Greece

Greek-interest merchant shipping fleet totaled 4,092 vessels in February 23, 2016, up 35 vessels compared with the same period last year, the Greek Shipping Cooperation Committee said in a report. The London-based Committee said that the data included 347 vessels...

The conditions in Idomeni are a slap on civilized Europe's face, stated main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis who visited on Tuesday the refugees camp in Idomeni and made a plea to the government, even at the...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appealed to refugees to leave the Greece-FYROM border and move to hospitality centers because the Balkan route will not reopen. With 12,000 refugees and migrants gathered at Idomeni -- in the neutral zone between Greece...

The Greek government is rushing to complete the evaluation of the bailout program in order to receive the crucial loan tranche and start talks on debt restructuring. The differences between creditors and the Greek side must be resolved as soon...

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie will visit Lesbos island on Tuesday night as a UN Special Envoy for Refugee Issues. According to reports, Jolie will visit refugee and migrant hotspots and camps in Moria, Cara Tepe, Skala Sikamineas and the Mytilene...

The Greek photo reporters and NGO organization members who were arrested on Monday for following the refugees and migrants that crossed the FYROM borders illegally, were released early Tuesday morning. The twelve Greeks were arrested by the authorities of Skopje...

  The meeting of the Refugees Crisis Management Mechanism chaired by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was concluded late at night on Monday, in light of the tragic event at the northern borders of Greece. During the meeting the Prime...

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is to send back hundreds of refugees who entered the country illegally from Greece, although Skopje has not made an official request yet. According to FYROM police the 700-800 refugees and migrants who crossed...

Lefkada island in the Ionian Sea may not be as well-known to non-Greeks as Mykonos or Santorini, but it has a wild, lush, natural beauty that is unmatched by most Greek island destinations, as well as some of the...

FYROM authorities arrested an undisclosed number of refugees and at least ten photojournalists who crossed into the Balkan country from Greece Monday evening.