Greece

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....

Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem warned that the Greek government has some way to go to bridge the gap with its creditors, Reuters reports. “The Greek government still has a lot of work to do and I hope to get it all...

A new short documentary entitled "The Journey" sheds light on some of the protagonists of the ongoing refugee crisis. More than 570,000 refugees and migrants have arrived at the Greek islands since the beginning of 2015 according to a new United Nations Refugee...

Greece ranks low in Europe's map of trust, according to a survey conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The survey studies the measure of trust the citizen has in institutions and fellow citizens. The four major categories...

Students from Attica's high schools and middle schools took to the Greek capital's streets on Monday to express their grievances to the Greek government about the deficiencies in the country's education system. While a peaceful demonstration protesting against shortages in teachers, books and other...