Greece

Greece

'Very intensive' work needed for Greek bailout deal, says Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is warning that “very intensive” work is needed for debt-ridden Greece to reach a deal with its international

22/05/2015

Greece

312,679,022,950 euros. This is how much Greece has to repay

22/05/2015

World

Greek island of Samos feels strain of migrant influx

Searching for a better life, many migrants increasingly find death in the Mediterranean. Italy’s prime minister has threatened to raise a migrant

21/05/2015

Greece

Greek health workers go on strike as anger boils over 'under-funding'

Public sector doctors and nurses went on strike in Greece on Wednesday, amid the country’s financial crisis. They say they are fed up with

20/05/2015

Greece

The ghost factories of Greece – Video

18/05/2015

Greece

Greece PM Tsipras optimistic EU economic deal is near

As Greece runs out of time and money, the country’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said it has found common ground during talks with its foreign

16/05/2015

Greece

'Grexit' from European education systems? Hundreds in Athens protest government reforms

Over 400 people have gathered in Athens to demonstrate against education reforms. The crowd consisted largely of university professors and school

13/05/2015

Europe News

Greece stumps up IMF cash

Greece has paid 750 millions euros that it owes to the IMF, officials said on Monday, as eurozone finance ministers met in Brussels to discuss the

11/05/2015

Europe News

Greece to pay IMF by Tuesday's deadline, says finance minister Varoufakis

Athens will pay the 750 million euros it owes to the IMF on time, the country’s finance minister said on Monday. Yanis Varoufakis was in Brussels for

11/05/2015

Greece

Varoufakis: 'Greece always meets its obligations to its creditors'

11/05/2015

Sport

Athens street pole vault event reaches new heights

For a 3rd consecutive year, the Greek capital Athens has organized the Athens Street Pole Vault event. Piotr Lisek from Poland and Kostas Filippidis

09/05/2015

My Europe Series

Greece draws battle lines over war reparations from Germany

The village of Distomo has long been a symbol of Greek suffering during the World War II Nazi occupation and also of war reparations Athens says Berlin has never paid.

08/05/2015

Greece

Athens re-hires laid off public workers as it seeks more cash help

Greece is defying its international creditors and re-hiring thousands of public sector workers, including cleaners. A law has been passed which will

08/05/2015

Greece

Golden Dawn trial adjourned a second time

Organisational concerns were cited as the reason for the suspension of proceedings until the 12th of May, but the defendants also refused to appear before judges at the Athens prison once again.

07/05/2015

Greece

Two die in riot at Greek jail

Two people have been killed and 21 injured in a riot at Korydallos prison in Athens. The violence is said to have been caused by a conflict between

04/05/2015

Greece

May Day marches in Athens, Madrid and Moscow

May Day protesters in Athens have been joined by the Greek Finance Minister in a show of defiance against international creditors as negotiations

01/05/2015

Greece

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis 'attacked' by protesters in Athens restaurant

The incident on Tuesday night comes as the Syriza government, caught between the demands of European creditors and the expectations of Greek voters, is charged with introducing reforms to secure bailo

30/04/2015

Greece

Greek state broadcaster to reopen

Greece’s state broadcaster “The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) is to reopen nearly two years after it was unplugged as part of government

29/04/2015

Greece

Exclusive: fire and brimstone show EU deal is close, says Varoufakis

24/04/2015

Greece

Greece: Golden Dawn trial adjourned amid high tension

Anti-fascist activists were out in force as the mass trial began on Monday of leaders and members of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party – branded a

20/04/2015

Greece

Migrants drown as boat runs aground off Greek island of Rhodes

More migrants drowned in desperate efforts to reach Europe on Monday, when their boat ran aground off the Greek island of Rhodes. Rescuers did their

20/04/2015

Greece

'It's urgent': Mario Draghi warns Greece to act over finances

Greece has been warned by the European Central Bank president that it needs to do more urgently to sort out its finances. It comes amid mounting

19/04/2015

Greece

Economy VS environment: Mine suspension provokes Athens rally

Thousands have gathered in Athens to protest against a licence suspension for a mine in Skouries, in the Halkidiki area. According to authorities

17/04/2015

Business Series

Temporary relief for Greece

Repeated bailout scenarios and last minute decision-making by the eurozone has led to questioning of when and if the end of the Greek crisis will

14/04/2015

Greece

Greek troops serve up a roast on Easter Sunday

Hundreds of austerity-hit Greeks join soldiers at an army camp near Athens to eat a traditional roast lamb dinner at a holiday feast organised by the Ministry of Defence.

13/04/2015

Greece

Orthodox Easter takes on additional meaning for debt-ridden Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has joined worshippers celebrating Orthodox Easter in Athens. Like Orthodox Christians across the world, Greeks

11/04/2015