Greece

The man, aged 40, was in Greece in August 2015, when his life changed forever after being moved by the scenes he witnessed. Rather than return home to Kiesen, he talked it over with his wife, deciding to resign...

Arriving for a Eurogroup meeting on Monday, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici announced that he will visit Athens before the end of November, in order to "ensure that we have success in our collective discussions"...

The move by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to cleanse his cabinet of hard-left ministers has prompted a surge in market confidence, with bonds soaring to three-month highs on Monday morning, The Guardian says. After the reshuffle, in which Tsipras got...

Greece is broadly on track to meet fiscal targets for 2016 set by euro zone creditors and its primary surplus goal for next year is also within reach, European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Monday. Dombrovskis spoke to...

Over this past weekend the numbers of refugees being hosted on the five Greek islands in the Aegean known as "hotspots" rose above 15,000, according to the latest government data. The data shows that the island of Lesvos is currently...

On Monday teachers protested with students against cutting funding towards education by the Greek government as a part of their austerity program. As education already has seen cutbacks lessening the hours of classroom time as well as hiring fewer teachers,...

Representatives from Ireland's Child and Family Agency, Túsla, are currently in Greece in efforts to help identify 20 refugee children in Greece who are eligible for resettlement in Ireland, Children's Minister, Dr. Katherine Zappone stated. The representatives will be in Greece...

Attracting investments for Greece from abroad tops the agenda of the new political leadership of the Economy ministry, the new Economy Minister, Dimitris Papadimitriou announced following last Friday's government reshuffle. "We will focus on attracting investments in the framework of the euro...

Qatari Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, is accusing the Greek justice system of denial of justice for refusing to conduct a hearing on the sale of properties on Zakynthos island. The hearing of the Zakynthos Archdiocese law suit against...

During the Greek-Russian energy conference that took place last week in Athens, Moscow proposed a plan to modernize the lignite units of the Public Power Corporation (PPC). Andrey Proklonsky, a senior official of Group Energocenter, presented the proposal on the...