Greece 31/05/2017 Constantinos Mitsotakis funeral service Greeks have paid their respects to former Prime Minister Constantinos Mitsotakis with a service at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Athens. The man
Greece 30/05/2017 Greece mourns ex-PM Constantinos Mitsotakis One of Greece’s best-known veteran politicians, Constantinos Mitsotakis, has died at the age of 98. The former prime minister had a career that
Greece 19/05/2017 New Greek austerity measures passed, but public doubts remain In Greece, lawmakers have voted for another round of austerity and cuts, which they hope will encourage Eurozone leaders to release a further bailout funds But the decision is an unpopular…
Greece 19/05/2017 Greek parliament approves more pension cuts and tax hikes More pension cuts and tax hikes are on the way in Greece, after the country’s parliament approved a new round of austerity.
economy 02/05/2017 Greece moves a step ahead on the debt trail The Greek government is set to get to further rescue funds from international lenders in return for future austerity measures that it hopes to offset.
Greece 02/05/2017 France poll: 'Vote Macron' says leftist Greek ex-finance minister Varoufakis At first gaze, they are unlikely bedfellows.
Greece 01/05/2017 Greek workers go on strike for 24 hours to oppose further austerity measures In Greece, trade union organisers and workers marched as part of a national 24-hour strike.
Greece 11/04/2017 Greece's island refugee camps buckle under the strain Greece is feeling the first wave of 2017's refugee harvest, but camps on its Aegean islands are already full and the country is ill-prepared to take any more people without help.
Greece 04/04/2017 Elderly Greeks protest against more pension cuts Thousands of elderly Greeks have taken to the streets of Athens to protest against further pension cuts currently being negotiated.
Business Line 22/02/2017 Austerity and Grexit musings on the road to reform Business Line assesses the state of the Greek economy as eurozone finance ministers agree to the next step on releasing further bailout loans.
economy 15/02/2017 EU financial affairs chief says progress made on Greek bailout review talks EU Economic and Financial Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici says a crucial Greek bailout review is making progress, but more steps are needed.
economy 22/12/2016 Greece pensioners receive controversial Christmas bonus payment Queues stretched down the street outside Athens banks on Thursday, as pensioners waited to collect their Christmas bonus payments from the government.
Greece 15/12/2016 Greece snubs its international lenders to give low-income pensioners a one-off Christmas bonus Greece has snubbed its international lenders and legislated plans to give low-income pensioners a pre-Christmas payoff.
economy 14/12/2016 Greek pensioners Christmas bonus row threatens debt relief The eurozone's bailout fund has suspended Greece's short-term debt relief over Athens unapproved December payout to pensioners.
Greece 17/11/2016 Greeks mark anniversary of bloody student uprising It is 43 years since Greece's students rose up for Democracy and tried to face down the soldiers and tanks of the military regime.
Greece 05/11/2016 Tsipras reshuffles the Greek cabinet Analysts see it as an attempt to shore up his government's popularity and speed up reforms Athens has agreed to implement under its latest international bailout deal.
Greece 05/11/2016 Greece undergoes cabinet reshuffle in effort to speed up bailout reforms Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has reshuffled the cabinet, notably moving out a number of ministers who have opposed bailout reforms.
Greece 15/09/2016 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).
economy 09/09/2016 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.
