Greece

Greece

Greek court questions smuggling suspects over migrant ship disaster

Nine men suspected of crewing a migrant smuggling ship that sank off Greece leaving more than 500 missing appeared in court Tuesday for questioning, as new accounts emerged on the sinking and the appalling conditions on the trip from Libya towards Italy.

22/06/2023

Greece

As death toll rises to 81, new accounts expose migrant boat disaster

The number of confirmed victims from one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean rose to 81 Monday after three more bodies were found off southern Greece.

19/06/2023

Greece

Timeline of how migrant boat tragedy off the coast of Greece unfolded

A timeline of events that led up to one of the worst shipwrecks in recent Mediterranean history as hundreds of migrants are still missing off the coast of Greece.

19/06/2023

Greece

Greek coast guard defends actions as up to 500 migrants feared dead

Greece's coast guard defended its actions in responding to a ship carrying hundreds of migrants that ended up sinking off the country's south coast, as criticism mounted Friday over the European Union's years-long failure to hammer out a comprehensive migration and asylum policy.

16/06/2023

Destinations

How to escape the crowds on wild eastern Crete

While tourists tend to favour the west of Crete, the eastern side offers farm-to-fork experiences, wild hikes and boat trips on traditional fishing caïques.

14/06/2023

Greece

Greek residents mobilise to help survivors of deadly migrant shipwreck

Search and rescue operations continued overnight some 75 kilometres southwest of Greece’s southern Peloponnese region.

14/06/2023

Nature

Watch volunteers pull tonnes of dumped fishing nets from Aegean Sea

Dumped fishing nets account for 10% of marine litter found on the sea floor.

12/06/2023

Green News

‘Help us save Poros’: Tiny Greek island threatened by fish farm

‘We cannot watch this go ahead without a fight’: Greek islanders are rallying against plans for a giant fish farm.

08/06/2023

Greece

Halki: Greek island serves as model for solar power communities

The Greek island of Halki is acting as a model for communities wanting to live on solar-powered electricity grids

07/06/2023

Greece

New Greek parliament convenes, only to be dissolved as early as Monday

The next election will be contested under a different system after leading parties failed to form a coalition.

28/05/2023

Greece

Greece appoints interim government ahead of second election

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has appointed Ioannis Sharmas as interim prime minister after no party secured a large enough majority in Sunday's parliamentary election.

24/05/2023

Greece

Greece general election: Five things we learned from Sunday's vote

The winners, the losers, the parties making a comeback, and what happens next: we've got all those topics covered.

22/05/2023

Greece

Greek voters face new election in June as New Democracy seeks majority

Greece faces new national elections, despite the ruling party securing around 40% of the vote in Sunday's general election.

21/05/2023

Greece

Polls open in Greece's first election since spending controls ended

Polls have opened in Greece’s parliamentary election, the first since the country’s economy ceased to be subject to strict supervision and control by international lenders who had provided bailout funds during its nearly decade-long financial crisis.

21/05/2023

Greece

Out of bailout spotlight, Greeks feeling recovery pains at election

For the first time in more than a decade, Greeks will go to the polls Sunday to elect a leader no longer confined to steering the country’s economy from a back seat.

20/05/2023

Greece

Candidates make last appeals to voters ahead of elections in Greece

Candidates rally supporters ahead of elections in Greece on Sunday with Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis seeking a second term under a new system of voting.

19/05/2023

Greece

Damning evidence of asylum seekers' mistreatment emerges in Greece

A video shared by an activist with The New York Times shows evidence of asylum seekers being put on rafts and abandoned in the middle of the sea after reaching Greece's borders.

19/05/2023

Europe News

Greek elections: For Brussels, rule of law woes ousted economic ones

While Athens has regained the EU's confidence in terms of the economy, this is not the case with the quality of the rule of law.

19/05/2023

Greece

Greek PM and opposition leader rally support ahead of general election

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told crowds in Thessaloniki that stability and economic security were at stake in Sunday's vote. Left-wing opposition leader Alexis Tsipras urged progressive parties to be open to coalition negotiations.

19/05/2023

Greece

What you need to know about the Greek elections

As Greeks prepare to vote in a general election on 21 May, we take a look at which parties and candidates are in the running, who is ahead in the polls, and what else to expect.

17/05/2023

Greece

Euroviews. Greek PM's wiretapping admission begs the question of further secrets

The upcoming election provides an opportunity for Greeks to demand a government that respects their fundamental rights and values their privacy, Dr Georgios Samaras writes.

16/05/2023

Greece

Cost of living soars in Greece despite economic recovery

Greece has outpaced most European economies in the past years, but why can't citizens afford basic goods, and why are employers short of staff?

15/05/2023

Greece

First-time voters to play a key role in Greek general election

The Greek general election on 21 May will give 440,000 young people their first chance to vote. Euronews spoke to some of the country's first-time voters.

11/05/2023

Greece

Greek PM admits phone tapping was wrong

He admitted there was no sufficient explanation for the surveillance of an opposition leader, with national elections nearing.

11/05/2023

Greece

Euroviews. In Greece, an extremist party's rise risks bringing back neo-Nazism

Right before the legislative election in May, questions are being raised over the state of democracy in Greece as the country faces the potential resurgence of far-right extremism for the second time within two decades, Georgios Samaras writes.

25/04/2023

Greece

Greece dissolves parliament and calls a general election for May 21

Greece has signalled the start of a month-long general election campaign with the Prime Minister and President meeting to dissolve parliament. The election will take place on May 21.

22/04/2023