Greece

Greece

Sailors kidnapped in armed attack on Greek tanker near Cameroon

Greek authorities said an armed group boarded the tanker and ordered eight members including the 45-year-old captain to leave.

31/12/2019

Greece

Tom Hanks receives honorary Greek citizenship

The 63-year-old actor has produced a number of films in the country and often spends his holidays on the Greek island of Antiparos.

28/12/2019

Greece

Libya forces ship with Turkish crew into port as Greece slams sea deal

Greek foreign minister Nikos Dendias has visited Benghazi, the seat of Libya's eastern administration that is opposed to the UN-backed government.

22/12/2019

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Feminist anthem 'Las Tesis' performed in front of Greek parliament

Feminist groups gathered outside the Greek parliament in Athens on Sunday (December 22nd) to perform a protest song.

22/12/2019

Greece

Archaeologists discover treasure troves in Greek Bronze Age tombs

Researchers think the priceless treasures found in the beehive-shaped tombs could help to unlock secrets about life in ancient Greece.

18/12/2019

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Heavy rain and cold weather hits migrants on Greek island of Lesbos

Migrants and asylum seekers already endure "inhumane" living conditions on the Greek island of Lesbos. Now they've got heavy rain and cold weather to contend with, too.

13/12/2019

Economy

Greece woos wealthy foreigners with 'non-dom' scheme

Greece woos wealthy foreigners with 'non-dom' scheme

10/12/2019

Earth News

Vogue’s Anna Wintour says clothes should be passed down generations

Speaking at a conference in Athens, Wintour tackles sustainability in the fashion industry.

28/11/2019

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Pig laughs in the studio as reporter chased during live TV broadcast

You could say the pig was trying to hog the limelight

27/11/2019

Europe

Greece: A safe haven for Turks threatened over Gülen movement links

Many Turkish teachers, public servants and entrepreneurs, unable to return home because of fears of arrest and with no belief in the independence of the Turkish justice system, are trying to start a new life in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.

22/11/2019

Greece

Greek PM tightens migrant controls: 'We are not an unfenced vineyard'

Greece is to create a single border surveillance agency and employ 1,200 more guards to 'shut the door' on migrants not entitled to stay.

22/11/2019

World

Greek migrant plan won't end 'inhumane' conditions — aid group

Medecins Sans Frontieres says plans by Greece for new migrant facilities amount to the creation of detention centres.

21/11/2019

Greece

Greece to replace crowded refugee camps with closed detention centres

The 3,000-person-capacity Moria camp, currently home to 15,000 migrants, is among those earmarked for closure and conversion into a detention centre.

20/11/2019

Smart Regions

Greece: The impact of broadband on remote areas

In partnership with the European Commission

Greece: from isolation to connection with the outside world thanks to the arrival of broadband in remote areas

18/11/2019

Greece

Baby dies in Moria migrant camp, MSF reveals

"We are absolutely devastated by this tragedy," MSF wrote on Twitter.

17/11/2019

Greece

Greece commemorates student uprising that doomed military junta

It's the annual commemoration that is often marred by violence.

16/11/2019

World

European Council on Refugees blames Greece for islands migrant crisis

The Director of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles has said the migrant crisis in Greece is the direct result of EU policy Catherine Woollard’s comments to Euronews’ Good Morning Europe came as the migrant issue in Greece and Bosnia was being discussed by the European Parliament

14/11/2019

World

Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos to testify in murder trial

Nikos Michaloliakos is accused of involvement in the murder of rapper Pavlos Fyssas

06/11/2019

Greece

'I was blown away': Tourist adrift for two days survived on sweets

The 47-year old woman was floating in a rubber dinghy in the Aegean Sea for nearly two days before she was rescued by Greek coast guards.

05/11/2019

Greece

Police find 41 migrants inside refrigerated truck in northern Greece

Police in northern Greece have discovered dozens of migrants hiding in a refrigerated truck outside the town of Xanthi.

04/11/2019

Greece

'A struggle for survival': Greece told to act on migrant camps

The Council of Europe has slammed Greece for the conditions migrants are living under on the Aegean islands, with the Commissioner for Human Rights saying people are now in a “struggle for survival”.

31/10/2019

Greece

Syrian boy dies after migrant dinghy collides with coastguard boat

The incident took place in the night of Tuesday and Wednesday near Kos, a Greek island off the coast of Turkey.

23/10/2019

World

Migrants from overcrowded Greek island camps transferred to mainland

The islands are close to Turkey and have seen a surge of new arrivals. The UNHCR says there are now 33,700 people living there.

23/10/2019

Greece

Police raid Joker screenings in Athens, turfing out 19 children

Four of the 19 young people removed from the cinema were with their parents at the time.

21/10/2019

Greece

Watch: Playmobil brings Greek Revolution to life

The Greek War of Independence was waged against the Ottoman Empire in 1821, and 1,300 Playmobil figures are depicting scenes from the war as well as everyday life at the time.

16/10/2019

Greece

Not kidding: Goats outnumber humans 12-to-1 on this Greek island

50,000 goats, 3,000 humans - Samothraki's chefs like those odds

08/10/2019