GREEK PM TSIPRAS DEMANDS RELEASE OF GREEK SOLDIERS HELD IN TURKEY

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has demanded the release of two Greek soldiers jailed in Turkey, arguing that they should not be pawns to blackmail ... READ MORE›

ALBANIA DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE IN ROAD TOLL ROW

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said the tolls were excessive ... READ MORE›

SOCIAL MEDIA UPROAR

The Guardian offered an apology after social media users blasted the paper for 'poverty porn' over crisis tours... READ MORE›

UK PAPER GETS ONLINE FLAK FOR GREEK CRISIS HOLIDAY

After the outcry on Wednesday, the page advertising the Greece the Euro holiday was taken down from the newspaper's website... READ MORE›

CONCERN AS 300 REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS REACH GREEK ISLAND OF LESBOS

At least 13,289 refugees and migrants have reached Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea so far this year, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR ... READ MORE›

GREECE: YANIS VAROUFAKIS LAUNCHES POLITICAL PARTY

His six-month tenure as Greece's finance minister the previous year had convinced him that national governments lacked either the willpower or the clout to change Europe... READ MORE›

NEO-NAZIS ATTACK AFGHAN COMMUNITY IN GREECE'S OFFICE IN ATHENS

For us, it's very important to stand with the Afghan community and fight, he tells Al Jazeera... READ MORE›

EU-TURKEY DEAL, A SYMBOL OF EUROPE'S SHORT-SIGHTED ASYLUM AND MIGRATION POLICY

But subjecting people to unbearable conditions in camps on the Greek islands and threatening them with being sent back is not the answer to this... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 16 MIGRANTS DROWN OFF GREEK ISLAND INCLUDING CHILDREN

At Least 16 Migrants Drown Off Greek Island, Including 5 Children... READ MORE›

BATTERED FOR A DECADE, GREECE FEELS AN UNEXPECTED WHIFF OF REVIVAL AS EUROPE GAINS STRENGTH

Battered for a decade, Greece feels an unexpected whiff of revival as Europe gains strength Tourists at the Acropolis in Athens earlier this month... READ MORE›

DESPERATE, HOMELESS MIGRANTS ON STALLED ROUTE HIDE IN GREEK CITY'S ANCIENT WALLS

The vast majority hoped Greece was just a stepping-stone to more prosperous European countries... READ MORE›

'WE STAND A CHANCE' OF REUNIFYING CYPRUS

TALKING EUROPE Forty-four years on from the Turkish military invasion that left Cyprus split in two, and two weeks after the election that could relaunc..... READ MORE›

HOW TO MAKE AGRICULTURE PAY IN 2018 & BEYOND? (PART 1)

We also speak to Greece's alternate agriculture minister, Yannis Tsironis, about the challenges facing his country's farmers... READ MORE›

HOW TO MAKE AGRICULTURE PAY IN 2018 & BEYOND? (PART 1)

We also speak to Greece's alternate agriculture minister, Yannis Tsironis, about the challenges facing his country's farmers... READ MORE›

MASS GREEK PROTEST OVER MACEDONIA NAME

A proposal to name it Republic of Macedonia-Skopje was reportedly accepted by Greece but rejected by Macedonia... READ MORE›

GREEKS PROTEST TO DEFEND RIGHT TO THE NAME MACEDONIA

Greece and the Republic of Macedonia began United Nations- mediated talks last month to try to settle the 25-year name dispute... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS PROTEST GREEK GOVERNMENT COMPROMISE IN MACEDONIA DISPUTE

The row has prompted Greece, a NATO member, to block Macedonia's accession to the alliance since 2008... READ MORE›

THREATENING LETTER SENT TO GREEK MINISTER OVER TALKS ON MACEDONIA'S NA

Threatening letter sent to Greek minister over talks on Macedonia's na... READ MORE›

UK PM MAY SAYS SHE WILL NOT SACK MINISTER OVER BREXIT REMARKS

In a debate in parliament earlier this week, Baker suggested government officials may be undermining government policy by calibrating their work to show only the downside of Brexit... READ MORE›

