News: Greece

We have started to collect the most important news related to Greece in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Greece – overview

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Greece: news

Brexit to Grexit?

Sunday, June 26th 2016, 0:16
related places: Athens

Greece has the EU's most fragile economy and there are fears now that Brexit could lead to Grexit, Richard Galpin reports from Athens.
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Struggling to cope

Saturday, June 25th 2016, 1:04

Cuts to social spending in Greece are seeing children in care stranded in hospital and charities trying to fill the void left by the state, reports Morgan Meaker.
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Second firefighter dies tackling Cyprus forest fires

Tuesday, June 21st 2016, 9:08
related countries: Cyprus, Israel, United Kingdom

The Cypriot president expresses "great sorrow" after a second firefighter dies trying to tackle the worst forest fires in Cyprus for years.
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Greek odyssey

Sunday, June 19th 2016, 23:19

The BBC's Nidale Abou Mrad reports on the forgotten refugees who fled the Nazi occupation of Greece and stayed in camps in the Middle East.
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Falafel economy

Tuesday, June 14th 2016, 23:13
related countries: Macedonia, Syria

With hundreds of Syrian refugees stuck on the border between Greece and Macedonia, small businesses have sprung up as Syrians cater to their fellow exiles.
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Migrants resorting to prostitution in Athens

Friday, June 10th 2016, 11:41
related places: Athens

A BBC investigation finds migrants, some of them teenagers, resorting to prostitution in the Greek capital Athens.
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Hundreds rescued as migrant boat sinks

Friday, June 3rd 2016, 17:39

About 340 people have been rescued so far from a migrant boat that capsized in the Mediterranean off the Greek island of Crete, officials say.
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Last journey: The migrant who lost everything

Thursday, June 2nd 2016, 14:01

The migrant who lost everything trying to reach Greece
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Migrant 'document forgers' arrested

Tuesday, May 31st 2016, 17:03
related countries: Czech Republic
related places: Police

Police in Greece and the Czech Republic arrest more than 20 people suspected of producing forged passports and visas for migrants trying to enter Europe.
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Migrants rescued on Greece-Italy route

Monday, May 30th 2016, 18:03
related countries: Italy

Rescuers pick up 29 migrants at sea off Greece's western island of Lefkada as they headed for Italy, raising concerns about a new smuggling route.
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Putin visits all-male Orthodox enclave

Saturday, May 28th 2016, 16:55
related countries: Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin joins celebrations to mark 1,000 years of Russian monks at the monastic enclave of Mount Athos in Greece.
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Greek PM condemns Russia sanctions

Friday, May 27th 2016, 23:27
related countries: Russia, Ukraine

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says Western sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine are "not productive".
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Greek media upheaval hits Mega TV channel

Friday, May 27th 2016, 18:01

Debt crisis pushes Greek TV channel to brink
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VIDEO: Why migrants are on hunger strike

Friday, May 27th 2016, 4:03
related places: Chios

Nearly 20 migrants on the Greek island of Chios are taking part in a hunger strike.
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Why are women banned from Mount Athos?

Thursday, May 26th 2016, 23:00

Why are women banned from a 35-mile-long Greek peninsula?
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IMF holds back on Greek debt relief deal

Wednesday, May 25th 2016, 16:40

The International Monetary Fund announces it is not yet ready to join the EU's latest bailout for Greece, saying it wants details of a debt relief deal.
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VIDEO: 'No food, no water' at Idomeni camp

Wednesday, May 25th 2016, 15:37
related countries: Macedonia

Thousands of stranded migrants are being evacuated from the makeshift Idomeni camp on Greece's northern border with Macedonia.
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Landmark deal unlocks €10.3bn for Greece

Wednesday, May 25th 2016, 8:38

Greece agrees a deal to get further funds from its international creditors as eurozone finance ministers hail a "breakthrough".
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EgyptAir flight 'did not swerve'

Tuesday, May 24th 2016, 0:38
related countries: Egypt

An EgyptAir flight that crashed in the Mediterranean did not swerve and change direction, an Egyptian official says, contradicting a Greek version.
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Greece passes new cuts to unblock funds

Sunday, May 22nd 2016, 21:21

The Greek parliament passes widely unpopular new budget cuts and tax rises two days before a eurozone meeting expected to unblock much-needed bailout funds.
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VIDEO: MEPs make Greece migrant camp visit

Saturday, May 21st 2016, 21:10
related countries: Turkey

Ten members of the European Parliament visit Greece to see how the deal between the European Union and Turkey has led to a dramatic reduction in new migrants.
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Greek judges tell refugee Turkey unsafe

Friday, May 20th 2016, 23:02
related countries: Syria, Turkey

A Greek ruling not to send a Syrian asylum seeker back to Turkey because it is not considered safe raises questions over the EU's migrant deal.
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EgyptAir flight mystery investigated

Thursday, May 19th 2016, 21:09
related countries: Egypt
related places: Karpathos

A major inquiry is under way after an EgyptAir passenger jet suddenly vanished from radar screens over the southern Mediterranean.
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VIDEO: EgyptAir MS804 plane wreckage found

Thursday, May 19th 2016, 18:06
related countries: Egypt
related places: Cairo, Karpathos

