Tag: Greece

The Greek coastguard has fired shots at a migrant boat on the Aegean Sea amid rising tensions with Turkey.  Video…

Turkey is being accused of helping hundreds of migrants cross into Greece in what appears to be a coordinated effort…

Greece is demanding the return of the Elgin Marbles – or what the European Union calls “unlawfully removed cultural objects”…

An acting minister in North Macedonia’s caretaker government has angered Greek politicians and reopened awkward issues surrounding the country of…

Young children have been tear-gassed by police on Lesbos during a protest by migrants complaining about crowded living conditions. Fizzy…

Greece says it wants to build a floating barrier to hamper migrants crossing the Aegean Sea. A 3km fence off the…

Turkey has not forgotten the killings that Greeks committed against ethnic Turks during its early 19th-century war of independence from…

Migrant camps in Greece are facing “catastrophe” and an “explosion”, according to a European-wide human rights envoy.  Greece is again…

European Union ministers have discussed migration as Greece has again become the main gateway to Europe with the United Nations…

The Greek authorities say a Lebanese man suspected of involvement in the hijacking of a US aeroplane in 1985 has…

Turkey plans to resettle 1 million refugees in northern Syria and has threatened to reopen the sea route into Europe…

Greece’s centre-right party has won a decisive victory, as Golden Dawn, the extremist, anti-immigrant party which was the third-largest in…

Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who is facing defeat in today’s early general election, has been fighting back.  “They think…

Greece has formally asked Germany to enter negotiations over claims for reparations for the two world wars, while Berlin says…

Greek police have clashed with hundreds of migrants in the northeastern city of Thessaloniki who were hoping to enter North…