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Business Line

Greece's good Eurogroup meeting and Facebook bias allegations

In Business Weekly we analyse Greece's anti-crisis efforts while satisfying its people and the eurozone finance ministers, and Facebook is accused of political bias by ignoring right-wing subjects.

11/05/2016

Sport

Pole vaulters take to the streets of the Greek capital Athens

Athens Street Pole Vault is becoming a tradition in the Greek capital.

10/05/2016

Economy

Greece moves closer to a loan deal with its eurozone lenders

Athens seemed to have moved closer to a deal on new loans with its eurozone lenders but many details still have to be worked out.

10/05/2016

Greece

Abandoned life jackets in Lesbos giving new hope to refugees

Life jackets are a poignant symbol of the refugee crisis in Greece. Thousands of them which had been abandoned on the beaches of Lesbos are now

09/05/2016

Greece

Greek parliament votes through austerity tax and pension reforms

After two day’s of debate in Greece’s parliament, MPs voted on Sunday evening to pass a controversial austerity package. The reforms, which will see

09/05/2016

Greece

Protests turn violent as Greek parliament prepares to vote on new austerity measures

Masked protesters clashed with riot police in Athens, ahead of a vote on a unpopular reform package to secure much-needed bailout funds.

08/05/2016

Economy

Anger over austerity: Third day of rallies in Greece over pensions and tax reforms

The Greek capital saw a third day of rallies as the parliament prepared to vote on a series of reforms including tax hikes and pension cuts. Athens is hoping to push through the reforms required by th

08/05/2016

Greece

Children of Idomeni: Lessons and laughter amid migrant misery

It is a daily struggle for survival at Idomeni. Living in filth and exposed to the elements, at least 10,000 migrants and refugees remain stuck at

07/05/2016

Economy

Why so much Greek anger over tax and pension reforms

Greek tax and pension reforms have to be approved by the country's lawmakers on Sunday if Athens is to get the next, previously delayed, tranche of more than five billion euros of bailout cash.

06/05/2016

Greece

Greece grinds to near halt in 48-hour general strike

Greece has ground to a near halt with the start of a 48-hour general strike on Friday morning (May 6). The country’s largest private and public

06/05/2016

Greece

Easter rocket ban on Greek island leads to protest

Some residents on the Greek island of Chios are up in arms over the banning of rocket firing on the eve of Orthodox Easter. Villagers from two rival

01/05/2016

Sport

Olympic flame handed over to Rio Games officials

The Olympic Flame was handed over to organisers of this summer’s Games in Rio de Janeiro during a ceremony at the Panathinaic stadium.

27/04/2016

Greece

Refugees refuse to budge from makeshift Idomeni border camp in Greece

Greek authorities are urging refugees to leave a makeshift Idomeni camp close to the border with the FYR of Macedonia border to move to official reception centres elsewhere is the country.

27/04/2016

Greece

Clashes erupt in Greek migrant camp

Clashes between migrants in a Greek detention camp and police erupted on Tuesday. Tempers flared after two ferries shipped the latest group of

27/04/2016

Greece

Greece is asking for an emergency Eurozone Summit

26/04/2016

Sport

Olympic torch lights up refugee camp

The Olympic flame was taken through the Eleonas refugee camp in Athens on Tuesday to highlight the plight of over one million people who have fled

26/04/2016

Greece

Jordan's Queen Rania questions EU migration deal with Turkey

More than 300 migrants have been rescued from boats in the Mediterranean by the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières. The group have been taken

25/04/2016

World

Exclusive: Greek PM says crisis nearly over, no more austerity needed

The Greek economy is just one step away from a recovery but needs debt relief, not further austerity, to overcome its crisis for good, Prime Minister

21/04/2016

Greece

Exclusive: Greece needs debt relief to take final step to recovery, says Tspiras

Greece's economy is just one step away from a recovery but needs debt relief, not further austerity, Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras has told euronews.

21/04/2016

Greece

Olympic torch lit for Rio Games

The Olympic torch, lit in southern Greece, will be carried all the way to Brazil, where the Games kick off in August.

21/04/2016

Greece

Seven things you may not know about the Olympic Flame

1. What does the Olympic Flame represent? The Olympic Flame, along with the five rings the most recognisable symbol of the Olympic Games, represents

20/04/2016

Greece

Migrants allowed to leave Greek camps while asylum applications processed

Migrants on the Greek islands are being allowed out of the detention camps where they’re being housed, while they wait for their asylum applications

19/04/2016

Greece

Pope Francis returns to Rome, leaving behind protests in Lesbos

Pope Francis has touched down in Rome, with a dozen extra passengers. The Pontiff returned to the Italian capital with three Syrian families. The

16/04/2016

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"You are not alone," Pope Francis tells migrants stranded in Greece

Pope Francis was greeted by emotional people, who begged him for help, when he visited Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday

16/04/2016

Greece

Pope Francis to take 12 Syrian refugees to the Vatican after Lesbos visit

Pope Francis is to take 12 Syrian refugees – including six children – back to the Vatican following a visit to the Moria migrant and refugee camp on

16/04/2016

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Pope Francis face-to-face with refugees

Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians have met migrants at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek

16/04/2016