Greece

Economy

Greece and international lenders suspend bailout review talks as splits remain

Talks between Greece and its international lenders on a crucial bailout review have been suspended until next Monday. The main sticking point appears

12/04/2016

Health Series

Resuscitating Greece's struggling health system

Greece is facing crippling debts, high unemployment and a daily influx of migrants. All of which impacts the healthcare sector. This edition of Smart

12/04/2016

Greece

Greece seeks to clear migrants from Piraeus port as tourist season nears

As the summer season approaches, Greece is stepping up efforts to evacuate migrants from its biggest port of Piraeus, the main gateway to the Aegean

12/04/2016

Greece

Greece-FYROM diplomatic row deepens

Hundreds were injured on Sunday after tear gas was fired at migrants

11/04/2016

Economy

Greece and troika move closer to review of bailout deal

Greece and the troika of international lenders are moving closer to a deal on a review of bailout reforms, which could free up more aid to help the cash strapped country.

11/04/2016

Greece

Greece protests over FYROM police's 'excessive violence'

Greece has accused its northern neighbour the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) of excessive use of violence after Sunday’s border scenes

11/04/2016

Greece

Deported migrants call for freedom from behind barred windows

Some 325 migrants have been deported to Turkey from the Greek island of Lesbos under an EU deal. They wait to learn of their fate inside a fenced

09/04/2016

Culture news

Successful debut for new ballet director at Greek National Opera

‘Links’ is Greek choreographer Andonis Foniadakis’ latest dance project. It’s currently on at the Greek National Opera, where Foniadakis takes over

08/04/2016

Greece

45 deported migrants returned to Turkey under EU deal

Forty-five migrants have arrived back in Turkey from the Greek island of Lesbos. The male Pakistanis were on the first of several boats to ferry

08/04/2016

Greece

Greece ferries second boat of migrants to Turkey under EU deal

Pro-migrant activists jumped into the water off the Greek island of Lesbos in an attempt to prevent a migrant ship setting sail for Turkey. They

08/04/2016

Greece

Greek public sector protest against pension reforms

Flights disrupted and hospitals on skeleton staff… a strike by Greek public sector workers made an impact on Thursday. The 24-hour walkout – called

07/04/2016

Greece

Migrant flow to Greece continues despite returns to Turkey

Day and night, migrants continue to land in Greece, despite the start of deportations to Turkey under an EU deal aimed at stemming the flow

05/04/2016

Greece

First EU migrant deportations from Greece to Turkey 'go smoothly', despite protests

The scene played out at dawn on the island of Lesbos was orderly in contrast to those witnessed on Greek shores in recent months. Two

04/04/2016

Greece

Migrants arrive in Turkey after being sent back under EU deal

Migrants sent back from Greece began arriving in Turkey on Monday after the EU’s disputed deal with Ankara to stem the influx of asylum seekers into

04/04/2016

Greece

Migrant deportations from Greece to Turkey begin under EU deal

Greece began returning migrants to Turkey early on Monday morning as the EU’s deal with Ankara to stem the influx of asylum seekers into Europe came

04/04/2016

Greece

An uncertain future for thousands of migrants on Greece's Lesbos island

Migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos a few hours before many were due to be returned to Turkey. But they’re not sure what the future holds because

03/04/2016

Greece

Desperation grows among migrants in Greece facing return to Turkey

Hundreds of migrants and refugees broke out of a holding centre on the Greek island of Chios on Friday following a night of violence there. Tensions

01/04/2016

Greece

Top Greek footballers help refugees in port city of Piraeus

Some people call the Greek port city of Piraeus “New Idomeni.” It hosts more than 6,000 refugees, many in need of food, clothes and moral support

01/04/2016

Greece

Tension erupts as Greece prepares migrant returns to Turkey

After a night of violence at a holding centre on the Greek island of Chios, hundreds of migrants and refugees have forced their way out, reportedly

01/04/2016

Greece

EU-Turkey migrant deal: UNHCR warns neither side is ready

With Europe’s deal on sending migrants back to Turkey due to come into force on Monday, the plight of the more than 50,000 people stranded in Greece

01/04/2016

Greece

Greek parliament to vote on EU-Turkey migrant accord

The Greek parliament is expected to vote on Friday on measures putting into practice the EU’s accord with Turkey on the return of refugees and

31/03/2016

Greece

Athens protesters chant 'open the borders' ahead of migrant returns

Hundreds of human rights activists, students and migrants have taken to the streets of Athens chanting “open the borders.” The migrants were some of

31/03/2016

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Greece: The growing refugee population on Lesbos

More than 500 migrants and refugees arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday. The majority came from Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, and Pakistan

30/03/2016

Greece

Greece: stranded refugees and migrants clash with police in Idomeni

Protesting refugees and migrants on Tuesday clashed with Greek police in the border town of Idomeni, next to the closed crossing between Greece and

29/03/2016

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Greece – Idomeni: Migrants protest calling for the borders to be opened

Migrants rally at Greece’s makeshift border camp calling for authorities to open the border with FYROM and let them continue on their journey.

28/03/2016

Greece

Protesting migrants demand FYROM border is re-opened

Let us through. The message from migrants stranded at a makeshift Greek camp near the border with the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia

28/03/2016