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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.

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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

Germany

Greece is latest country to reach migrant deal with Germany

Germany has reached a deal on migrants with Greece to help reduce the number of migrants it takes in who have already applied for asylum in other EU countries

Economy

Greek bailout programme ends

As Greece's bailout programme comes to an end the government claims the main causes have been solved and unemployment will come down

Greece

Greece: Bailout exit day looming

Over the past eight years, under three bailout programs, Greece has borrowed more than €288bn at rock-bottom interest rates. The country’s creditors believe it's now able to stand on its own two feet, but few ordinary people seem to believe that bailout exit day will be a new beginning.

Greece

Greece fire victims to receive compensation

More than €130 million is expected to be issued to homeowners whose houses were damaged or destroyed during last month's catastrophic fires in East Attica.

Real Economy

Greece charts a fresh course

In partnership with The European Commission

Greece’s economic tragedy may be over on August 20th but how serious and sustainable are the country’s growth plans when they will be repaying their Eurozone debt till past the year 2060?

Greece

Greek fire claims 90th victim

An 85-year-old man has died in hospital after being burned in last months fire in the coastal town of Mati in Greece, bringing the number of fatalities to 90

Portugal

Extreme temperatures set to drop in Portugal

By Tuesday, temperature should fall below 40C