ISRAELI PRESIDENT RIVLIN VISITS GREECE AMID CRITICISM

Speaking to the Greek daily Ekathimerini, Rivlin described ties between Greece and Israel as fruitful and strong ... READ MORE›

KASHMIR ISSUE AMONG CAUSES OF A FRACTURED WORLD

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said his country expects relationships to remain strong with China as well as the US... READ MORE›

FACE OF 9,000 YEAR-OLD TEEN GIRL RECREATED

The face of a girl whose remains were found in Greece in 1993 has been reconstructed... READ MORE›

GREEK FAR RIGHT BURN SQUATS, VANDALISE HOLOCAUST STATUE

For many Greeks, Macedonia refers only to a province of northern Greece and accuse Skopje of having territorial designs over that region... READ MORE›

GREEK NEO-NAZI GROUP THREATENS MUSLIM ASSOCIATION

We are the group that kills, burns, hits and tortures immigrants, mainly Muslims, the caller said, according to Anna Stamou of the Muslim Association of Greece... READ MORE›

EURO-AREA ECONOMIC BOOM TO ROLL ON AFTER STRONG START TO '18

Economists see consumer-price growth averaging 1.5 percent this year and 1.6 percent in 2019, and no interest-rate increases until 2019... READ MORE›

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ABANDONED AND ABUSED: THE FORGOTTEN SYRIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN ON A GREEK DETENTION ISLAND

Alex Green, of Help Refugees, agreed that, even as the need deepens, the world appeared to be turning its back on the Chios refugees... READ MORE›

CHILD REFUGEES IN EUROPE 'FORCED TO SELL BODIES' TO PAY SMUGGLERS

Governments urged to end 'most heinous human rights violation' as report finds widespread sexual exploitation of migrant children in Greece... READ MORE›

GREECE HAS THREE WEEKS TO DEAL WITH 'POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS' DEBT, SAYS IMF

Fears of further uncertainty in Europe's weakest member state mounted as the International Monetary Fund IMF predicted that Greece's debt load could become explosive by 2030... READ MORE›

'THE WORST IS CLEARLY BEHIND US'

Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, has promised to defy his critics by taking the country out of its longest-running crisis in modern times... READ MORE›

AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF BAILOUTS, GREEKS SINK YET DEEPER IN POVERTY

But Greece isn't far behind in third place, with Eurostat data showing 22.2 percent of the population were severely materially deprived in 2015... READ MORE›

GREXIT? GREECE AGAIN ON THE BRINK AS DEBT CRISIS THREATENS BREAK WITH EU

Grexit? Greece again on the brink as debt crisis threatens break with EU... READ MORE›

TRUMP ENVOY SAYS ODDS ARE HIGHER THAT GREECE WILL LEAVE THE EURO

Greece should have left the eurozone four years ago when it would have been easier and simpler, according to Donald Trump's proposed EU ambassador... READ MORE›

AT LEAST TWO DEAD AS EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERS TSUNAMI IN TURKEY

Earthquake sparks tsunami off Greek islands and Turkey Turkish and Swedish victims dead and hundreds injured... READ MORE›

GREECE CHARGES CLERIC WITH CHILD REFUGEES' SEXUAL ABUSE

When questioned, the children said they suffered repeated and persistent sexual abuse by the man, a police spokeswoman told Al Jazeera on Wednesday... READ MORE›

STRONG EARTHQUAKE KILLS TWO ON GREEK ISLAND OF KOS

A strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea has killed at least two people on the Greek island of Kos, officials say... READ MORE›

DEADLY FLOODS HIT MANDRA, NEA PERAMOS AND MEGARA

Greece Deadly floods hit Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara... READ MORE›

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAVE CARRIED OUT 8% OF PROMISED REFUGEE RELOCATIONS

EU member states have also been better in resettling refugees from outside the bloc... READ MORE›

