Greece

UK media giant the Guardian withdrew an advert for holidays in crisis-stricken Greece following widespread criticism in social media. The Guardian Holiday webpage stated that the package was “exclusively designed for Guardian readers” by Political Tours, an agency specializing in...

French-Canadian pianist and composer Alain Lefevre is one of the Quebecois pianists who have sold the greatest number of musical recordings. Revered in his country, he was made a Knight of National Order of Quebec. Accolades in his country,...

The European Union said that Turkey is not doing everything in its power to decrease the refugee flow crossing the European borders, despite the country’s commitment to do so two months ago. "We are a long way from being satisfied," European...

Greece and the European Union need to take urgent and bold action to tackle the refugee crisis unfolding in the country, UNHCR officials said in Athens on Friday. Addressing a press briefing at the end of a five-day visit to Greece,...

More than 200,000 young, talented Greeks with university degrees and skills have left the country during the economic crisis of the past five years, according to a feature in The Guardian. The British newspaper calls them Generation G and talks...

In crisis-stricken Greece, other than unemployment which has hit record high, Athens is facing a big jump in thefts, robberies and burglaries that have been showing an upward trend since 2007, when the country's recession began just ahead of...

Christine Lagarde’s comments about the Greeks trying to escape their tax payments in her recent Guardian interview put her in deep diplomatic water just half a month away from the June 17 elections in Greece. Individuals and political parties both...

The wistfulness in the voice of George Kapetanios is heart-warming and an increasingly familiar tone for Greek families at home and in cities all over Europe and the world these days, Reuters reported. Put out of business by a shrinking...

Research conducted by the University of Portsmouth found a correlation between austerity measures and suicides in Greece. Male suicides caused by spending cuts have risen since the economic recession has started. According to the research which aspires to underline the...

Many -- or let's face it, all -- people who visit Greece want to take home a little piece of this spectacular country with them in the form of souvenirs when they leave. With so very many items to choose...

The real estate market in Greece is booming because of an extraordinary amount of sales to foreigners who want to receive the so-called "Golden Visa", while an increase in the number of people who short-lease their apartments to platforms like Airbnb is driving up rent prices.

It was only in the last year of Greece’s bailout that the SYRIZA administration embraced the program, Thomas Wieser, outgoing president of the Eurogroup Working Group responsible for Greece has said. In an interview on his departure from the post...

The culmination of the refugee crisis in the summer of 2015 has left its mark on Greece, as tens of thousands asylum seekers seem very likely to stay in the country indefinitely, if not permanently. Since 2015, 850,000 people arrived...

The average amount of time that refugee children have been out of school is a year and a half, according to Save the Children NPO. The fact of the matter is that even before that year and a half time period,...

Not a single car over 300,000 euros was sold in crisis-stricken Greece in 2015 says a News Auto report. A few years ago, there were several cars costing 400,000 euros or more sold by car dealerships in Greece. Luxury car...