Turkey condemns Greek expulsion of Libyan ambassador over accord (Updated)
By Renee Maltezou and Michele Kambas Greece said on Friday it was expelling the Libyan ambassador, angered by an accord between Libya and Turkey signed on November 27...
Greece
Greece hopes talks with Turkey’s Erdogan will ease maritime frictions
Greece’s prime minister will meet Turkey’s president on Wednesday in an attempt to ease frictions over energy exploration and Ankara’s deal with Libya on Mediterranean...
Quake measuring 6.0 recorded north of Crete
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted the Greek island of Crete on Wednesday, with no damage or injuries reported, authorities said. The...
Two die after thunderstorms sweep across western Greece
Two people drowned when their moored sailing boat sank as torrential rain and thunderstorms lashed Greece, coastguard officials said on Monday. The storms hit western Greece over the...
Greece to ‘shut the door’ to migrants not entitled to asylum
Greece said on Friday it was deploying more border guards to “shut the door” to migrants not entitled to stay, the latest sign of a...
Struggling with influx, Greece gets tough with asylum seekers
Greece will shut overcrowded refugee camps on its outlying islands and replace them with more restrictive holding centres, in a marked hardening of the stance towards...
Greeks march to mark anniversary of 1973 student revolt (Updated)
Thousands of Greeks, including former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, marched through central Athens on Sunday evening to mark the anniversary of a violently quashed student...
China, Greece agree to push ahead with Piraeus Port investment
China and Greece agreed on Monday to push ahead with a 600 million euros investment by COSCO Shipping into Greece’s largest port, Piraeus, as part...
Greece to offer tax incentives in bid to lure rich foreigners
Greece will offer tax incentives to lure wealthy individuals to move their tax residence to the country as part of draft legislation on tax relief...
Police find 41 migrants alive in truck in northern Greece
Greek police found 41 migrants, mostly Afghans, hiding in a refrigerated truck at a motorway in northern Greece on Monday, police officials said. The migrants...
Pirates kidnap four crew from Greek boat off Togo
Pirates attacked a Greek oil tanker off the coast of Togo in the early hours of Monday and fled after taking four crew members as...
Migrants in Greece living in ‘horrible’ conditions, says Europe rights watchdog
A European human rights watchdog on Thursday slammed living conditions as “horrible” for thousands of asylum seekers in overcrowded Greek camps, including waits spanning several...
Greece’s draft law on asylum threatens migrants’ rights – Human Rights Watch
Greece should scrap a draft law that threatens to restrict access to protection for asylum seekers from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said...
Greece moves more migrants to mainland as arrivals increase
Authorities in Greece moved more asylum-seekers to the mainland on Tuesday as part of a strategy to reduce the refugee population on outlying islands after...
Second Greek migrant camp in flames as arrivals continue to rise
A fire in a severely overcrowded migrant camp in Greece forced hundreds of people into the streets, compounding their plight with more refugees arriving on...
EU approves Greek bad loan scheme
The European Commission has approved a Greek plan to reduce bad loans at the country’s banks, saying on Thursday it did not violate state aid...
Germany warns of repeat of 2015 EU migration chaos, speaks of Cyprus and Greece
Germany warned on Tuesday of a repeat of the chaotic influx of migrants that caught the European Union unprepared in 2015, with Greece and Cyprus...
Greece says Turkey can and must control migrant flows to Europe
Greece‘s prime minister accused Turkey on Friday of appearing to “exploit” Europe’s migrant crisis for its own ends and said Ankara can and must control...
Greece gets two bids for tourist resort casino
ATHENS, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Greece has received two bids for a licence to build and operate a casino resort in a long-delayed tourist development...
After deadly fire, Greece plans to step up migrant deportation
Greece aims to deport 10,000 migrants by the end of next year, the government said on Monday, following a deadly fire and clashes at its...
