Greece

Greeks have the day off as Greece's SYRIZA-ANEL government declared April 1st a public holiday. "We believe that crisis-hit Greece saw a lot of dark days these past years, Greeks have suffered a lot," said Tsipras. "We want to establish a day...

Until recently, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was the most unpopular foreign politician in Greece, but the refugee crisis brought together Germany and Greece, says German newspaper Handelsblatt. From the "Go back, Mrs. Merkel" Alexis Tsipras was shouting in his election...

The April 4 target for the start of a 1:1 resettlement scheme of refugees from Turkey remains, European Commission spokesperson for migration issues Natasha Bertaud said. On April 4, she explained, the EU will begin returns of asylum seekers...

Greece is rushing to complete the bailout program review by April 13 so that the government can start discussing debt easing during the meeting of euro zone finance ministers April 15-17. Athens needs to close five pending issues before that...

Two refugees were stabbed and three more suffered serious injuries after a violent fight broke out on Thursday night at the Chios refugee registration center, forcing the Doctors of the World to leave the island. This was the third serious...

The ruling SYRIZA-ANEL coalition on Thursday tabled a proposal for a parliamentary examination committee to investigate the legality of bank loans given to political parties and media companies, as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had announced in Parliament on...

The city of Xanthi is preparing its famous pastry, "the karioka," for a place in the Guinness World Record. The pastry makers of Xanthi, produced on Wednesday a traditional karioka that weighs 383 kilos and it will be distributed in...

The house in which composer Manos Hadjidakis was born and raised in will become a house of culture which will open to the public. The preservable neo-classical building which was built in 1895, was renovated by the Region of...

Traffic accidents in Greece causing deaths and injuries rose by 8.9 percent in January 2016 relative to the same month in 2015, the Greek Statistical authority ELSTAT reported on Thursday. The total number of such accidents in the month were...

  Turkish newspaper Milliyet reported on Wednesday March 30, that Turkey is preparing to receive 72,000 refugees and migrants from Greece, in relation to the EU-Turkey agreement for the refugee and migrant management. According to Milliyet's report, the Immigration Department will...