Greece

Greece

Greek voters go to polls in election too close to call

Voters are going to the polls in Greece on Sunday, in a national election that remains too close to call. Late polls suggested that momentum could

20/09/2015

Greece

Glum Greeks prepare for Sunday's general election

For the third time in nine months the Greeks are being asked to take their future in their hands in Sunday’s general election amid signs of voter

19/09/2015

Greece

Former Greek PM Tsipras speaks of victory at final election campaign rally

Former Greek prime minister and Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras says he is confident of re-election. He has been taking to the stage in Athens

19/09/2015

World

Why Greeks are voting sooner than planned

Why is debt-strapped Greece holding early elections? Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pushed lenders for better terms, failed, then conceded

18/09/2015

Greece

Greece election: Polls neck-and-neck ahead of Sunday's vote

Preparations for Greece’s snap elections on Sunday are almost complete. On Friday, a convoy of trucks distributed election materials to polling

18/09/2015

Greece

Greek elections: New Democracy calls for end to 'dangerous Syriza experiment'

The leader of Greece’s conservative New Democracy party has used his final speech before Sunday’s snap elections to call for an end to what he

18/09/2015

Economy

Jobless rate in Greece dips by two percent

Unemployment in Greece fell by two percentage points in the second quarter – but the jobless rate remains the highest in the EU with just under one

17/09/2015

Greece

Meimarakis, old guard conservative: what are his chances in Greece's snap poll?

Vangelis Meimarakis became leader of New Democracy and Leader of the Opposition two months ago. The uniter of the pro-Europe centre-right party has

17/09/2015

Greece

Greece's snap elections -- everything you need to know

Q.: What are the dates and times of election day? A.: These elections are held on Sunday, September 20th. Polls are expected to open at 0700 local

17/09/2015

Greece

Greek election: New Democracy said to have narrow lead

Greece’s conservative New Democracy party has for the first time edged ahead of leftist rival Syriza according to one poll. Although another still

17/09/2015

Greece

Riot police clash with migrants as tension rises in Lesbos

There were ugly scenes on the Greek island of Lesbos on Wednesday, where authorities at a registration camp are struggling to contain hundreds of new

16/09/2015

World

Greece's Meimarakis wants big coalition if victorious after election

For years Vangelis Meimarakis has served in centre-right governments accused by the left of leading the country to the brink of financial crisis now

16/09/2015

Greece

Closed borders and razor-wire fences fail to deter desperate refugees

Desperate refugees waiting to leave the Greek island of Lesbos say they are determined to make their way to northern Europe, despite closed borders

16/09/2015

World

Exclusive: Tsipras on why Greece is better off with a third bailout

Eight months ago he swept to victory in an election that sent shockwaves around the world. Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras’ declared aim was to save

15/09/2015

Greece

No coalition with New Democracy warns Tsipras ahead of Greek poll

Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras and his political rival Vangelis Miemarakis took part in a TV debate ahead of Sunday’s Greek general election. Greek

15/09/2015

Greece

34 refugees with many women and children perish in Greek waters

At least 34 people, nearly half of them women, babies and young children, have drowned in the Aegean Sea in the single biggest loss of life in these

13/09/2015

Greece

Greece elections: I'm sure that Syriza will come first, Tsipras

Syriza leader Alexis Tsipiras tells euronews he is confident of victory despite polls showing his party's lead narrowing one week before Greeks go to the polls for a second time this year.

13/09/2015

Greece

More migrants drown as boats capsize off Greek coast

At least 34 people, nearly half of them women, babies and children, have drowned after their overloaded boat capsized in the eastern Aegean. Greek

13/09/2015

Greece

Germany: expected surge in migrants from Hungary doesn't materialise

Migrants and refugees have been continuing to stream into Germany. More than nine-thousand arrived at Munich’s rail station on Saturday. But police

13/09/2015

Greece

Latest opinion polls suggest Greek election will be inconclusive

With just a week to go before Greece has another general election the latest opinion poll suggests the result is still too close to call with the two

12/09/2015

My Europe Series

Struggling to survive: Greek SMEs count the cost of reform

Greeks go to the polls once again this month over a bailout package that has deepened their country’s political turmoil. Prime Minister Alexis

11/09/2015

Greece

Dinghies packed with migrants continue to arrive on Lesbos

Migrants are continuing to arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos, which has been overwhelmed with people making it to its shores. Aid agencies

11/09/2015

Economy

Greek unemployment up to 25.2 percent in June

Unemployment in Greece rose to 25.2 percent in June, a slight rise of 0.2 percent from the previous month. The seasonally-adjusted figure was the

10/09/2015

Culture news

Crete celebrates traditional dance and music

This year, for the first time, Heraklion, the capital city of Crete, played host to the Pancretan Dance Festival and Cantata. Eleni Fasoula

09/09/2015

Greece

Syrian journalist films perilous crossing from Turkey to Greece

Many immigrants flowing into Europe recently have entered via Greece, having made a short but often dangerous journey across the sea from Turkey with

08/09/2015

Greece

Greeks evacuate refugees from Lesbos as island overflows

The emergency evacuation of refugees from the Greek island of Lesbos has begun after the island, normal population 4,000, was overrun with between 15

07/09/2015