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Parliament to elect Greece's first woman president
The candidacy of Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou has already won cross-party support and been welcomed by some commentators as a consensus candidate during a difficult time for Greek foreign policy.
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Greece 'wants a say' in Libya peace process - PM
Libya has become another diplomatic front for Greece and Turkey as the traditional rivals jostle over Mediterranean maritime rights and the competing camps in the North African country's conflict.
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Adam Catzavelos insists he is not a racist
Legal counsel for Catzavelos Lawley Shain said his client had suffered two criminal incidents prior to the incident in Greece.
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One dead, two injured in Greek migrant camp fight: report
The incident occurred late on Saturday in the unit for unaccompanied minors when the boy attacked a group of other Afghan teens with a knife. The cause of the fight is not yet known.
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'I’m here to face the consequences of my actions' - Adam Catzavelos
Racist Adam Catzavelos is now approaching the director of public prosecutions regarding the jurisdiction of South African law in his crimen injuria charge - as he made the inflammatory comment in Greece. Last year a viral video showed Catzavelos on a Greek island giving a parody weather report. He used the k-word as he spoke about how there were no black people on the beach.
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'Ashamed' racist Catzavelos heads to NDPP over crimen injuria case
Last year, a video went viral when Catzavelos posed on camera on a Greek island giving a parody weather report where he used the k-word to describe how there were no black people on the beach.
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In Greece, smoking is alive and kicking despite bans
It was then that Balafoutis, now 38, decided to build a website dedicated to informing non-smokers where they could enjoy a meal or coffee unmarred by other patrons' cigarette smoke.
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Greece PM Tsipras faces confidence vote ahead of triple election challenge
Greece will hold local elections at the same time as European Parliament polls on 26 May, followed by a national vote expected in October.
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Katie Holmes meets 'incredible women' in a Greece refugee camp
Katie Holmes took her 12-year-old daughter Suri - whom she has with ex-husband Tom Cruise - to the Moria Refugee Camp in the Greek island of Lesbos.
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Greece to send 1,000 refugees to Portugal - migration ministry
Over 70,000 refugees and migrants have been stranded in Greece following a mass influx from 2015 onwards.
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Greeks rally against Macedonia name accord, police fire tear gas
Soon after the rally started at 1200 GMT, police fired tear gas to disperse protesters outside parliament as demonstrators chanted Macedonia is Greek and waved Greek flags.
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Deputies agree historic name change for Macedonia
Parliamentary speaker Talad Xhaferi said 81 MPs had voted in favour of the name change in the 120-seat chamber, securing the required two-thirds majority.
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Greece says it has grounds for war reparation claim against Germany
Germany has dismissed Athens’ demands in the past, but the Greek president raised the issue anew with Merkel, who is on a two-day visit.
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Strong 6.8 magnitude quake strikes off Greece
Electricity in the main town, also called Zante, was down while the fire service reported damage to the road network caused by landslides.
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[WATCH] 'Bravo!' SA singing trio gets golden buzzer at 'Greece Got Talent'
The three men, Luvuyo, Simangaliso and Sandile, earned themselves a golden buzzer on the 2018 edition of 'Greece Got Talent'.
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Migrant truck crash kills 22 in Turkey
The vehicle, described as a lorry, was travelling on a highway in the Izmir region close to Izmir airport when it flipped over and fell into the channel.
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Greek ‘migrant-smuggling’ car crash kills 11
The driver of the truck, which had been heading towards the town of Kavala, escaped unscathed.
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Eleven die in head-on collision on Greek motorway - police
The 11 individuals were travelling close to the city of Kavala in the north-east of the country when their mini-van collided with the truck in the early hours.
