“In reaction to tense social conditions and a weakening of the Aegean border, the Greek prime minister froze the nation’s asylum application system on Sunday night.” Over the past week, a series of changes in ...
“Our great fear when passions are so high is that blood will be spilled.” Police clashed with residents on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios Tuesday as the police deployed tear gas. The island ...
Turkey contends that its current drilling explorations off the Greek Cyprus waters abide by international law, as they take place in international waters off Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus. On Wednesday, the Turkish foreign ministry rejected ...
“If we do not intervene soon, there will be a sea of blood.” Greek officials confirmed on Tuesday that at least seven people, including two children, were killed earlier in the day after a boat ...
Animal rights activists in Greece have achieved an important milestone in protecting donkeys on the tourist island of Santorini. Greek lawmakers have banned overweight and obese tourists from riding on donkeys. The move came after ...
Greece has charged members of a migrant rescue group with human trafficking in an effort to crack down on the organization’s aid to refugees crossing the Aegean Sea. At least four humanitarian workers and members ...
Greece announced it has completed the three-year eurozone bailout program designated to help the country to overcome its debt crisis. For the first time in eight years, Greece is now free to borrow at market ...
Wildfires devastated multiple seaside suburbs of Athens on Monday, causing at least 81 casualties and leaving many others missing or hospitalized. After casting a heavy smoke over the Greek capital, the fires spread quickly through ...
Macedonia has agreed to change its national name to resolve a decades-long dispute with neighboring Greece. The move will end a 27-year conflict with Greece over the name. Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Greek ...
Three Spanish firefighters returned to Greek courts this week, where they were acquitted from charges of human trafficking and smuggling across international borders. The three men, founding members of the Spanish Professional Emergency Aid Association ...
Two unrelated demonstrations clashed on Sunday night when a group of far-right Greek militants charged a police barrier and attacked a group of asylum-seeking migrants in Mytilene, capital city of Lesvos island. Unprovoked, these attackers ...
Two churches on the small Greek island, Chios, celebrate Easter every year by shooting rockets back and forth aiming for the church bell towers, all while parishioners attend mass. People don’t usually think of rockets ...