World news about “Greece” published by euronews.
Trouble with the new 5 euro notesHoliday-makers planning to travel to Greece this summer may be well advised not to take the new five-euro bank notes with them. The new five-euro notes that… 23/05/2013
‘Kill bankers, not yourselves’ says Greece’s far-right Golden DawnA member of the Greek parliament from the far right party Golden Dawn has urged desperate people in the country to “kill those who are responsible for their… 22/05/2013
Olympiakos’ Euroleague win lifts country’s spirit It has only been done three times before but Olympiakos have returned to Greece still Euroleague champions, defending their title in style and confirming… 21/05/2013
Golden Dawn’s rise concerns US State DepartmentGreece witnessed an increase in anti-Semitism in 2012, following the election of members of the extreme right-wing party Golden Dawn to the country’s… 21/05/2013
Greek banks to be sold Two of Greece’s banks are set to be sold under the country’s plans to revive the finance sector. Smaller lenders Hellenic Postbank and Proton – currently… 20/05/2013
Pro-drachma party launches urging Greece to leave the euro A political party in Greece is calling for the country to leave the euro and go back to using the drachma as its national currency. Plan B held its first… 19/05/2013
Golden Dawn and Syriza clash over ‘Heil Hitler’ cries in Greek parliament The neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party is at the centre of another political row in Greece after one of its MPs was expelled from parliament amid cries of “Heil… 17/05/2013
Greek teachers call off 24 hour strike It is business as usual for secondary schools in Greece. With threats of arrests from the government should teachers not show up for work, they have had no… 16/05/2013
Greece seeks Chinese investors Greece’s prime minister is in China seeking investment and trade deals to help revive his country’s recession-battered economy. Antonis Samaras and the… 16/05/2013
Fitch upgrades Greece’s credit ratingRatings agency Fitch upgraded its sovereign credit rating for Greece by one notch on Tuesday, citing progress in cutting its budget deficit and the risk of a… 14/05/2013
Another day, another strike in Greece Greeks have become used to strikes and industrial action and Tuesday saw a fresh protest, although this time it’s not about austerity. Civil servants have… 14/05/2013
EU finance ministers to talk tough on austerity The finances of Greece and Cyprus are set to come under the microscope at a Eurozone finance ministers meeting. The eurogroup has to decide whether to… 13/05/2013
Olympiacos retain Euroleague title Olympiacos became only the fourth club in the Final Four era to win back-to-back Euroleague titles after beating Real Madrid in the final at the O2 Arena in… 13/05/2013
Defending champions Olympiacos reach Euroleague final Olympiacos remain on track to become the first back-to-back winners of the Euroleague in seven years after beating CSKA Moscow to reach the final… 10/05/2013
Greek price drop offers help to households Consumer prices have fallen in Greece for the second month in a row. The country is entering deflation for the first time since 1968. Economists say lower… 10/05/2013
Greek basketball great honoured Twenty years after his retirement Nick Galis – who is widely considered the greatest Greek Basketball player to grace the European courts – was honored by his… 09/05/2013
Jobs market slides further in Portugal and Greece Portuguese unemployment has risen again in the first quarter to 17.7 percent. The new record is bad enough, but pity the young in the jobs market – 42… 09/05/2013
Asylum: Fixing a broken system Last year, 330,000 people sought asylum in Europe. Thousands arrived in Greece, however only 152 were able to apply for asylum. Of these, just two were… 08/05/2013
Asylum: fixing a broken system – Full Debate To watch the full debate on asylum between European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström and former British Home Secretary Charles Clarke, please… 08/05/2013
Traditional ‘rocket war’ marks Greek Easter – nocomment Two opposing parishes on a Greek island fired hundreds of homemade rockets at each other on Saturday night to mark Orthodox Easter in the traditional… 06/05/2013
Greeks determined to celebrate Easter in style despite recession Easter for the Greek Orthodox faith is the year’s biggest festival, but hard times are putting the damper on celebrations and hard-pressed consumers are… 03/05/2013
Athens mayor denounces Golden Dawn ‘soup kitchen of hatred’ Members of Greece’s far-right party Golden Dawn party clashed with police in Syntagma Square who prevented them from handing out free food in the iconic… 02/05/2013
Discount fever as Greeks shop for Orthodox Easter Not even the economic crisis can dent the importance of Orthodox Easter in Greece. Shops have been busy in Athens, suggesting many Greeks will not let the… 02/05/2013
Workers’ struggle will revive economy, Tsipras tells Greek May Day protesters Thousands of people have marched through Athens in a May Day protest against austerity. It coincided with a 24-hour general strike in Greece. Communist… 01/05/2013
