Greece

By Takis Pappas, Political scientist, the University of Helsinki, Finland* When the covid-19 pandemic broke out in Europe, no government had any experience of how to face it and each tried to weather the storm in its own ways. Some...

The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in continual negotiations with authorities in Italy and Spain so that Greek nationals, who are primarily students, who wish to return to Greece will be able to do so. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos...

The European Commission decided on Thursday to refer Greece and Spain to the European Court of Justice, since the two countries have so far not incorporated the well-known "GDPR Data Protection Directive" into their national laws. In fact, the...

Multi-million-dollar Greek yacht charter Incrediblue has been snapped up by Spain-based Nautal, one of the largest boat-leasing companies in Europe. Antonis Fiorakis, CEO of Incrediblue, told Capital.gr this was Nautal's first acquisition, explaining that the Spanish firm's strategy is to...

Data released this week by the Bank of Greece indicates that average spending per tourist on holiday in Greece over the first nine months of 2017 dropped to 536.3 euros. The figure is almost half of the amount spent by...

Greece called on Spain’s ambassador to Athens on Sunday to revoke statements  suggesting that the Greek government was not supportive of Spanish unity. The Spanish Ambassador to Greece, Enrique Viguera, spoke to Sunday’s Eleftheros Typos newspaper saying that the Alexis...

The foreign ministry said on Sunday Greece rejects unilateral actions by Catalonia to undermine Spain's territorial integrity, in the wake of the region's parliamentary vote to declare independence from Spain. "Greece supports Spain's territorial integrity and rejects unilateral actions that...

Eighteen members of the self-proclaimed anarchist group Rouvikonas received a six-month suspended jail sentence by a misdemeanors court on Thursday for bursting into the Spanish embassy in central Athens on Wednesday. The court dismissed the charge of illegal violence requested...

Spain’s Ambassador in Greece said that he was shocked following the invasion of his embassy by more than a dozen self-proclaimed anarchists protesting in favour of Catalonian independence. "I'm still very shocked and surprised because I'm not used to experiencing...

Foreign visitors to Greece in June spent far less than they did in Spain or Cyprus, a Kathimerini newspaper report says. On average, each visitor to Greece in June spent 45 percent less than tourists in Spain in the same...

Greece's failure to drop a legal case against European experts who had worked on the Greek privatization program has caused an angry reaction from Spain as the country has threatened to block the latest bailout disbursement to Greece on Friday, FRANCE 24...

The ECOFIN decided on Tuesday to launch excessive deficit procedures for Portugal and Spain. Greece's Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos argued against the decisions, but did not have sufficient backing to block the procedures against both countries, that Tsakalotos notes...

The finance ministers of France and Italy agreed with Greek counterpart Euclid Tsakalotos on a more flexible treatment for Portugal and Spain during the Eurogroup meeting in Brussels on Monday, government sources said. Initially, only Tsakalotos supported the two countries...

As a part of a European Union relocation program, Spain is preparing to receive its first group of refugees from Greece. The 87 refugees are due to arrive in Spain between May 24-26, followed by 63 more arriving at the beginning of...

A Greek student was seriously injured on Sunday in a bus accident near Freginals, close to Barcelona. The student is in critical condition at the hospital of Vall d'Hebron. At least 13 people have been killed after a bus carrying foreign...