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Cinema

Sarcastic nostalgia: Tassos Boulmetis is back with 'Mythopathy'

It’s been more than a decade between films for Greek director Tassos Boulmetis. His last offering, ‘A Touch of Spice,’ (2003) was a huge hit in

Greece

Greece faces first 2016 protests against reforms

The Greek government’s plans for pension reforms have brought thousands of farmers out on the streets in protests in the north of the country, and in

Greece

Greek government pushes ahead with broadcasting reform despite stiff opposition

Belgium

Eurogroup: Greece finally accepts the participation of the IMF to the programme

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Economy

Pain at the petrol pumps for motorists despite oil prices tumbling

The theory of cheap oil for the motorist. How does it work – or does it? Tumbling prices and a global glut but not at the pumps. Percentage price

World News

Greek conservatives elect new leader to challenge Tsipras

The conservative New Democracy party in Greece has elected a new leader to challenge the left-wing government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras

Greece

Brief scuffles as pensioners and workers march on Athens

Brief scuffles occurred as hundreds of pensioners and workers marched on central Athens. They were rallying against plans to revamp the pension

Cyprus

Cyprus: Famagusta hosts first Epiphany for 42 years

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Life signs

Aid workers use thousands of life jackets, discarded by refugees, to form a peace sign on Lesbos island. Another dingy overcrowded with migrants

Greece

New year sees more migrants make perilous journeys to Lesbos

New Year’s Day on the Greek island of Lesbos has seen the arrival of more migrants, seeking sanctuary in Europe. Groups are continuing to make the

World News

Greek drivers surrender car plates to avoid heavy taxation

Greek car drivers queue with their car number plates at tax offices around the country. When they hand over the plates to authorities, they will

Cyprus

Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders make historic joint appeal for reunification

For the first time ever the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities have delivered a joint televised message for Christmas. They

Greece

Greece votes for same-sex civil partnerships

Greek lawmakers have voted to extend civil partnership agreements to same-sex couples with 193 of the country’s 300 parliamentarians supporting the

Czech Republic

Greece recalls its Czech ambassador after Eurozone comments

Greece

Refugees v migrants: the desperate battle to stay in Europe

Arriving at a gateway to Europe, boats packed with migrants and refugees continue to land on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos. Almost

Economy

Eurozone 'approves' 1bn euro loan for Greece, says EU official

Unconfirmed reports say eurozone deputy finance ministers have provisionally approved a one-billion euro loan for Greece. An unnamed EU official is

Greece

"Have courage, you'll make it:" Susan Sarandon comforts Iranian refugee on Lesbos

Greece

Greece approves latest reform bill in exchange for 1 bn euros

Greece’s leftist-led government has survived another parliamentary vote on a reform bill demanded by the country’s international lenders. In return

Economy

Greece signs airport deal with Fraport in first big privatisation move

Greece’s left wing government has taken its first step towards large-scale privatisation – one of the key conditions of its bailout deals. German

Economy

Unemployment in Greece falls - ever so slightly

Unemployment in Greece fell slightly in September. Official figures put the rate at 24.6 percent, down a tenth of a percentage point from an upwardly