Wreckage of a plane, that disappeared en route to Cairo early this morning, has been found near Greek island of Karpathos.
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VIDEO: Refugees set up 'TV station'

Tuesday, May 17th 2016, 23:45

A group of refugees at Greece's Idomeni camp decides to change the way the migrant story is portrayed.
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Women risking it all to flee Syria

Monday, May 16th 2016, 2:11
related countries: Syria

Meeting the Syrian women of Kara Tepe camp in Greece
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VIDEO: Ben Needham's mum: 'Someone knows'

Tuesday, May 10th 2016, 9:18
related places: Kos

Kerry Needham tells BBC News that "someone knows" what happened to her son Ben, who went missing on the Greek island of Kos in 1991 when he was 21 months old.
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Greece hopeful of next bailout tranche

Monday, May 9th 2016, 20:53

Greece says it is hopeful of a deal to receive the next instalment of its bailout loan, but eurozone countries still require more steps.
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Greek PM seeks end to 'vicious cycle'

Monday, May 9th 2016, 10:55

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says it is time to end the "vicious cycle" of cuts and to start talks with the eurozone on debt relief.
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VIDEO: Greek reforms spark violent protests

Monday, May 9th 2016, 5:50

Greece has passed a package of tax and pension reforms, allowing the country to unlock more international bailout money.
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Big Greek wedding for refugees in camp

Monday, May 9th 2016, 1:30

Refugee couple weds in muddy border camp
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Protests in Greece ahead of tax vote

Sunday, May 8th 2016, 21:09

Protesters in Greece hurl petrol bombs at police who respond with tear gas as MPs prepare to vote on more austerity measures.
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VIDEO: Greece protest over taxes and pensions

Sunday, May 8th 2016, 4:02
related places: Athens

Protesters have demonstrated in Athens against controversial reforms to taxation and state pensions.
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The migrants stranded in Greece

Thursday, April 28th 2016, 0:00

What's life like for thousands of migrants stuck in Greece?
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Olympic torch given to Brazilians

Wednesday, April 27th 2016, 22:07
related countries: Botswana
related places: Athens

With 100 days to go before the Olympic Games get under way in Rio de Janeiro, the Olympic flame has been handed over in Athens to the Brazilian authorities.
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VIDEO: Clashes at Lesbos migrant camp

Tuesday, April 26th 2016, 22:05
related places: Moria

Migrants have clashed with police at the Moria detention camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.
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Clashes at Lesbos migrant camp

Tuesday, April 26th 2016, 21:52

Clashes break out between migrants and riot police at a detention centre on the Greek island of Lesbos, police say.
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VIDEO: Syrian refugee carries flame through camp

Tuesday, April 26th 2016, 21:50
related countries: Syria
related places: Athens

A Syrian refugee who was a sportsman before losing part of his leg in a bombing has carried the Olympic flame through an Athens refugee camp.
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Syrian refugee carries Olympic flame

Tuesday, April 26th 2016, 16:50
related countries: Syria
related places: Athens

A Syrian refugee who was a sportsman before losing part of his leg in a bombing carries the Olympic flame through an Athens refugee camp.
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The Idomeni grandmother who helps migrants

Monday, April 25th 2016, 4:03
related countries: Syria

Syrian migrants taken in by Greek granny on a pension
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VIDEO: Greek grandmother opens home to Syrians

Sunday, April 24th 2016, 23:01

An 82-year-old grandmother in Idomeni has opened her home to some of those fleeing violence to try and reach Europe.
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VIDEO: Refugees chosen by Pope: 'We are famous'

Friday, April 22nd 2016, 0:20
related countries: Syria

Pope Francis' decision to bring 12 refugees from Syria on his own plane back from the Greek island of Lesbos made headlines around the world, and two of them have told the BBC their story.
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Olympic torch lit at ancient Greek site

Thursday, April 21st 2016, 11:06
related countries: Brazil

The flame for the Olympic Games in Brazil is lit in southern Greece before it is taken on an international torch relay ahead of the opening ceremony.
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Pope takes Syrian migrants to Vatican

Saturday, April 16th 2016, 22:31
related countries: Syria

Pope Francis takes 12 Syrian migrants back with him to the Vatican after visiting a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.
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You are not alone, Pope tells migrants

Saturday, April 16th 2016, 11:31

Pope Francis makes an emotional visit to a detention camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, telling the migrants there "you are not alone".
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Syrian attempts suicide on Lesbos

Friday, April 15th 2016, 17:25
related countries: Syria

A Syrian man reportedly attempts to kill himself in a detention camp for migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos ahead of a visit by Pope Francis.
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VIDEO: 'I lost 16 members of my family' in migrant sea crossing

Thursday, April 14th 2016, 23:29
related countries: Iraq, Turkey

Asya Hekmat, an Iraqi Kurd migrant, lost 16 members of her family when the boat that took them from Turkey to Greece capsized.
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VIDEO: Living at Idomeni migrant camp

Thursday, April 14th 2016, 7:57
related countries: Macedonia

Frustrations grow at Idomeni migrant camp as the Greek Macedonian border remains closed. The BBC took a look at what daily life living there is like.
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