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Greece to set up loudspeakers at border camp
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek government said Monday it will set up loudspeakers at the country’s border with Macedonia to try and persuade thousands of refugees and migrants to ignore false rumors...
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Greek lawmakers get ready to OK refugee deportations
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Lawmakers in Greece were ready to support legislation to deport refugees back to Turkey as clashes between migrants persisted Thursday at overcrowded detention camps. A three-hour...
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Despite criticism, EU plans are ready to deport refugees
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is pressing ahead with plans to start deporting migrants and refugees back to Turkey next week, despite mounting concern from the United Nations and human rights...
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EU begins shipping migrants in Greece back to Turkey
DIKILI, Turkey (AP) — A controversial European Union plan to curb migration and smash smuggling rings in Turkey began Monday as 202 migrants from two Greek islands were piled onto boats and shipped...
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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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Greece to migrants: move to camps voluntarily or be forced
PIRAEUS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece say thousands migrants and refugees camped out at the country’s largest port near Athens have been given two weeks to move to army-built camps voluntarily...
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Greece: Major reforms ready, despite pause in bailout talks
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Talks between Greece and its bailout creditors over the country’s next economic reforms efforts have been suspended until next week but Athens said Tuesday that an agreement that...
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Rights groups eager for papal spotlight on Europe’s refugees
MORIA, Greece (AP) — Municipal crews washed down streets with pressure hoses, pruned trees and tidied up building facades on the Greek island of Lesbos on Friday, a day before a visit by Pope Francis...
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Olympic honor for refugees: Rio flame stops at UN camp
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — If they had a home, refugees would belong to the world’s 24th most populous nation, just behind Italy. On Tuesday, there were honored as members of the Olympic family. The Olympic...
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Rio gets Olympic flame 100 days before games
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Olympic flame was handed to organizers of the Rio de Janeiro Games in Athens on Wednesday, 100 days before the opening ceremony in Brazil. Dressed as a high priestess, actress...
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Euro countries hold first talks on Greek debt measures
BRUSSELS (AP) — European finance ministers on Monday debated for the first time measures to ease Greece’s massive debt burden amid concern the International Monetary Fund might withdraw from the...
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UN envoy blasts EU’s ‘lack of vision’ on migration
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A U.N. envoy for human rights on Monday said the European Union’s response to the refugee crisis showed a “lack of vision” and that the bloc’s deal with Turkey was legally...
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Dressed to Protest: Greek anger spreads to middle class
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Alexis Tsipras doesn’t wear a tie, but a growing number of his critics do. The left-wing prime minister won a vote in parliament early Monday that will heap more taxes on a...
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Greece planning cautious return to bond markets in 2017
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is planning a gradual return to international debt markets next year, a senior Finance Ministry said Thursday. George Houliarakis, a deputy finance minister, said the...
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Putin blasts West on first trip to EU country this year
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — On his first trip to a European Union country this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday sharply criticized western policy toward Moscow, describing a newly expanded...
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New Greek austerity measures tap cafe culture
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greeks have woken up to a new wave of price hikes that have been demanded in return for more international bailout loans, with the highest increases targeting the main ingredients...
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Ahead of Rio, runners re-enact ancient games
NEMEA, Greece (AP) — Fifty-five days before the Games begin in Rio de Janeiro, athletes from around the world are taking part in very different kind of sporting tournament in southern Greece. Think of...
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In Greece, left government’s opponents copy protest tactics
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Critics of Greece’s leftwing government reckon they have the ingredients to copy their opponents’ tactics: An angry electorate, a trending hashtag, and a call to demonstrate...
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Orthodox Synod to take place despite new pullout, by Russia
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians on Wednesday said a historic meeting of church leaders — the first in more than a millennium — will take place on the Greek...
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World Orthodox leaders meet despite Russia’s absence
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leaders of the world’s Orthodox Christian churches have gathered on the Greek island of Crete for a landmark meeting, despite a boycott by the Russian church — the most...
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