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Gay activist dies in Athens after brutal public beating

Accounts differ about the circumstances leading up to the death of Zak Kostopoulos, a 33-year-old Greek LGBTQ activist and drag performer.

World

'I was shocked'—what's it like in Lesbos' Moria refugee camp?

Euronews' Apostolos Staikos takes a tour of Greece’s Moria camp were residents say the situation is getting ‘desperate’.

World

Greek authorities start to relocate migrants from Moria camp

Greek authorities have started relocating migrants from the island of Lesbos to the Greek mainland.

Greece

Child migrant arrivals at Greek islands 'soar by one-third in 2018'

On average, more than 850 children arrived on the Greek islands each month between January and August.

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Greece

Aid group alarmed at rising mental health issues in Greek migrant camp

More than 9,000 people live in the Moria camp — three times its official capacity.

World

Moria refugee camp conditions "not meeting the minimum requirements"

One of Europe's largest migrant camps is overcrowded and lacks basic hygiene and sanitation practises. It's grown so large, refugees are pitching tents outside the camp boundaries. Crime is so rife MSF has called for minors to be removed. This is Moria Refugee Camp.

Greece

In pictures: Eerie spiderweb covers entire shoreline in Greece

A huge spiderweb is covering 300 metres of vegetation in Aetoliko, Greece

Greece

Nine thousand aslyum seekers camped at Lesbos

Meanwhile, 2,000 asylum-seekers will be moved from the island to the Greek mainland by the end of the month. That's according to Greek authorities. It's after human rights groups and local authorities criticised Greece for the poor conditions at the camp at Moria

Greece

An antifascist rally has taken place on the Greek island of Lesvos

The rally commemorates the 5th anniversary of the death of Pavlos Fyssas, a Greek anti-fascist rapper who was murdered in 2013 by a member of the far-right political party Golden Dawn.

Greece

Greek camp at Moria: reaching boiling point

NGO's and human rights groups have urged Greece to take action to render its camps fit for human habitation as Moria camp on the island of Lesbos exceeds capacity of 3,200 to over 9,000 asylum seekers

Economy

Tsipras blames neo-liberal policies & EU's "democratic deficit" for rise of far-right

The Greek Prime Minister speaks about austerity, debt, migration and much more in a wide-ranging interview with The Global Conversation.

Greece

EU's democratic deficit to blame for far-right rise, Tspiras tells Euronews

Greek PM says Europe has created the environment for illiberalism to flourish.

Greece

Greek police fire tear gas at demonstrators in Thessaloniki

Greek police fire tear gas at demonstrators protesting the agreement reached by Greece and Macedonia to resolve a dispute over the former Yugoslav republic's name in Thessaloniki.

World News

Increasing anger treatment of migrants by some EU countries

A protest was held in Athens to bring attention to the increasingly hostile treatment of migrants by some EU countries

World News

Mosquitos carrying deadly virus in Greece

At least 17 people have died after contracting the West Nile virus from mosquitos in Greece.

World News

The legacy of austerity on Greece

Greece has officially exited its thirdbail out, but although the official years of austerity have ended, the impact on childen and families has been severe and is very much ongoing.

Greece

Tsipras hails new beginning for Greece

The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says his country has undergone a modern Odyssey as it exits the bailout programme

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: 'Mistakes were made,' EU on Greek crisis

'We thought that the situation in Greece was more robust than it was'

Greece

Greek bailout: The economy before and after

As it successfully exits its eight-year-long bailout program, Euronews takes a look at how the Greek economy is faring now compared to 2010, when it first received money from creditors.

World News

Greece heading for 'sustainable recovery,' says EU

Greece gets a confidence boost from Brussels as it exits third and final bailout