World Sep 10, 2020
The fire at Moria raised questions about Europe's asylum system, with Germany leading the way in calling for an overhaul.
World Aug 31, 2020
Turkey tells Greece to pull troops from island at heart of rift
Kastellorizo became part of Greece in 1947, but Turkey has reacted angrily to Greek military activities there.
Business / Financial Markets Jul 31, 2020
Bank of Japan was fearful of eurozone crisis spillover, minutes show
Concerned about global stock market drops, the policymakers decided at the meeting to join dollar liquidity swap arrangements among central banks in the West.
World May 16, 2020
Europe’s broken tourism industry struggles to save the summer
On the Greek island of Mykonos, Mayor Kostas Koukas is desperately trying to revive the tourism that is the life blood of the local economy. Koukas and his counterparts in towns and cities across Europe are looking to salvage something from the summer season after ...
Olympics Mar 14, 2020
A day after the Greek leg of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay was called off when spectators crowded the roadway in the midst of the new coronavirus outbreak, the flame arrived in the nation's capital on Saturday. The flame, lit in Ancient Olympia on Thursday, ...
Olympics Mar 13, 2020
Greece’s Hellenic Olympic Committee said Friday it will suspend the rest of the torch relay in that country for this summer’s Tokyo Games, due to concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus. The decision was made a day after the Greek leg of the ...
Olympics Mar 10, 2020
Olympic flame lighting ceremony closed to public due to COVID-19 outbreak
The Olympic flame lighting ceremony for this summer's Tokyo Games will be held without spectators due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Greek Olympic Committee announced on Monday. The committee said that only 100 accredited guests from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising ...
World / Social Issues Feb 26, 2020
In night of violence, Greeks try to block access to island migrant camp building sites
Police in riot gear threw teargas and fired water cannon at Greek islanders as they tried to prevent access to construction sites for new migrant detention centres by setting fires, hurling flares and blockading the gates. Locals on Lesbos and Chios are worried that the ...
World / Social Issues Feb 25, 2020
Villagers on Greece isle of Samos up in arms over new refugee camp plan
For many of those who live on the Greek Aegean island of Samos it is absolutely clear — they want no more refugees, no new camps and to be left alone as they were before the migrant crisis broke in 2015. "We, the people who ...
Olympics Feb 24, 2020
The flame for this summer's Tokyo Olympics will pass by historic landmarks in Greece over a period of eight days before it is handed over to Japan, Greece's Olympic Committee said Monday. According to the route of the Greek leg of the relay revealed Monday, ...
World / Social Issues Feb 5, 2020
Migrants and refugees on Greece's Lesbos chant for freedom in second day of protests
Hundreds of migrants rallied for a second day on the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday to demand faster processing of asylum requests, while local residents staged a separate protest calling for the camps to close. The migrants chanted "Freedom" and some held up a ...
Business Dec 26, 2019
Turkey-Libya maritime EEZ deal rattles eastern Mediterranean
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a surprise visit to Tunisia on Wednesday to discuss cooperation for a possible cease-fire in neighboring Libya, where Ankara supports the internationally recognized government. The visit comes after Turkey signed an accord with Libya's internationally recognized government last month ...