Greece

Turkish media are reporting comments from the country's leadership denying one of its helicopters violated Greek airspace on Monday. The office of the Turkish prime minister, Binali Yildirim, was quoted by Hurriyet newspaper as rejecting accusations carried in the Greek...

The leader of Turkey’s ultra-right MHP party Devlet Bahceli on Tuesday launched a stinging attack on Greece's defense minister Panos Kammenos saying that he should be "visiting a clinic". Speaking at a party conference, Bahceli singled out Kammenos who has...

The average hourly labor cost in Greece in 2017 was €14.5 ($17.8), according to figures released by Eurostat, well below the EU average of €26.8. This was also less than the average for the eurozone (€30.3) but significantly higher than the...

Greek giants Olympiacos Piraeus have named Portuguese manager Pedro Martins as a new coach. Martins, 47, replaces Spaniard Oscar Garcia, who quit last week after club president Evangelos Marinakis sent the entire first team squad on holiday as punishment for under-performing. Garcia...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) counterpart Nikola Dimitrov are to continue negotiations over the Balkan state's name amid serious obstacles. Greece insists that FYROM should change parts of its constitution which contain...

Greece's growth was the lowest among eurozone countries for 2017, with a GDP rise of just 1.4 percent while the eurozone average was 2.3 percent, according to European Central Bank figures. The ECB annual report released on Monday showed Ireland...

The A 9-meter (30 feet) sperm whale has been washed ashore at the Akrotiri area of the Greek island of Santorini. The dead mammal, which was at an advanced stage of decay, was discovered by a diver. The authorities will now face...

Clashes between rival groups of Iraqi migrants broke out on Monday evening at the Moria reception center on the Greek island of Lesvos. According to a report by the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, the clinic of the reception center was badly damaged...

Former Finance Minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis has confirmed he will run for prime minister in the nation’s next general election. "It sounds like a nightmare to become the prime minister of Greece...But then again, it's a dirty job. Somebody...

A Turkish helicopter flew through Greek airspace and over the eastern island of Ro in the latest provocation act by Ankara in the Aegean. According to the Greek ministry of defense, the violation of the Greek airspace took place on...