Greeks mark workers’ day with 24-hour anti-austerity strike May Day is not technically a public holiday in Greece this year, but Athens and much of the country are at a standstill as another 24-hour strike disrupts… 01/05/2013
Greece: 15,000 public sector jobs cut to secure bailout money The dust is beginning to settle in Athens following the approval of mass layoffs of government workers by the parliament on Sunday. Over 15,000 people face… 29/04/2013
Two dead, eight missing after cargo ships collide off GreeceTwo people drowned and eight are missing after two cargo ships collided off southwestern Greece early on Monday, the Greek coastguard said. The drowned and… 29/04/2013
Greek parliament passes unpopular law to unlock more rescue loans Protesters demonstrated outside the Greek parliament as lawmakers inside approved a bill which will see 15,000 state employees lose their jobs by the end of… 29/04/2013
Greece: public sector workers austerity protest – nocomment Public sector workers demonstrated in the Greek capital on Friday, as parliament prepared to vote on the latest round of government austerity measures… 27/04/2013
Greece: Civil servants protest ahead of vote on job cuts Public sector workers in Greece protested against planned job cuts the government has agreed to make in order to get much-needed bailout money. Some 15,000… 26/04/2013
Sound mixes with art to reinvigorate the centre of Athens ‘Silent Space Stand Still’ has brought a combination of sound and art to the centre of Athens. The organisers took over a former mosque in the Greek… 25/04/2013
Racism on the rise in recession hit Greece Racism is increasing in Greece according to studies by a group of human rights organisations. Violence against immigrants, exploitation and discrimination… 25/04/2013
Greece to pursue wartime damage claim from Germany to ease economic woes Greece says it plans to pursue Germany for billions of euros in compensation for damage suffered during World War II as a way of easing its debts. The move… 24/04/2013
Anger over Greek ‘blood strawberry’ shootings Protests have erupted in Greece after migrants were shot at over a pay dispute. Around 200 workers of mostly Bangladeshi origin confronted supervisors over… 18/04/2013
Migrant workers shot in Greece for demanding unpaid wages Greek police are questioning two people after some 30 migrant workers were shot and hurt in a shooting on a strawberry farm. The workers had been… 18/04/2013
Greek protests against public sector cuts In Greece, public sector workers have taken to the streets again in protest, after the government agreed to more cuts in return for bailout funds. The cuts… 17/04/2013
Rocky road to recovery as Greece concludes latest bailout deal Greece has secured a deal to unlock the latest bailout instalment. The Troika agreed to grant the 2.8 billion euros loan on the condition that Athens cuts… 16/04/2013
Greece reaches bailout deal, Portugal offers new austerity Greece has been given a clean bill of health by the “troika” of creditors – the European Commission, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank –… 15/04/2013
Cyprus to offer citizenship deal to bailout losers Cyprus is to relax its citizenship rules for foreign investors who lost at least three million euros under the country’s EU-led bailout deal. The changes will… 15/04/2013
‘Sleep Out’ protesters warn entire families will be homeless in Greece A sombre protest snakes its way through the Greek capital. The Sleep Out day is aiming to wake up politicians to the plight of the homeless. Greece is five… 12/04/2013
Greek unemployment hits 27 percent A new record for unemployment in Greece. It was 27.2 percent of the workforce in January – up from 25.7 percent in December. The speed of the rise in… 11/04/2013
Schaeuble: Greek WWII reparation report ‘irresponsible’Less than a week after a top-secret document was leaked that suggested billions are owed by Germany to Greece in war reparations, Berlin has rejected the… 11/04/2013
Negative inflation in Greece from deep recession Inflation in Greece was negative last month for the first time in 45 years. That is because prices are being pushed down by the country’s deep… 09/04/2013
Greece’s National Bank and Eurobank face nationalisation Shares in Greek lenders National Bank and Eurobank have plunged as they put a full merger on hold and said they cannot raise enough money to rebuild their… 08/04/2013
‘TOP SECRET’ report may reveal Germany owes Greece billions of euros Greek newspaper To Vima claims a secret report details huge amounts of money owed to Athens by Germany for World War Two reparations and unpaid loans. The… 07/04/2013
Troika greeted by insults in Greece The troika inspectors returned to Greece for the latest round of talks, only to be greeted by fierce protests. As austerity measures continue to bite… 05/04/2013
Samaras says Greek economy recovering Greece’s prime minister has said the economy is showing signs of recovery, as the country’s creditors returned to Athens to check the government is meeting… 04/04/2013
Rewarding the richness in Greek cinema Athens played host to the Hellenic Film Academy’s fourth annual Greek cinema awards this week. Gathering cinematographers, actors, producers and fans together… 04/04/2013
Fish stock dilemma In this edition of I talk EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Maria Damanaki answers your questions. “Hello I am Chris Burns and welcome to … 28/03/2013
