Three die, more missing after migrant boat capsizes off Greek island
Three people drowned and at least 12 were believed to be missing in a migrant shipwreck off the island of Mykonos, the Greek coast guard said on Friday.
The bodies of ...
Greece probes pushback video, says migrant policy ‘tough but fair’
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greek authorities were investigating a New York Times video showing asylum seekers being forcibly ejected from Greece but reiterated denials that his government knowingly carries ...
Greek opposition parties unable to form alliance, new election seen (Update 2)
Greece’s two main opposition parties on Tuesday turned down mandates offered to them to form a coalition government, setting the stage for a second election in June after an ...
Mitsotakis gunning for outright victory in Greek second vote
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday he will not seek to form a coalition government following this weekend’s election, paving the way for a second vote in ...
After no outright victory, Greek PM to get mandate for coalition
Greece’s conservatives were set to be offered an opportunity on Monday to form a coalition after winning the weekend’s election, but without enough seats to deliver on their ...
President congratulates Greek prime minister Mitsotakis on his win
President Nikos Christodoulides congratulated Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for his victory in Greek parliamentary elections.
In a post on Twitter, Director of the President’s Press Office Victoras Papadopoulos ...
Greece’s ruling Conservatives win vote but fall short of majority
Greece‘s ruling New Democracy party stormed to a crushing victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday but fell just short of the threshold needed to form a government on ...
Menendez expects “different attitude” after Turkish and Greek elections
Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Robert Menendez, expressed hope for a “different attitude” following elections in Turkey and Greece.
Menendez was in New York, as a ...
Greeks head to polls, no outright winner seen (Update 2)
Greeks were voting on Sunday for a new government in a poll likely to be inconclusive, setting the stage for either a coalition administration or new elections in about a ...
Greeks head to polls, no party seen winning clear majority
Greece heads for what is likely to be an inconclusive parliamentary election on Sunday, paving the way for wrangling between parties to forge a ruling coalition in a deeply divided ...
As Greek elections loom, parties vie for votes of ‘lost generation’
Politicians vying for votes in Greece’s election on Sunday have turned to YouTube and TikTok to win over a younger generation who have long felt that years of crises ...
Burundi-born ex-police officer seeks to be Greece’s first Black lawmaker
In working-class neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Athens, Spiros Richard Hagabimana is going door-to-door in an election campaign that could see him become Greece’s first Black lawmaker.
It is ...
Greece’s four Eurovision points to Cyprus causes political stir
The 2023 Eurovision has caused a political stir on the island, after Greece’s national jury awarded the island’s entry only four points in the final, when it has traditionally ...
Past austerity haunts Greek election as voters struggle with living costs
Fourteen years after a debt crisis that saw Greece nearly crashed out of the euro, single parent Niki Klaoudatou says she worries more about money now than she did during ...
The EU and Turkey after the elections: the start of a new chapter?
By Luigi Scazzieri
Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections, this Sunday, May 14th, will determine whether President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan remains in office, and they will shape the country’...
Italy arrests 29 for smuggling migrants from Greece, Turkey
Italian police on Wednesday arrested 29 people on charges of belonging to a criminal group smuggling migrants by boat from Turkey and Greece, a statement said.
Italy is struggling with a ...
Greece warned shipowners days before Iran seized tankers
Greece issued a series of warnings to shipowners to avoid sailing close to Iranian waters days before Tehran seized two tankers amid heightening tensions in the region, according to documents ...
EU parliament graft suspect Kaili released to house arrest
Eva Kaili, the former European Parliament vice president accused of accepting bribes in one of the biggest scandals to hit European Union institutions, was released from custody to house arrest ...
Israel signs $400 mln deal to sell Greece anti-tank missiles
Israel signed a 1.44 billion shekel ($400 million) deal to sell Spike anti-tank missiles to Greece, Israel’s Defence Ministry said on Monday, just days after reaching a similar-sized deal to provide ...
After fatal Greek train crash, a campus simmers with rage
A month after 12 students at Greece’s largest university were killed in a train crash, messages of grief across the campus are tinged with rage.
“This crime will not be ...
Greece arrests two men suspected of planning attack on Israeli restaurant
Greek police have arrested two men suspected members of a group that was planning an attack against an Israeli restaurant in Athens, a case which Israel said was orchestrated from ...
Greece to hold national election on May 21 – PM
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called parliamentary elections for May 21, saying he wanted a clean slate to push through further reforms after four years at the helm.
Mitsotakis’s ...
Greece restarts suspended train services after deadly crash
Greece reopened some train routes on Wednesday, three weeks after a deadly train crash forced authorities to suspend all rail service across the country over safety concerns.
All passenger and ...
80 years on, Thessaloniki Holocaust survivor recalls cart of trampled bodies
Eighty-four-year-old Rina Revah was nearly four when she was sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany with her parents in 1943. She would spend the next two years of ...