Greece

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Is talk of a 'Grexit' a thing of the past or an ever present danger?

Greece dominated headlines around the world last year. Now the Athens government has a third rescue package in its hands worth up to 86 billion euros

26/01/2016

Greece

Greece: hundreds of migrants and refugees arrive in Lesbos from Turkey

Hundreds of migrants and refugees, including many women and children, arrived by dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos from neighbouring Turkey on

25/01/2016

Greece

A hard-right turn for Greece's radical left?

After one year power the authority of Greece's leftist Syriza party is being challenged by both the conservative opposition and its own voters.

23/01/2016

Greece

Going nowhere: Refugees stuck at Greece-Macedonian border

Hundreds of migrants and refugees remain stranded between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with intermittent border closures and

23/01/2016

Business Planet

EMAS: Combining competitiveness with environmental performance

In this edition of Business Planet, we visit the Onassis Foundation in Athens to find out how we can transform waste into raw materials. This concept

22/01/2016

Greece

Greece free to operate its own TV licensing regime if compatible with EU rules

20/01/2016

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Greece: Lesbos refugees rescue

A Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) and Greenpeace rescue team responded to a sinking rigid inflatable boat carrying 45 Afghan refugees crossing from

20/01/2016

Cinema

Sarcastic nostalgia: Tassos Boulmetis is back with 'Mythopathy'

It’s been more than a decade between films for Greek director Tassos Boulmetis. His last offering, ‘A Touch of Spice,’ (2003) was a huge hit in

20/01/2016

Greece

Greece faces first 2016 protests against reforms

The Greek government’s plans for pension reforms have brought thousands of farmers out on the streets in protests in the north of the country, and in

19/01/2016

Greece

Greek government pushes ahead with broadcasting reform despite stiff opposition

18/01/2016

Economy

Pain at the petrol pumps for motorists despite oil prices tumbling

The theory of cheap oil for the motorist. How does it work – or does it? Tumbling prices and a global glut but not at the pumps. Percentage price

13/01/2016

Greece

Brief scuffles as pensioners and workers march on Athens

Brief scuffles occurred as hundreds of pensioners and workers marched on central Athens. They were rallying against plans to revamp the pension

08/01/2016

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Life signs

Aid workers use thousands of life jackets, discarded by refugees, to form a peace sign on Lesbos island. Another dingy overcrowded with migrants

03/01/2016

Greece

New year sees more migrants make perilous journeys to Lesbos

New Year’s Day on the Greek island of Lesbos has seen the arrival of more migrants, seeking sanctuary in Europe. Groups are continuing to make the

01/01/2016

Greece

Greece votes for same-sex civil partnerships

Greek lawmakers have voted to extend civil partnership agreements to same-sex couples with 193 of the country’s 300 parliamentarians supporting the

23/12/2015

Greece

Refugees v migrants: the desperate battle to stay in Europe

Arriving at a gateway to Europe, boats packed with migrants and refugees continue to land on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos. Almost

22/12/2015

Greece

State of Palestine passports for 2016

On a visit to Greece the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said his administration could start issuing passports under the ‘State of Palestine’ as

22/12/2015

Greece

"Have courage, you'll make it:" Susan Sarandon comforts Iranian refugee on Lesbos

18/12/2015

Greece

Greece approves latest reform bill in exchange for 1 bn euros

Greece’s leftist-led government has survived another parliamentary vote on a reform bill demanded by the country’s international lenders. In return

16/12/2015

Economy

Greece signs airport deal with Fraport in first big privatisation move

Greece’s left wing government has taken its first step towards large-scale privatisation – one of the key conditions of its bailout deals. German

14/12/2015

Economy

Unemployment in Greece falls - ever so slightly

Unemployment in Greece fell slightly in September. Official figures put the rate at 24.6 percent, down a tenth of a percentage point from an upwardly

10/12/2015

Greece

EU border force could target migration problem spots

Germany and France have proposed a new EU rapid response border control force. It could, in theory at least, be deployed in member states without

09/12/2015

Greece

Police remove hundreds of migrants blocked at Greek-Macedonian border

The migrants, mostly from Pakistan, Morocco and Iran, are expected to be taken to Athens on buses

09/12/2015

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Migrants face nationality-based entry "discrimination"

Human rights group Amnesty International called on F.Y.R.O.M to stop what it called its discriminatory policy at the border because it was fuelling

08/12/2015

Greece

Greek parliament narrowly approves 2016 austerity budget

The Greek parliament has narrowly approved a 2016 budget which includes sharp cuts in spending and some tax increases. The measures were conditions

06/12/2015

Greece

Migrant couple are stuck at Macedonian border - because he's Afghan and she's Iranian

In a squalid tent camp on the border, with temperatures barely above freezing, a young, married couple are in turmoil. Macedonian authorities are

05/12/2015