Greece

Greek farmers intensify roadblocks while waiting for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to return from Brussels and sit at the negotiating table with them. In an effort to strengthen their bargaining position, farmers have tightened blockades in 68 points on national...

Pantelis Pantelidis, one of Greece’s most popular and loved singers, was killed in a car crash on Thursday morning. The announcement of his death left everyone shocked and saddened with many searching to verify if the incident had indeed...

The European Union Council meeting currently under way takes place against a background of rising tension among EU member states. The 28 EU leaders that have gathered in Brussels for the two-day summit are divided over a number of issues,...

Dutch finance minister and Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem told European Parliament that Greece needs sharper cuts in pension benefits and a new privatization fund to secure the loans provided to the country by its European partners. Regarding pensions, Dijsselbloem adopted the...

Just a few days after the posting of his controversial article on the IMF’s blog, Poul Thomsen, Director of the Fund’s European Department, presented yesterday the state of the Greek bailout program to the organization’s Executive Board, saying that...

After 21 years of hard, effective work, Manolis Sfakianakis, director of the Cyber Crime Division of the Hellenic Police has been transferred to another department. He didn't lose his Major General Rank but essentially he was demoted to a...

Greece's Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas said that if the plan of the Visegrad states -- the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia -- goes through and Balkan countries seal off their borders, his country would end up facing “a...

Greece and Italy share the same views on the refugee issue, President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Thursday in a meeting with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni. "Europe finally understands that the main focus of the...

Twenty years after the Greece’s first referral to the European Court of Justice for failing to adopt protection status for caretta-caretta sea turtles, the general prosecutor of the European court suggested on Thursday, February 18 that Greece be condemned...

A new opinion poll shows conservative New Democracy leading over leftist SYRIZA on intention to vote by 3.7%. In the survey conducted by MRB, the main opposition party stands at 26.9% with SYRIZA following at 23.2%. The Communist Party of Greece...