Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras paid homage to late Cuban leader Fidel Castro at a mass ceremony held at Havana's Revolution Square on Tuesday. Fidel Castro was a global symbol of resistance and "his example inspired people's struggle across the world," Tsipras...

Attempts by Turkey to equate the victim with the aggressor in Cyprus is "historically groundless" and “arbitrary,” the spokesperson of the foreign ministry, Stratos Efthimiou said on Tuesday, responding to a question about recent statements made by Turkish President Recep...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama spoke again about the Chameria issue and Cham Albanians, while at the same time he expressed his optimism about his country's accession to the European Union. Rama spoke to Deutsche Welle on Monday saying that...

Greece and Serbia were factors for stability in a region of rising uncertainty, main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, following his meeting with Serb Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade. Mitsotakis said his talks with...

Greek authorities on Tuesday sent 17 irregular migrants back to Turkey from the Aegean island of Lesvos, in accordance with the EU-Turkey agreement. The group included two Pakistanis, three Iraqis, seven Algerians, one Afghan, one Ghanian, one Malian, one...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday challenged the flag of Cyprus, showing unwillingness to solve the 42-year-old Cyprus issue. The Turkish president spoke at the "7th Bosphorus Summit" on "world’s future and smart economy" and touched on the Cyprus...

Greece is to pay 16 million euros in fines for failure to comply with wastewater treatment regulations at the Thriasio Plain in western Attica. According to a Kathimerini newspaper report, Athens is also to pay additional fines for every day that...

The "serious disagreement between the IMF and European institutions" puts the chances of Greece's economic recovery at risk, said Bank of Greece governor Yiannis Stournaras on Monday. Stournaras spoke about the Greek economy at the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce conference...

"December is the most crucial month since the summer of 2015. The stakes are high in December for progress in the Greek economy and our ability to achieve a road map we announced in the summer of 2015," Greek...

On Monday the president of Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, told eurozone finance ministers that the time for realistic expectations regarding Greece's fiscal targets is on the horizon as he bluntly stated: "We need to be realistic" about setting expectations for the...