Greece

The Balkan route through which refugees can cross to northern Europe will close and migrants coming from Turkey will end up trapped in Greece, an Austrian newspaper says. Der Standard claims it has seen a rough draft of Monday's official statement...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias did not rule out the possibility of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' veto at the EU Summit on the refugee issue. "The veto is a negotiation tool, a tool to promote the right position. It must be used...

Turkey is making territorial claims over a group of islets in the Aegean Sea, according to a document submitted to NATO, says a Kathimerini report. The document was submitted to NATO's Military Committee last month, after the agreement that NATO...

Another 100,000 migrants will arrive in Greece by the end of the month, European Commissioner on migration Dimitris Avramopoulos warned on Saturday. "Hundreds are arriving on a daily basis and Greece is expected to receive another 100,000 by the end...

One of Greece's most renowned painters and academics, Panayiotis Tetsis, passed away at an Athens hospital early Saturday at the age of 91, Greek state agency ANA reports. Born on the Greek island of Hydra in 1925, Tetsis is best...

Austrians living and working in Greece sent an open letter of protest to the government in Vienna, asking for a more responsible stance on the refugee crisis. Austria has imposed a cap on the number of refugees it would accept...

New measures worth 2-2.5 billion euros is the solution that the International Monetary Fund and European creditors are likely to agree on after the evaluation of Greece's bailout program. At the moment, the difference between the IMF and the European...

In an unprecedented move, the Greek government suspended the Football Cup after violence erupted during Wednesday's semi-final between PAOK Thessaloniki and Olympiacos. The decision puts at risk the participation of Greek clubs in European and international competitions as FIFA and UEFA...

Archaeologists and historians have confirmed that the tomb discovered at the Casta Hill of Amphipolis belongs to the era of Alexander the Great. A detailed frieze depicting a warrior wearing a distinctive Macedonian harness and the weapons of the dead leading...

The picture of an elderly woman from the island of Lesbos bottle-feeding a refugee infant has made its rounds all over the world. Many felt Emilia Kamvysi should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. But the elderly Greek woman was only one...