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Greece: Revolt over austerity deal grows ahead of vote
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s left-wing government launched a frantic 24-hour effort late Tuesday to push more austerity measures through Parliament and meet demands from European creditors as it...
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Greek lawmakers pass austerity bill despite dissent
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek lawmakers voted overwhelmingly early Thursday to approve a harsh austerity bill demanded by bailout creditors, despite significant dissent from members of Prime Minister...
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Greek banks to reopen after cash pledge from lenders
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece on Thursday won vital pledges of support from bailout lenders needed to keep its economy from collapsing, but officials in Athens said the painful austerity measures...
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Greek banks reopen but cash limits remain and taxes soar
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek banks reopened Monday for the first time in three weeks, but strict limits on cash withdrawals and higher taxes on everything from coffee to diapers meant the economic...
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Greece’s Tsipras prevails over rebels at party meeting
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has defeated a bid by dissenters in his left-wing Syriza party to push for an end to bailout talks and an exit from the euro currency. Syriza’s...
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Greek stock market bloodbath as exchange reopens
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece suffered its worst stock market bloodbath in decades on Monday, when it opened after a forced five-week closure, and new data showed a dismal outlook for the...
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Greece: Prospect of new election grows, market hit
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government conceded Tuesday that dissent within the ruling party was likely to force an early election, while bank shares plummeted again on the stock market, which...
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Greece accepts harsh new bailout terms, vows swift vote
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece agreed to harsh terms for a new three-year bailout Tuesday and vowed to push it through parliament this week, despite mounting dissent in the ruling left-wing party. With...
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Left-wing Syriza wins Greek vote, will form coalition gov’t
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A jubilant Alexis Tsipras vowed to continue fighting for his country’s pride and to quickly form a coalition government after his left-wing Syriza party comfortably won Greece’s...
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Latest migrant tragedy in Aegean highlights EU divisions
Greece's prime minister lashed out Friday at European "ineptness" in handling the continent's massive immigration crisis after 31 more people — mostly children — drowned in shipwrecks in the...
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Greece prepares to help up to 150,000 stranded migrants
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece conceded Wednesday it is making long-term preparations to help as many as 150,000 stranded migrants as international pressure on Balkan countries saw Macedonia open...
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EU mulls ‘large-scale’ migrant deportation scheme
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Turkey is under growing pressure to consider a major escalation in migrant deportations from Greece, a top European Union official said Thursday, amid preparations for a highly...
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Greece’s bailout inspectors in Athens amid debt relief hopes
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Bailout inspectors returned to Greece on Wednesday to complete a review of the government’s economic reforms, which is needed before the country can get more rescue loans and...
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Despite border closures, Syrians determined to reach Europe
PIRAEUS, Greece (AP) — Clutching an English phrase book, Mohammed Sawadi is preparing to head north. The 23-year-old university student traveled from Damascus with his two cousins. They knew Greece’s...
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Europe’s migration deal faces hurdle in Turkish foe Cyprus
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — European Union leaders seek a mutually binding deal with Turkey to stem the flow of migrants by sea to Greece. But several nations stand in the way of such a pact — and tiny...
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EU calls for Greece relief as migrant arrivals hit 1 million
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Union told member states Wednesday they “urgently need to deliver” on commitments to resettle more refugees on the continent, as the number of refugees arriving in...
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Migration deal: Quick start, tough implementation
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Government officials in Greece signaled Saturday that implementation of a migration agreement between the European Union and Turkey could only occur gradually, with key details...
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Greece sets up detention camps as refugee deal hits delays
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece detained hundreds of refugees and migrants on its islands Monday, as officials in Athens and the European Union conceded a much-heralded agreement to send thousands of...
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UN agency pulls out Greek refugee ‘hotspots’
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency pulled out staff Tuesday from facilities on Lesbos and other Greek islands being used to detain refugees and migrants as an international deal with Turkey...
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Greece: Aid workers protest deportations as delays mount
LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Aid workers on the island of Lesbos Thursday protested planned deportations of migrants and refugees from Greece, as the government said the process would not start for at least...
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