Cyprus overshadows Greek Independence Day – nocomment There was a sombre atmosphere at Greece’s annual Independence Day parade on March 25 due to worries about the consequences of the banking crisis in Cyprus. 26/03/2013
Greeks look nervously at Cyprus Today is normally a day of joyful celebration in Greece, remembering the push for independence from Turkey in 1821, with military parades and a public… 25/03/2013
Rooted to the classics Students are increasingly choosing vocational degree subjects in an effort to improve their chances of finding a good job. But are they right? Is a degree in… 22/03/2013
Greek prison hostage drama: murderer ‘has explosives’ A convicted Albanian murderer has taken hostages in a Greek prison and is threatening to blow himself up if he is not allowed to escape. Alket Rijai has… 17/03/2013
Cut jobs, get cash – formula for Greece to stay afloat Greece’s international lenders say the country has made “significant progress” with its economic reforms, but no deal has been reached on the latest 2.8… 14/03/2013
On Facebook, you are what you likeWhen Facebook users clicks on the ‘like’ button, they are not only approving a video, a friend’s status or a page, they are revealing more than they think… 12/03/2013
Greece’s Tsipras anxious for a Venezuela without Chavez Greek opposition leader Alexis Tsipras was one of the few European representatives in Caracas for President Chavez’s funeral. Our correspondent asked him how… 08/03/2013
Greek far-right candidate’s threat to foreigners caught on tapeGreek police have sent to the prosecutor’s office a video showing the extreme right-wing party Golden Dawn’s parliamentary candidate Alexandros Plomaritis… 07/03/2013
Flood rescueA woman stuck in her car is rescued from flood waters by a man during heavy rain in north of Athens. 22/02/2013
Credit Agricole tax hit over Greece adds to losses French bank Credit Agricole has posted a 6.5 billion euro full-year loss – the worst since it went public in 2001. One reason for that was the unexpected… 20/02/2013
Another austerity strike paralyses Greece Greece is in the grip of yet another national strike. Much of the country is at a standstill. The two biggest unions called the 24-hour stoppage to protest… 20/02/2013
Grim Greek jobless total hits 27 percent Greece’s jobless rate has hit a new record of 27 percent as the austerity-fuelled recession there continues to take its toll on the labour market. That was… 14/02/2013
Extreme-right supporters march in Athens – nocomment More than 5-thousand supporters of Greece’s extreme right party Golden Dawn marched past the US Embassy in Athens on Saturday, chanting anti-Turkish, anti-… 04/02/2013
Greek shops desperate for sales boost The Greek shop owners who are still in business – amid a sea of austerity and unemployment – are hoping that the start of the January sales will bring more… 15/01/2013
Germany warns Greek opposition The Greek parliament has raised taxes on the self employed, and high earners. They are the latest troika-imposed measures to reduce Greece’s budget deficit… 14/01/2013
Jobs carnage continues in Greece Greece’s unemployment rate climbed to a new record of 28.6 percent of the workforce in October. The number of people who are out of work has almost tripled… 10/01/2013
Greece: ex-finance minister in firing line over tax list Politicians from a number of parties are calling for the law that protects ministers in Greece from prosecution not to apply to former finance minister George… 29/12/2012
Upgrade good news for Greece Greece’s borrowing costs have fallen after Standard & Poor’s lifted its assessment of the country’s credit rating. That means the credit agency’s assessment… 19/12/2012
Christmas cheer limited in Greece The people of Greece end the year under foreign guardianship and with tax reforms imminent. It has been their fifth consecutive year of recession. Only… 18/12/2012
Greeks protest against state bank sell-off – nocomment Bank employees from the state run Hellenic Post Bank meet in Athens to protest over feared job cuts as the government plans to sell off their bank. 18/12/2012
Greeks face grim Christmas and taxing new year Greeks are facing a more taxing time ahead as the government formally unveiled a bill intended to boost its tax revenue from companies and… 14/12/2012
Greek unemployment climbs The jobs news from Greece continues to be relentlessly bad. The latest official figures for the third quarter of the year show the jobless rate rose to… 13/12/2012
Greek debt buyback a partial successs Greece’s attempt to reduce its debt has been only a partial success. Athens was able to buy back more of its long term government bonds that it had… 11/12/2012
Greece extends buyback deadline in the hope of more bids Greece has extended a buyback invitation that is part of its international bailout agreed with the EU and IMF last month. The deadline has been pushed… 10/12/2012
The EU: a double-edged sword for Greece For the past three years, Greece has been a symbol of the eurozone crisis. A symbol it would like to get rid of. Yet now, it has become another symbol –… 07/12/2012
Greece : student protest rally in Athens – nocomment A student protest rally in Athens to commemorate the death of a teenager by police fire in 2008 ended with minor clashes on December 6. 07/12/2012
