Economy

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.

15 February 2017

Greece

Austerity-weary farmers hold protest march in Athens

Some 2,000 Greek farmers protested in Athens on Tuesday over increases to their tax and social security contributions amid the government’s ongoing austerity…

14 February 2017

Europe News

Grexit is not an option, says EU's Moscovici

Just before EU economy commissioner Pierre Moscovici visited Athens for high level talks, he spoke of the recent stalemate with the IMF and Grexit.

13 February 2017

Greece

Greece: World War II bomb defused after Thessaloniki evacuation

An unexploded World War Two bomb was safely defused on Sunday after one of Greece’s biggest peacetime evacuations.

12 February 2017

Economy

Tsipras confident on bailout review but urges no more burdens for Greece

An all-important review of Greece’s latest bailout will end well, Alexis Tsipras told a meeting of his Syriza party in Athens on Saturday.

11 February 2017

Greece

[Opinion] Greek programme's second review must conclude quickly

Greek debt relief has to be discussed in the framework of the roadmap agreed in May 2016, says Roberto Gualtieri.

10 February 2017

World News

Which EU country pays the most generous minimum wage?

Debt-hit Greece is the only country in the EU that has seen its minimum wage fall over the last decade, new figures have revealed.

10 February 2017

Economy

Greek finance minister meets eurozone officials over bailout logjam

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos meets top European officials in Brussels to try to break the deadlock over stalled bailout talks.

10 February 2017

Economy

The Brief from Brussels: Grexit makes a comeback?

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

9 February 2017

Economy

IMF-EU stalemate over Greek debt

Greece is getting impatient at the stand-off between the International Monetary Fund and the European Union over Athens' latest bailout.

7 February 2017

Greece

Euroviews. Why don't migrants want to stay in Turkey or Greece? - view

7 February 2017

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Protesters confront ministers at Athens migrant camp

Greece’s migration minister Yannis Mouzalas was confronted by an angry crowd at the entrance of a sprawling migrant camp in the south of Athens on Monday, trying to block his entrance to the…

7 February 2017

Greece

Migrant deaths prompt work at Greek camp

Greek media say three men were poisoned by fumes from stoves lit inside the tents to combat the bitter winter temperatures. However, the authorities would neither confirm nor deny this.

3 February 2017

Greece

Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn march against migrants in Athens

Anti-migrant Golden Dawn march in Athens

29 January 2017

Turkey

Turkey threatens to cancel the Greek-EU migration deal

A row over the extradition of eight soldiers it says were involved with last year's coup means Ankara is threatening to cancel the Greek migration deal

27 January 2017

Greece

Turkey: Anger as Greek court rejects extradition of fugitive soldiers

Ankara has reacted with fury after Greece's Supreme Court rejected the extradition of 8 Turkish soldiers wanted over last July's attempted coup.

26 January 2017

Greece

Greece: Supreme Court rules against extraditing 8 Turkish soldiers

Turkey said Greece was protecting plotters and failing in the fight against terrorism on Thursday after the Supreme Court in Athens ruled against extraditing eight Turkish soldiers wanted over last Ju

26 January 2017

Greece

Greek Supreme Court delays verdict on extradition of Turkish soldiers

Greece’s Supreme Court has postponed a final decision on whether or not to extradite eight Turkish soliders who fled to the country in July.

23 January 2017

Sport

EuroLeague: Holders CSKA dominate Brose Bamberg for 14th win of the season

Round 18 of the EuroLeague regular season got underway on Thursday evening and defending champions CSKA continued to set the pace at the summit of the standings with their latest victory coming agains

19 January 2017

Serbia

'Europe must do more to help refugees' according to the UNHCR

19 January 2017