Greece

Greece

Greek police recover Picasso and Mondrian paintings stolen in 2012

Police say they have recovered the artworks nearly a decade after their theft from Greece's biggest state art gallery in Athens.

29/06/2021

Greece

Greek teens offered €150 in vouchers if they get a COVID-19 jab

Bad news, you can't spend it all on booze.

28/06/2021

Greece

Greek trio arrested for selling priceless Roman statue for €40,000

One of the three found the statue in his garden and asked the other two to sell it, police say.

28/06/2021

Greece

Seven Greek bishops, three others injured in suspected acid attack

Greek authorities said that ten people had been hospitalised with burns after being attacked with a caustic liquid, allegedly by a priest facing a disciplinary hearing.

24/06/2021

Greece

Amnesty accuses Greece of 'systematic' policy of migrant pushbacks

Athens has disputed reports accusing Greek border police of violent returns of refugees and migrants to Turkey.

23/06/2021

Destinations

Tinos, Syros, Symi: A guide to Greece's power trio of islands

Greece is home to hundred of undiscovered islands. Here are three of our favourites.

21/06/2021

Greece

Greek pilot has confessed to killing his British wife, say police

A Greek pilot who initially claimed his wife had been killed by robbers during a dramatic home invasion has now confessed to her murder, say police.

18/06/2021

Greece

Strikes across Greece as parliament set to approve labour law reform

Public transport staff in Athens went on strike for the second time in a week on Wednesday before the vote.

16/06/2021

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In migration lull, Greece bolsters Turkey border fence

In migration lull, Greece bolsters Turkey border fence

10/06/2021

Greece

Greece extends COVID-19 vaccination campaign to migrants camps

Athens has faced criticism for not including asylum-seekers earlier in its vaccination campaign.

02/06/2021

World

Greek, Turkish leaders to meet on NATO summit sidelines amid tensions

Turkey's Foreign Affairs Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, is in Greece for talks with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Dendias.

31/05/2021

Destinations

Sick of working from home? Try working abroad from Greece

Everything you need to know about the digital nomad tax break, visas and the best islands for a working holiday.

25/05/2021

Economy

Greece's mink farms take a different approach to survive the COVID-19 pandemic

In doubt as to whether COVID-19 can be transmitted from mink to humans, various countries across Europe have culled their mink farm populations. But Greece is taking a different direction to protect its economy and its farmers.

21/05/2021

My Europe Series

Leros' new migrant detention centre brings back old, ugly memories

For forty years the island was known as “The Colony of Psychopaths”. Now, as the Aegean Island begins building a new detention facility, locals are reminded of the past.

21/05/2021

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Greek villages evacuated as forest fire rages

Several Greek villages have been evacuated with no injuries reported as firefighters battle the country's first major blaze of the year on a mountain range overlooking the Gulf of Corinth

20/05/2021

Greece

Euroviews. Greece's most vulnerable refugees are being denied safe shelter | View

"The closure of Kara Tepe municipal camp marks the end of an era for refugee reception in Greece."

20/05/2021

Greece

Greek villages evacuated as wildfire rages

"This is the first major fire of 2021," a spokesperson for the Greek fire service said.

20/05/2021

Greece

Greek MEP and neo-Nazi appears in Athens court

Ioannis Lagos, who was detained in Brussels last month, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in Greece over his membership of the banned Golden Dawn party.

16/05/2021

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First foreign tourists arrive in Greece following reopening

Tourists flew into Athens on Friday as Greece officially kicked off its tourist season.

15/05/2021

Greece

Greece officially launches its tourist season after 72% drop in 2020

With a valid PCR test, performed 72 hours before departure or a rapid self-test, EU, UK, US, Serbian and Israeli residents can visit Greece without quarantine.

14/05/2021

My Europe Series

Greece is preparing for a tourist influx - but is it ready?

Greek politicians have been asked whether they are opening too early. They argue that 2020 is not 2021.

13/05/2021

Greece

Greece lockdown measures lift allowing schools and courts to reopen

Primary and junior high schools in Greece have been able to reopen for in-person schooling for the first time in months.

10/05/2021

Europe News

Greece wants to boost growth by 7% from €57bn pandemic recovery plan

Athens will receive €30.5 billion in European Union funds as part of the bloc's so-called Recovery and Resilience Facility.

04/05/2021

Greece

Greece keeps lid on Orthodox Easter events as it eyes tourism season

Many restrictions in effect since early November will be scrapped, however, starting Monday, when restaurants and cafes will be allowed to serve customers outdoors.

30/04/2021

Greece

Far-right MEP facing jail after colleagues vote to remove his immunity

Ioannis Lagos was among dozens of Golden Dawn members sentenced to prison in Greece last year, but as an elected MEP in the European Parliament he had parliamentary protection.

27/04/2021

Greece

Greek police set up checkpoints, turn back Easter travelers

Easter holidays are often celebrated with relatives outside Athens and other cities, but the government said COVID-19 infection levels remain too high to allow free travel.

23/04/2021