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Greece

Watch how the Evros river floods parts of Greece and Turkey

A timelapse of satellite images shows how an overflowing Evros river has engulfed riverbanks and fields in northern Greece and Turkey.

Turkey

Europe's largest wooden building at risk of collapse

The building served as an orphanage until 1964 and has been abandoned ever since.

Greece

The ultra fan, 82, at the heart of her team’s birthday celebrations

When Noule Depe started going to watch her favourite Greek football team play in 1954, she was, as a woman at a live match, a rarity. Now, more than six decades later, her loyalty is set to be rewarded.

World News

Euroviews. EU-Turkey deal, a symbol of a short-sighted asylum policy | View

"Fear is a constant," says a Syrian woman living in a camp on the Greek islands, where thousands of asylum seekers remain stuck because of a deal the EU struck with Turkey two years ago, according to Amnesty International.

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World News

Migrants stranded in Greece march against racism

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Athens and chanted "open the borders" after sixteen migrants drowned at the weekend in the Aegean Sea, 5 of whom were children

Greece

Life in Limbo on Lesbos: A WhatsApp interview

Euronews interviews Amal, an asylum seeker living on Lesbos, who has limited access to internet and the phone. She gave her accounts on what life is like at Moria refugee camp via WhatsApp

Sport

Top Greek football match abandoned as armed owner confronts referee

Club's owner seemed to be carrying a gun on the pitch as he complained about the decision to deny Paok a goal.

World News

Greek protesters call on Turkey to release detained soldiers

Sgt Dimitris Kouklatzis, 27, and Lt Angelos Mitretodis, 25, were arrested almost two weeks ago after allegedly entering a “forbidden military zone” inside Turkey.

World News

Greece searches for unburied WWII fallen

A DNA database to identify the remains of Greek WWII soldiers killed and buried in mass graves in Albania during 1940-1941 has been set-up in Athens.

Spain

Three Spanish firefighters accused of trafficking people in Lesbos

Accused by Greek authorities of smuggling refugees into the EU, they could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.

Europe News

Greece calls on EU to help free soldiers arrested in Turkey

Two Greek soldiers are being held on suspicion of attempted military espionage and entering a prohibited military zone, according to reports

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: Greece asks EU to help free soldiers held in Turkey

France

Watch: Timelapse of Athens shows a city in change

Timelapse footage shows the changing skyline of the Greek capital.

World News

Juncker calls on FYROM to sort out naming dispute with Greece

Jean-Claude Juncker says the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia must resolve its long-standing naming dispute with Greece if the country wants to open EU membership talks

World News

Hungary's ranking slides in latest Corruption Perceptions Index

Hungary slipped 10 points in the last six years, which the Director of Transparency International EU said should serve as a warning to other members of the bloc.

Iran

They said he was dead, but a traffic jam had actually saved his life

One scheduled passenger had a lucky escape.

World News

"It was so cold, it felt like an arrow through my heart"

A Turkish asylum-seeker describes the moment the flimsy vessel carrying him and others capsized while crossing the Evros River to Greece.

Turkey

'I did not hear a single voice after we sank' survivor of capsized boa

Fatih Yasar is the only known survivor of a capsized boat fleeing Turkey.

Europe News

Brief: Juncker backs Spitzenkandidaten and Turkey looks to ease Aegean spat

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from the EU's de facto political capital.

Greece

Turkey looks to ease Aegean tensions

In 1996, the tiny, uninhabited islands of Imia - or Kardak, as they are known in Turkey - brought Greece and Turkey to the brink of war - and tensions have remained high ever since. Now Turkey is trying to calm the waters.