Greece
Greek minister optimistic Macedonia name deal will be approved
ATHENS Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Thursday hailed an agreement with Macedonia on changing its name and opening the way for it to join NATO and the European Union.
For asylum-seekers on Greece's Lesbos, life 'is so bad here'
LESBOS, Greece Hundreds of asylum-seekers stranded on Greece's Lesbos island are living in makeshift tents in a field overrun by garbage, without electricity or running water. | Video
Greece moves to ease overcrowding in Lesbos migrant camp
ATHENS Greece said on Tuesday it would move 2,000 asylum-seekers from the island of Lesbos to the mainland by the end of the month as pressure mounted on the government to ease overcrowding.
Greece must urgently move vulnerable migrants from island camp: MSF aid agency
ATHENS Greece should urgently move children and other vulnerable migrants and refugees from its most overcrowded island camp to the mainland or to other EU countries for the sake of their mental and physical health, the MSF aid agency said on Monday.
Tourists injured after rockfall at pristine beach in Greece's Zakynthos
ATHENS At least seven people were injured in Greece on Thursday in a rockfall at the popular Navagio beach in the island of Zakynthos, Greek authorities said.
NGOs urge Greece to act over 'shameful' migrant camps
ATHENS More than 17,000 migrants are crammed into Greek island camps in conditions unfit for human habitation, 19 civil society organizations said on Thursday, urging authorities to take wider action beyond focusing on one camp.
Europe must face its policy failures to stop rise of far right: Tsipras
ATHENS Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday Europe could face an existential crisis over nationalism unless it owned up to its failure to handle a fiscal crisis and deal with an influx of migrants effectively.
Fresh from end of bailout, Greek PM announces tax breaks
THESSALONIKI, Greece Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday unveiled plans for tax cuts and pledged spending to heal years of painful austerity, less than a month after Greece emerged from a bailout program financed by its EU partners and the IMF.
Greek police fire teargas at Macedonia protesters
THESSALONIKI, Greece Thousands of Greeks protested in the northern city of Thessaloniki on Saturday over a deal with neighboring Macedonia to end a decades-old dispute over its name.
Greek PM to promise economic relief after years of bailout austerity
ATHENS Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to announce on Saturday some economic relief for Greeks who have swallowed the bitter pill of austerity during years of financial crisis, in a keynote policy speech that may be overshadowed by protests.