Greece

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said from Vienna on Tuesday that he is grateful for the Greek government's continued efforts to protect the European border. The remarks were made during the joint press conference given by Kurz and Greek Premier Kyriakos...

In an unprecedented gesture of support for Greece, Sebastian Kurz, the Chancellor of Austria flatly declared on Tuesday that Turkey is attacking the European Union and Greece. Kurz accused the Turkish President from Vienna of "consciously" organizing this refugee ''attack,'' which...

Members of Greece's anarchist group Rouvikonas (Rubicon) carried out a protest outside the residence of the Austrian ambassador in Athens on Sunday. A group of anarchists riding motorbikes approached the ambassador’s residence and threw flyers at the building in what...

The island of Crete is being called a "star destination" for Austrian tourists by the country's tour operators, based on data showing that Crete was among Austrians' top tourist destination, in 2017. According to data from TUI Group, a multinational...

Austrians chose Greece as their number one place for holidays for medium distance destinations in 2017, while bookings for trips abroad increased by 30%, according to TUI. Austria's biggest tour operator announced figures for the summer of 2017 in a...

The Greek crisis from a social and humanitarian point of view is getting worse, especially in the capital, according to Austrian newspaper Wiener Zeitung. The report is based on testimonies by Erwin Schrümpf, an Austrian citizen who is the founder...

A 28-year-old Austrian national was arrested by Cypriot authorities on suspicion of having links to terrorist organization, announced the country’s Justice Minister Ionas Nikolaou. Cypriot authorities received a tip-off from Poland's Interpol that the man was seeking to come...

Austrians are choosing Greece as their top holiday destination this year, according to TUI, the country's largest travel agency. At the same time, TUI shows a drop in demand for holidays in Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia, because of increased terrorist attacks...

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...

"I cannot understard Greece's policy any more. It is not possible that Greece acts like a travel agency that sends the refugees some place else. Greece received 11,000 refugees in the past year, whereas we (received) 90,000. This is...

Greece has turned down a request by Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner to visit Athens for explanations over the recall of Greece's ambassador to Vienna. According to an Athens Macedonia News Agency report citing diplomatic sources, the Greek side turned down...

Following Greece's strongly worded protest to Austria for imposing drastic migrant crossing restrictions and for calling a meeting of Balkan states on the migrant crisis without including Greece, PM Alexis Tsipras blasted his Dutch counterpart over the phone today...

Shutting Greece’s northern border with Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) will stem the migrant flow into Europe, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said. The Austrian politician criticized Greece for not doing its part in protecting Europe's external problems. "If...

Amid instability and high security alerts throughout the European continent, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann called for the European Union to buttress the protection of its own borders, during a joint press conference on Thursday in Berlin. Since...

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann arrived at the Greek island of Lesvos on Tuesday to witness first hand the extent of the refugee crisis in Greece and how it is being managed. Faymann was greeted by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras upon his...