Greece

Greece

2018 review: struggles continue for migrants and locals in Lesbos

2018 review: struggles continue for migrants and locals in Lesbos

26/12/2018

Greece

Greek parliament approves 2019 budget, the first since exiting bailouts

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras referred to the first budget of a free Greece after parliament approved the 2019 budget, the first since exiting bailouts

19/12/2018

Greece

Bomb explosion rips through Athens TV station

A bomb explosion ripped through the offices of a Greek TV station in Athens early on Monday morning.

17/12/2018

Sport

Greek fans celebrate match win with masks from Netflix series

Fans of Olympiacos FC referenced Netflix series La Casa De Papel as they cheered their club's win in the Europa League.

14/12/2018

Greece

Police clash with protesters in Athens on anniversary of teen's death

The shooting of Alexis Grigoropoulos in 2008, which triggered the country's worst riots in decades, was also fueled by anger over unemployment and economic hardship.

07/12/2018

Greece

Greek riot police clash with protesters on 10th anniversary of unarmed teen's killing

Greek riot police clashed with protesters in Athens after demonstrations to mark the 10th anniversary of the killing by police of an unarmed teenager

06/12/2018

Greece

Clashes in Athens as protesters mark anniversary of teen shooting

Protesters in Athens marking the 10th anniversary of the killing of a teenage boy by a police officer clashed with authorities on Thursday, with masked youths throwing firebombs and stones at officers.

06/12/2018

Greece

Workers in Greece strike over wage cuts and tax hikes

Greek ships remained docked at the country’s ports and a protest rally has also been held in central Athens as workers also call for increases in minimum wages and the re-introduction of collective bargaining.

28/11/2018

Greece

What is a day like in the life of a Greek NATO pilot?

Greek NATO pilots face frequent tensions in the Aegean Sea, so what does a day in their life look like?

27/11/2018

Greece

Inside Moria: Euronews takes you around Greece's biggest refugee camp

More than 8,000 migrants — waiting for their asylum claims to be heard — live at Moria refugee camp, meant to hold 3,000-people. Now, with winter fast approaching, Euronews' Apostolos Staikos has taken a look at what life is like on the inside.

23/11/2018

Greece

Cleaning lady's 10-year jail term for lying about her education

The case has caused uproar in Greece for being unduly strict.

23/11/2018

World

Conditions worsen in Greece's largest refugee camp

Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos is infamous for terrible living conditions — and it's only getting worse as temperatures drop and winter rains hit.

23/11/2018

Earth News

Greek silk road town finds itself back in fashion

Soufli had silk first produced in Europe.

20/11/2018

Greece

Greece's student heroes remembered

The 1973 student uprising in Athens that was crushed with tanks and heavy loss of life was not the end of Greece's military dictatorship, but it marked the beginning of the end.

17/11/2018

Cinema

Review: Thessaloniki International Film Festival

The curtain falls on the 59th edition of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.

15/11/2018

Greece

10,000 clergy to come off Greek payroll

Greece and its Orthodox Church have tentatively agreed on Tuesday to remove some 10,000 clergy from the state payroll, according to Reuters.This landmark deal could clearly define the distinction between church and state in Greece

07/11/2018

Greece

Euroviews. "Moria is worse than war": Children on life in a refugee camp | View

Children and young people explain what it's like to grow up in an overcrowded refugee camp, and how access to a family support center gives them hope.

01/11/2018

Greece

UEFA investigates Athens stadium after fan video shows movement

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) are investigating over fears Athens Olympic ‘Spyros Louis’ Stadium is moving more than it should.

31/10/2018

No Comment

Greek students clash with police in central Athens

A protest by Greek students over education reform suddenly turned violent on Monday ( October 29) when youths clashed with police in central Athens outside the parliament building.

29/10/2018

Greece

Powerful quake permanently moves Greek Island by 3 centimetres

The Greek island of Zakynthos has shifted at least 3 c.m. southwest after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked the island on Friday.

29/10/2018

Greece

Big earthquake near Greece felt as far away as Italy and Libya

Greece appears to have escaped relatively unscathed after a powerful earthquake struck in the early hours of Friday.

26/10/2018

No Comment

Watch: Giant spider web envelops coastline of Greek lake

Spiders have been keeping busy at Lake Vistonida in north-eastern Greece. Over the last few days large webs, spreading for hundreds of meters across the lake's coastline, have blanketed the entire landscape. The trees and shrubs have been completely wrapped in spooky grey webs.

21/10/2018

Greece

Greece's foreign minister resigns

Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias was Athen’s main negotiator regarding the June accord with Skopje to rename Greece’s northern neighbour North Macedonia

17/10/2018

Greece

Greece: 11 people die in head-on collision

It's thought 10 were migrants travelling in a mini-van close to the city of Kavala in the north-east of the country. The accident happened in the early hours of Saturday morning.

13/10/2018

Greece

58 shipwrecks with over 300 treasures are found in Greece

Almost 60 shipwrecks dating from ancient Greece to the 20th century have been found in the Aegean sea.

12/10/2018

Cult

Athens: Richard Bellia photography exhibition of music

Richard Bellia show cases his art of a musical journey of 36 years of rock. Music is his passion

11/10/2018