Greece

Greece

Greece elections: Who is leadership hopeful Kyriakos Mitsotakis?

Greek conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is a leading contender to Alexis Tsipras. Mitsotakis said he wants to breathe new life into the economy and change the country’s image as Europe’s problem child after three bailouts since 2010.

03/07/2019

Greece

Greek fishermen paid to collect rubbish caught from the sea for recycling

Fishermen are being paid €200 a month to recycle waste from their nets. More and more plastic and cans are being pulled from the waters together with the fish. A new Greek company called Enaleia has backing from Greek and foreign donors to introduce a more sustainable way of fishing.

02/07/2019

World

Greece to hold snap election in July after presidential approval

Greece's president has approved a request by prime minister Alexis Tsipras to hold a snap election, just four months before the end of Tsipras's term.

11/06/2019

Greece

Seven drown off the Greek island of Lesbos after boat overturns

Seven people have drowned off the Greek island of Lesbos after their boat overturned, said the Greek coast guard.

11/06/2019

Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announces early general elections

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras announced early general elections after his Syriza-led government suffered big defeats in European, local and municipal elections

10/06/2019

Greece

Greece redefines rape after initial draft law sparked criticism

The Greek government made a U-turn on the definition of rape after an initial draft law sparked fierce criticism from society, NGOs, and parliament members.

07/06/2019

Greece

Doctor and independent Moses Elisaf is Greece's first Jewish mayor

Doctor, academic and independent politician Moses Elisaf is the newly-elected Mayor of Ioannina in north-west Greece and the country's first Jewish mayor

06/06/2019

Greece

Greece's New Democracy party triumphant in local and regional elections

Greece's main opposition New Democracy party was triumphant after the second round of local and regional elections concluded on Sunday

02/06/2019

Greece

Watch: Divers remove two tonnes of plastic fishing nets from sea bed

The plastic will now be recycled into yarn to make socks, sportswear, swimwear and carpets.

28/05/2019

Greece

Greek general elections awaited after Syriza trounced in Euro elections

Greek general elections could take place by the end of June after the main opposition New Democracy party trounced ruling Syriza in European elections

27/05/2019

Greece

Greece headed to snap elections after Syriza defeat in EU vote

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called snap national elections after suffering a heavy defeat by the opposition conservatives in European Parliament elections on Sunday.

27/05/2019

Greece

Exclusive: Police clash with refugee camp residents on Samos, Greece

Police fired warning shots and used tear gas, they "beat up" some of those demonstrating, an NGO told Euronews.

25/05/2019

World

Greece's economy on the up but not everyone is feeling the benefits

Months after Greece left behind the bailout programmes, many of its citizens still don't feel a change in their daily lives.

24/05/2019

Greece

Greek undertaker gets creative with coffins in election campaign

Undertaker Konstantinos Baboulas hands out coffin-shaped car air fresheners and has campaign posters resembling public funeral announcements. He says his job has taught him valuable lessons which he can adapt to politics.

23/05/2019

Greece

Watch: Diving club volunteers saving migrants off Greece

"When we go to help refugees and find dead children, in their eyes we see the souls and eyes of our own children,” said diver Stelios Hatziandreou.

21/05/2019

Greece

Inside the migrants' jungle in Samos

A former political science lecturer and civil rights activist, Sarah fled Uganda where her security was at risk. She has been surviving in the so-called migrants "jungle" on the greek island of Samos for 8 months. She takes us on a tour of what she calls hell on earth.

20/05/2019

World

Stateless in Europe: 'I was never given the chance to feel European'

Second-generation migrants who are living as stateless citizens in Greece have claimed they have no say in their own future, ahead of the European elections.

20/05/2019

Greece

Environmental restoration of Lake Karla revives Greek wildlife and locals

The environmental restoration of Lake Karla in Greece's Thessaly plain is recreating an ancient ecosystem, and reviving wildlife and local communities

15/05/2019

My Europe Series

Migrants and Greeks in Samos share anger and despair

Samos is less than two kilometres away from the Turkish coast and it's one of several so-called "hotspots" for asylum seekers on the Greek islands of the north Aegean Sea.

10/05/2019

World

Migrants increasingly risk lives arriving in Greece by river or sea

Migrants put their lives on the line trying to get from Turkey to Greece, crossing by boat to the Greek city of Alexandropouli, Greece, or crossing the Evros river on the border to make it to Europe. Euronews correspondents Fay Doulgkeri and Bryan Carter report.

09/05/2019

Greece

Watch: Abandoned bear cubs Bradley and Cooper prepare for life in wild

The duo will be bottle fed by sanctuary workers until they've learned to forage in the forest, after being abandoned by their mother.

07/05/2019

Greece

Watch: Greeks 'burn Judas' in ancient Orthodox Easter tradition

Boats circle a straw figure of the Biblical traitor before setting it alight. The tradition dates back several centuries but in some places has only been brought back in the last few decades.

29/04/2019

Greece

Grrrrrrr... eeece named the most stressed country in the world

Mediterranean countries are known for their relaxed lifestyle but a poll finds Greeks and Italians among the most stressed in Europe.

27/04/2019

World

Road Trip Europe Day 30: Greek voters focused on local issues

The team concluded that the Greek voters they spoke to feel the European Union is too remote, especially in the wake of the financial crisis that they have endured.

26/04/2019

World

Road Trip Europe Day 29 Thessaloniki: 'We can’t dream here'

On the next stop of our road trip, Euronews Correspondents Bryan Carter and Fay Doulgkeri visit a university to speak to students about the upcoming European elections.

25/04/2019

World

Road Trip Europe Day 28 Larissa: 'Without funding, no crops can grow'

Correspondents Bryan Carter and Fay Doulgkeri have set off on the next leg of Euronews' road trip, speaking to Greek farmers to find out what impact EU subsidies have on local agriculture.

24/04/2019