CONCERN OVER SPATE OF DEATHS IN GREEK REFUGEE CAMPS

At least three people die in a week in the overcrowded Moria refugee camp on Greece's Lesbos island... READ MORE›

GREECE SAYS 'NOT A EURO MORE' FROM ITS AUSTERITY-IMPOVERISHED POPULATION

The Greek government said it would not ask for a euro more from its impoverished citizens... READ MORE›

ANGER OVER GREEK PLAN TO SELL WEAPONS TO SAUDI ARABIA

Greece plans to sell 66m euros worth of surplus bombs and missiles to Saudi Arabia amid ongoing war in Yemen... READ MORE›

GREECE: SYRIAN MAN DIES AFTER SUFFERING EXTENSIVE BURNS

Under the agreement, migrants and refugees arriving in Greece without documents can be deported to Turkey if their asylum applications are rejected... READ MORE›

GREEKS TURN TO THE BLACK MARKET AS ANOTHER BAILOUT SHOWDOWN LOOMS

Unemployment remains about 23 percent, and for some people the shadow economy is a lifeline... READ MORE›

CAN JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S SOCKS BRING PEACE TO THE WORLD?

Can Justin Trudeau's socks bring peace to the world?... READ MORE›

TURKEY THREATENS TO CANCEL GREECE MIGRATION DEAL

Relations between Greece and Turkey, neighbours and NATO allies, have improved over the years but they remain at odds over territorial disputes and ethnically split Cyprus... READ MORE›

GREEK WW2 BOMB FORCES HUGE THESSALONIKI EVACUATION

At least 70,000 people in the Greek city of Thessaloniki are being evacuated so that a 500lb World War Two bomb can be defused, officials say... READ MORE›

HOW CARTOONISTS AROUND THE WORLD REACTED TO ARTICLE 50 AND 'BREXIT DAY'

Among political cartoonists, the general tone wasA by-and-largeA pessimistic about Britain's prospects outside of the EU, although a handful did buck the trend... READ MORE›

GREECE REPORTS MASS TURKISH AIR INCURSIONS AS TENSIONS SIMMER

Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos criticized what he called Turkey's cowboy antics ... READ MORE›

CHILD REFUGEES IN GREECE RIDE HORSES TO HEAL

The noisemakers, two 17-year-old Afghan refugee girls, are riding horses for the first time in their lives... READ MORE›

GREECE: DEADLY FLOODS HIT ATHENS OUTSKIRTS

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in a post on Twitter he was deeply saddened by the loss of life caused by the catastrophic storm ... READ MORE›

ASYLUM SEEKING MAN FOUND HANGED AT PIRAEUS PORT

Man carrying asylum application papers found dead close to a passenger ferry terminal in Greece's biggest port... READ MORE›

GREECE MOVES TO CANCEL TURKISH SOLDIER'S ASYLUM

The eight soldiers fled Turkey in a military helicopter and landed in the Greek northeast town of Alexandroupolis during the failed coup on July 15, 2016... READ MORE›

HUNGARY AND SLOVAKIA LOSE IN FIGHT OVER E.U. MIGRANT QUOTAS

In March 2016, the European Union reached a deal with Turkey to send back asylum seekers who take clandestine routes to Greece from Turkey... READ MORE›

GREECE SAYS BAILOUT DEAL CLOSE, BUT WILL NOT ACCEPT 'ILLOGICAL' DEMANDS

Reaching agreement would release another tranche of funds from it latest 86 billion euro bailout, and facilitate Greece making a major 7.2 billion euro debt repayment this summer... READ MORE›

CONCERNS AS GREECE CLEARS OUT ELLINIKO REFUGEE CAMP

Greek riot police have begun evacuating hundreds of refugees from a makeshift shelter set up inside the abandoned buildings of Athens' old airport... READ MORE›

RIGHTS GROUPS TO GREEK PM: STOP TRAPPING REFUGEES

Under the agreement, refugees arriving to the Greek islands via Turkey were to be returned to Turkey... READ MORE›