The family of a couple who lost their lives in the wildfires which swept through Greece’s Attica region last week have sued local authorities and the emergency services for their deaths.

The political gloves have come off in Greece amid a deepening row over the government’s response to the worst wildfires in recent history.

On Monday, a week after the fires broke out, hundreds of people attended a vigil in front of the Greek parliament. The government has announced an action plan, but people are asking how a disaster of this scale was possible and are demanding change.

Fires began a week ago in the coastal resort and Tsipras has been attacked by opposition parties for the government's handling of the disaster.

Greece begins the painful task of burying the victims this weekend of a devastating wildfire near Athens which killed at least 88 people

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says his country is committed to a joint European response on illegal migration, as EU leaders met in Brussels for an informal summit on the issue.

Greece’s Prime Minister has welcomed the decision by eurozone creditors to offer debt relief …. and marked the occasion by wearing a tie.

The Greek Government has survived a vote of no confidence but demonstrators took part in angry protests over a deal with Macedonia

The protesters were gathered in the island's main port as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due to speak at a conference

Workers pour out bags of coal in front of parliament in opposition to sale of power plants

The head of Germany's Social Democrats has said that he has been urged by France's Emmanuel Macron to form a ruling coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party

At least 20 people died in last week's flash floods outside Athens, and rescue teams were searching for two men still missing.

Alexis Tsipras and Donald Trump put past differences behind them during a visit to the White House by the Greek leader

Firefighters today managed to contain a wildfire close to Athens that had been burning out of control for nearly four days.

New attempts are being made to kick-start Greek bailout talks that have been delayed for months

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is upbeat even though Greece's economy performed much worse than thought in the final three months of 2016.

Bernard Cazeneuve has pledged France’s unwavering support for Greece, as negotiations with bailout inspectors took place in Athens.

The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has been talking up the agreement with European creditors under which the country will make further reforms in 2019.