Greece

The Council of State (CoS), Greece ’s highest administrative court, on Monday abrogated a ministerial decision by former productive reconstruction, environment and energy minister Panos Skourletis to revoke the operating license of the Hellas Gold mining company in Halkidiki...

The first relocation of refugees from Greece to another European Union country will take place on Wednesday morning, when 30 refugees will depart from Athens International Airport to take up residence in Luxembourg. They are the first six families...

The Greek government is facing increasing pressure to take down the fence along its land border with Turkey in the Evros region in order to stop refugees from making the deadly journey to Europe via the Aegean Sea. Citizen Protection...

The Greek island of Lesvos is faced with a serious issue, since the island’s burial grounds have reached their capacity after the mass influx of refugees which has led to hundreds of deaths. The island has morgues and cemeteries that...

The United Nations Refugees Agency released a report noting that a total of 218,000 migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean in October, while escaping their conflict stricken countries in the Middle East and seeking a better future in Europe....

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to visit Ankara in the second half of November to discuss the refugee crisis with his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu. On Monday, Tsipras called Davutoglu on the telephone and congratulated him on his re-election...

European Commissioner of Economic Affairs Pierre Moscovici is arriving in Athens today (Tuesday) to ensure that the Greek government is on track regarding the progress of reforms required by the bailout program. The second omnibus bill that includes prior actions...

Panathinaikos F.C. coach Yiannis Anastasiou has terminated his contract with the club in a mutual decision on Monday, following a stint of under-performing results in the Greek league. Panathinaikos, who has not won the championship since 2010, is already eight points behind...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras inaugurated on Monday, the independent therapeutic community KETHEA-Prometheus for detained drug users. "It is a window of hope," Tsipras underlined. He stressed that this therapeutic community constitutes a new approach to the prison policy, which...

 A new world report by Swiss consulting company Prognos AG foresees a hampered Greek economy into the next decade, according to German newspaper Die Welt that published the results. The report predicts that Greece's economy will keep shrinking by 0.8% each year until the early 2020's....