Greece

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...

In a grim reminder of the challenges faced on the Greek island of Lesvos, the Justice ministry announced on Wednesday that it will set up a forensics service on the island to respond to the increasing needs that emerged due...

Privatization fund TAIPED has seen major interest in the sale of a Mykonos hotel controlled by the Greek state, a Kathimerini daily report says. The sale of the Leto Hotel in Mykonos appears to have attracted the interest of at...

Greece’s foreign ministry strongly condemned the deadly blast in the Turkish capital on Wednesday evening, describing it as a “heinous attack” in a post on the ministry’s Twitter account. “We grieve with our neighbors the victims of Ankara blast....

The final solution to the refugee and migrant crisis facing Europe lies in Turkey and cooperation between the EU and the neighboring country is crucial in resolving the issue, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday after a...

Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Panagiotis Sgouridis submitted his resignation after comments he made about Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on the radio. The deputy, who belongs to junior coalition partner ANEL, said that the prime minister misled farmers...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to start on Thursday a series of bilateral meetings with European Union state leaders on the refugee crisis on the sidelines of the summit in Brussels. European leaders were to discuss the refugee issue...