Sudanese migrant shows scars in GreeceA migrant from Sudan shows scars he says were inflicted when he was attacked by a group of black-shirted men holding Greek flags and shouting “Go home black”… 07/12/2012
Bags of water A waterbag is a flexible container system for freshwater transport. Engineer Samuele Ambrosetti explained: “You can see here a water bag made from supple… 06/12/2012
Eurogroup ministers consider Greek debt buyback Eurozone finance ministers met in Brussels with many offering their reactions to news that Greece would buy back some of its bonds to cut its debt load… 03/12/2012
Greek bonds boosted by buyback details Greece is to spend 10 billion euros to buy back government bonds, offering a better deal than investors had feared. The move is part of efforts to reduce… 03/12/2012
Eurozone edges towards two-speed Europe The eurozone will move closer to creating a two-speed Europe if MEPs and the 17 countries using the single currency back plans by the European Commission for… 28/11/2012
Greek bond buyback scheme key to economic stability Greece’s plan to buy back bonds from private investors must work according the Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras. The bond buyback is a part of the… 28/11/2012
Greek bank stocks drop despite EU/IMF deal Greek bank stocks dropped ten per cent amid fears that the Greek debt buyback plan will further erode their diminishing capital base. The stocks fell… 27/11/2012
IMF and eurozone chiefs discuss Greek aid deal Eurozone finance ministers are meeting with IMF officials in Brussels to discuss whether to release the next installment of bailout aid for Greece. It’s the… 26/11/2012
Greek Shiites mark the day of Ashura – nocomment Shi’ite Muslims in Greece commemorate the killing of the man they believe to be the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein with prayers and… 26/11/2012
Eurozone worried for France The euro crisis has been in focus once more: not only did the eurogroup fail to reach an agreement over Greece – Moody’s also downgraded France, stoking fears… 23/11/2012
Greek crisis felt on both sides of the Atlantic Astoria, in the Queens neighbourhood of New York City is the home to one of America’s largest Greek populations – a population increasingly worried about the… 23/11/2012
Eurozone finance ministers edge towards Greek deal Eurozone finance ministers are close to a deal on paying out the next installment of bailout aid to Greece. It could be approved as early as Tuesday… 20/11/2012
Eurogroup and IMF prepare for more Greek talksA leading figure in the European Central Bank has suggested euro zone countries should agree funding for Greece over the next two years. That would put off a… 19/11/2012
Greece commemorates the 1973 student uprising – nocomment Greeks went to lay wreaths and flowers at the site of the 1973 Athens Polytechnic student uprising that helped lead to the fall of the military junta. 17/11/2012
Earn your haircut Greece is told As Greece waits for the release of 31 billion euros of emergency loans one top official has said the country will have to earn any, “haircut” on its… 16/11/2012
clashes in greece – nocomment Greek workers protested during a meeting of Greek and German officials in Thessaloniki. The protesters tried to attack a German diplomat in a protest over… 16/11/2012
Thessaloniki Film Festival The International Film Festival in Thessaloniki is the most important event in Greece when it comes to movies and film makers – and includes international… 14/11/2012
Greece holds breath on Eurogroup’s 31.5bn euro decision in Brussels As the eurozone’s finance ministers meet in Brussels, Greece will be hoping they’ve done enough to convince them that they are deserving of the next tranche… 12/11/2012
Greece waits for eurozone decision What to do with a problem like Greece, a seemingly enduring crisis? Eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday ruled out an immediate decision… 12/11/2012
Greece hopes for tourists We may be in the midst of a economic crisis, but people are still going to take holidays – aren’t they? That’s the hope of participants at the World Travel… 09/11/2012
Greek workers invade ministry building – nocomment A group of municipal workers briefly invaded a government ministry building on Wednesday, ahead of a vote in the Greek parliament on new painful austerity… 08/11/2012
Greek tourism hit by lost early summer While tourist arrivals in Greece are exceeding all expectations right now, it has come too late for the thousands of businesses that depend on holiday… 06/11/2012
Europe Weekly: British Prime Minister David Cameron’s EU headache In this week’s Europe Weekly, we take a look at the challenges facing David Cameron over the european union budget after a revolt from his own party… 02/11/2012
More time for Greece? Confusion surrounds whether Greece has been given the additional two years it wanted to meet its bailout targets. Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras first… 24/10/2012
Reactions to EU summit in Brussels Economic concerns are dominating the latest EU summit in Brussels, but some commentators, analysts and politicians are looking beyond headline issues, such as… 18/10/2012
