Greece

Greece returned on Thursday five Syrian refugees to Adana, Turkey, under the EU-Turkey agreement. The scheduled return of another 13 refugees from Mytilene to the port of Dikili, Turkey, was postponed for February 10 due to technical problems from the...

Germany is to send 30 policemen to guard Greece's northern border in fear that the country would be flooded by migrants who will try to cross to northern Europe, a Spiegel report says. The report which is posted in the...

The Greek economy cannot generate added value products and services and is almost exclusively dependent on domestic consumption, a new study shows. The study on Greek entrepreneurship that was conducted by Endeavor Greece shows that the Greek economy is still...

The rectors of the country's main universities on Wednesday asked Greece's education ministry to drastically reduce the number of students admitted in the next academic year, saying their underfunded institutions were unable to ensure the quality of courses. Patras...

Protesting farmers and cattle farmers decided on Wednesday to close the Evzoni border crossing between Greece and FYROM until at least February 3, following a meeting of the coordinating committee of Central Macedonia. However, they said they will not participate...

A parliamentary debate between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday turned out to be an exchange of accusations. Tsipras dismissed Mitsotakis' call for early elections, accusing him of wanting to avoid the decision of...

Recurrent airspace violations continue in the central and southern Aegean above tiny Greek islets that are under dispute by Turkey. The Greek Defense Ministry, as cited by Reuters, stated that it registered 138 violations of Greek airspace over the...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu indirectly threatened Greece with an "accident" in the Aegean and called on Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos to "come back to his senses." In an interview with Hurriyet newspaper, the Turkish minister criticized comments made...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the phone on Wednesday to discuss issues relating to the latter’s visit to Turkey which starts on Thursday. According to Tsipras’ office, the two leaders discussed Cyprus, Europe’s...

A group of about 20 AEK fans unfurled a banner on the staircase above the Monument to the Unknown Soldier on Syntagma square on Wednesday, in support of the monks living inside Esphigmenou Monastery in Mt. Athos, after a...