Tag: Greece
Greece heads to polls with voters expected to oust Tsipras
ATHENS: Greek voters cast their ballots on Sunday in the country's first national election of the post-bailout era, with leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's...
Greek election: Voters crave return to mainstream politics
ATHENS: Greek voters appear set to defy a surge of support populist parties across Europe in a general election Sunday, with the pro-EU center-right...
Russia and Greece want to make up after diplomatic row
MOSCOW/ATHENS: Greece and Russia are ready to put behind them a diplomatic row that troubled relations in July, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Greek...
Merkel urges Macedonians to embrace name deal with Greece
SKOPJE: German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Macedonians to embrace a deal with Greece over the country's name at a referendum later this month, in...
Turkey calls for a new chapter in relations with Greece
ATHENS: Turkey's foreign minister called for a new chapter in testy diplomatic ties with Greece on Saturday, even as he berated the neighboring country...
Pakistanis in Greece continue to bear brunt of far-right violence
Well before the sun came up on January 17, 2013, Shahzad Luqman woke up, hopped on his bicycle and took off for work in...
Greece lashes out at Russia’s expulsion of Greek diplomats
ATHENS: Greece lashed out Friday at Russia's expulsion of Greek diplomats from Moscow this week, as a spat between the two traditionally friendly countries...
Greece’s PM promises full investigation of deadly fire
ATHENS: Greece's prime minister vowed on Tuesday that experts will investigate all aspects of the country's deadliest forest fire in decades and that the...
Russian money for Macedonia protests upset Greece
THESSALONIKI: An official says Greece moved to expel two Russian diplomats and block entry to two others after authorities learned that clergy and other...
Macedonian president adamantly against name deal with Greece
SKOPJE: Macedonia's president is insisting that he will not sign off on a deal with Greece to change his country's name, even after parliament...
Macedonia’s parliament endorses name deal with Greece for second time
SKOPJE: Macedonia's parliament again endorsed a landmark agreement with neighboring Greece to change the ex-Yugoslav republic's name on Thursday, despite the refusal of President...
Merkel: Greece, Spain will take back migrants
GENEVA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Greece and Spain have declared that they're prepared to take back migrants already registered in those countries who...
Cyprus, Israel, Greece pledge deeper military ties
LARNACA: The defense ministers of Cyprus, Israel and Greece are pledging to forge deeper military ties in order to better counter common threats and...
Turkey suspends migrant readmission deal with Greece: Hurriyet
ISTANBUL: Turkey has suspended its migrant readmission deal with Greece, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying by the Hurriyet daily, days after...
Greece, lenders reach initial agreement on bailout review
ATHENS: Greece and representatives from its European and International Monetary Fund creditors have reached an initial agreement on the country’s reform progress under its...
Macedonian PM sees solution to name dispute with Greece in June
SOFIA: Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on Thursday an agreement between Skopje and Athens to settle a decades old name dispute could be...
Central European, Balkan ministers meet in Greece to discuss Europe’s future
SOUNION: Ministers from Central Europe and European Union (EU) member states in the Balkan region met in Greece on Friday to discuss the future...
