Greece

Greece resumes stalled negotiations with EU, IMF

Feb 28, 2017 11:56

Negotiations between Greece and international lenders have resumed amid Athens' struggle to secure a badly-needed fund from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.
Uniformed Greeks stage anti-austerity protest

Feb 23, 2017 05:52

Hundreds of uniformed personnel from the Greek police, coast guards and firefighting forces have staged a rally against the government’s recent approval of more austerity measures.
Cyprus peace talks collapse over differences

Feb 17, 2017 11:07

Reunification talks between Greek and Turkish Cypruses have crashed abruptly over bitter difference between the two sides.
Greek PM urges IMF to revise its forecast

Feb 11, 2017 11:27

Greece has warned the International Monetary Fund and Germany to “stop playing with fire" in the handling of the country's debt crisis.
Dozens of stranded refugees in Greek capital protest over living conditions

Feb 06, 2017 14:14

Dozens of stranded refugees, among them many children, have held a massive protest rally over their poor living conditions in the Greek capital, Athens.
Turkey to reconsider EU deal after Greek refusal to return coup suspects

Jan 27, 2017 10:47

Turkey says it has decided to reconsider its controversial refugee deal with the European Union in a row with Greece over the repatriation of eight coup suspects.
Far-right Greek MP leads raid into primary school in Athens

Jan 18, 2017 09:05

Several members of a far-right Greek party headed by a prominent MP have raided a primary school in Athens to prevent the staff from admitting refugee children in classrooms.
Gang forging passports for refugees busted in Greece

Dec 13, 2016 01:36

Greek and British authorities say they have broken up an international criminal network suspected of supplying hundreds of illegal refugees striving to reach the UK and northern European countries with forged travel documents.
Greek parliament to approve new cuts for 2017

Dec 10, 2016 11:23

Greece's parliament is to approve a new set of cuts and tax hikes for the next year as Athens struggles to secure fresh funds from international creditors.
EU advises members to resume returning refugees to Greece

Dec 08, 2016 11:17

The European Union says its member states can resume returning the asylum seekers spread across the continent to Greece from March 2017 in an effort to restore the bloc’s refugee policies, which collapsed under a mass influx last year.