closer to legality in Greece

Foreign investors are already planning to begin cultivation this year, with the Greek treasury hoping for high times ahead with tax revenues.

02/03/2018

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Flour battle hits Galaxidi

Residents of the Greek seaside town of Galaxidi have taken part in the town's annual 'flour battle'. Residents pelt each other with bags of dyed flour on the main street down to Galaxidi's old harbour.

19/02/2018

Europe News

The long journey to a new home

Euronews talks to a Syrian family as they leave Greece for a new life in Ireland.

15/02/2018

Greece

Turkey looks to ease Aegean tensions

In 1996, the tiny, uninhabited islands of Imia - or Kardak, as they are known in Turkey - brought Greece and Turkey to the brink of war - and tensions have remained high ever since. Now Turkey is trying to calm the waters.

14/02/2018

Greece

EU Comissioner says he was framed in Novartis scandal

Greek prosecutors say some Greek officials accepted money from Novartis.

09/02/2018

Greece

Greece: Government to fast-track plans to legalise medical cannabis pr

Proposals for the legal framework for domestic growers are due to be voted on later this month.

08/02/2018

Economy

Greece issues 7-year bond in tentative return to financial market

The sale was timed for earlier in the week, but was postponed amid global stock market turmoil

08/02/2018

Greece

Greeks rally over Macedonia name dispute

Up to 1.5 million people have rallied in Athens to oppose the proposed change to the name of the 'Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia' to 'Macedonia'

04/02/2018

Greece

Cyprus elections: What's at stake?

Incumbent Nicos Anastasiades will face leftist-backed candidate Stavros Malas in a presidential runoff this weekend in a race that could define whether peace talks with Turkish Cypriots can resume this year.

02/02/2018

Greece

Greek PM, opposition at odds over Skopje talks

Greece believes the name Macedonia implies a territorial claim over its own northern region of that name

27/01/2018