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Eurozone approves bailout payment to Greece

Eurozone finance ministers say Greece will be able to receive 2.

Greece

Lost in frustration: Lesbos at boiling point over refugee limbo

The EU-Turkey deal to stop the flow of refugees into Europe has turned the Greek island of Lesbos into a floating detention centre.

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Greek police use tear gas on protesting pensioners

Around 1500 Greek pensioners tried to march to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s office on Monday to show their anger over cutbacks to their benefits.

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Just 5,000 migrants moved under flagship EU relocation policy

A flagship EU policy to relocate migrants from Greece and Italy appears to have flopped.

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Greece

48-hour seamen's strike leaves Greek ships in port until Saturday

No ships will set sail from Greek ports during a nationwide forty-eight hour strike which will last until 6 a.

Cult

The creme of electro dance music gathers in Greece

Born in 2005, the Reworks festival in the Greek city of Thessaloniki has grown into one of Europe’s best-known platforms for acclaimed and emerging electronic music artists…

Greece

Greece rejects three Turkish soldiers asylum requests

Greece has rejected an asylum request from three out of a group of eight Turkish soldiers who fled there, following July’s failed military coup in Turkey.

Business Series

Ryanair says Greece ignored attempts to negotiate reduced airport taxes

Budget airline Ryanair has accused the Greek government of ignoring its attempts to talk about reducing airport taxes in the low season in return for increased…

Greece

Alone and traumatised children arrive in Greece

Greece is under pressure to care for a tide of unaccompanied refugee children from babies to teenagers arriving on its shores.

Greece

Thousands flee and fire destroys Lesbos migrant camp

Police say thousands of people fled a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday night.

Greece

Fire sweeps through Greek refugee camp as UN holds migrant summit

A large fire swept through the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday night, destroying tents and prefabricated homes.

Greece

Scuffles on Chios over overcrowded migrant camp

A demonstration against the Greek government’s handling of the migrant crisis turned violent on the island of Chios on Wednesday night (September 14).

World News

Greek PM calls on EU to do more to resettle refugees

Some 3,000 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean over the weekend.

Greece

Southern European leaders call for action to boost flagging EU growth

The Greek prime minister and other leaders in southern Europe have called for action to boost flagging growth, saying they needed a bigger say in Europe.

Greece

Greece calls for pro-growth policies at 'Club Med' mini-summit

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has called for pro-growth policies at a meeting of Europe’s Mediterranean countries in Athens.

Economy

Eurogroup pushes Greece on reforms

EU finance ministers are pushing Greece to press ahead with reforms so it can receive 2.8 billion euros bailout cash from the EU and International Monetary Fund by the end of October.

My Europe Series

Greece: Afghan migrants in limbo

What was once a bustling airport outside Athens is now a makeshift camps for refugees with nowhere to go.

Greece

Greece conference to tackle migrant crisis

Foreign Ministers and high-ranking officials from Mediterranean countries have met in Greece to search for solutions to the migrant crisis.

Economy

Greece to tax property owners who rent to visitors

The Greek government is to pass a law taxing owners of properties who rent them out to visitors via sites like Airbnb.

Greece

Greece hit by flash floods

In Greece, four people have died and one other is missing after heavy downpours caused flash flooding from Thessaloniki in the North East, all the way to Sparta in the…