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Cyprus

Turkish water begins to flow to northern Cyprus as vast pipeline project goes onstream

One of the world’s largest water pipelines went on stream on Saturday, with the Turkish president turning the taps on the 80 kilometre-long project

Turkey

More migrants die at sea trying to reach Europe

Turkish coastguards have recovered the bodies of 12 refugees in their coastal waters after the group took to a wooden boat to try and make it to the

Greece

Greek MPs say yes to cash-for-reforms, but not everybody is happy

Greek MPs vote yes to the latest cash-for-reforms deal, but trade union leaders vow to fight to overthrow the measures.

Europe News

Greece opens first 'hotspot' centre for refugees

Greece has opened its first reception centre on the island of Lesbos. Known as ‘hotspots’, the centre will separate new arrivals between bona fide

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Greece

Greek rubbish collectors protest over pension reforms

City rubbish collectors downed dustbins and parked their trucks outside Athens’ Labour Ministry on Tuesday in protest over pension reforms demanded

Greece

Tsipras beings 'race to reform' following Greek confidence vote

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his new government have won a confidence vote launching a race to pass key reforms before Athens faces a

Greece

Greek police crack migrant smuggling gang

Greek police have arrested 12 people and confiscated hundreds of fake identification documents after breaking an international migrant trafficking

Greece

On one beach: 283 lifejackets, 48 plastic tubes, 36 pieces of clothing

Sport

Greek freejumper delights crowds in Santorini in the Redbull Art of Motion 2015 finals

Hundreds of people gathered on the Greek Island of Santorini in Greece for the Redbull Art of Motion 2015 finals on Saturday. Competitors jumped

Greece

Greek parliament opens with swearing in ceremony

The new Greek parliament has been officially sworn in. Different lawmakers have taken different oaths: Greek Orthodox, Muslim, and political. The

Greece

Migrants rush to Europe before weather deteriorates

As the weather starts to worsen, it seems an increasing number of migrants are heading for Greece. People continued to arrive on the island of Lesbos

Greece

Trouble in paradise as six Greek islands lose tax breaks

For years the Greek Aegean islands have benefited from a VAT rate 30 percent lower than the rest of the country. The rate was set to act as an

Economy

Greek bank shutdown in July prompts retail sales slump

Greek retail sales by volume fell 7.3 percent in July compared to the same month last year. The data published by the official statistics agency

Greece

New Greek cabinet gets to work on unpopular reforms

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has chaired the first cabinet meeting of his new administration following his recent election victory. The

Greece

Lesbos feels the strain of refugees and fears they are here to stay

On the Greek island of Lesbos the refugees just keep coming, yet despite the fact there is a constant flow out to other European destinations, there

Greece

Thousands of migrants make camp in central Athens

At Victoria Square in central Athens thousands of stranded asylum seekers from Afghanistan have made a makeshift camp. Migrants camp in central

Greece

New Greek government gets off to bumpy start, with a row over tweets

Business Line

Business Line: Syriza's rocky road ahead in Greece

In this edition of Business Line we focus on the political déjà vu in Greece, where voters headed to the polls in the country’s second elections of

Greece

New Tsipras government is upbeat about getting Greece back on track

Having attended the swearing-in ceremony for his new government in Athens on Wednesday, Alexis Tsipras set off for Brussels to discuss the migration

Greece

Greece: New Tsipras government is sworn in after election win

Greece’s new government was sworn into office on Wednesday, after this weekend’s second general election win in 2015 for Alexis Tsipras and his