The Latest Breaking News from Greece

A jailed member of Albania’s ethnic Greek minority — recently elected to the European Parliament with Greece’s governing conservative party — has arrived in Athens en route to Strasbourg, after being granted a five-day leave from prison to attend parliament’s opening session

Greece experiencing most severe wildfire risk in two decades and some reservoirs hit lowest levels in a decade

The new heatwave comes on the heels of the hottest June on record in Greece

Greece is adopting a controversial new policy that bucks the trend worldwide of moving towards fewer working days.

As of July 1st, Greece's new labour laws allow certain sectors to adopt a six-day workweek to boost employment and productivity, but the initiative faces criticism from unions for potentially undermining workers' rights and well-being.

The Evros fire, Europe’s deadliest last year which took the lives of at least 20 people, mostly migrants

Haris Doukas aimed to make Athens more resilient to record temperatures by planting more trees and opening air-conditioned public spaces

Tourists have been warned to prepare for wildfires

This month marks 50 years since the dramatic events of 1974 left the Mediterranean holiday island of Cyprus divided to this day.

Cyprus marks a half-century of division this month, with the unresolved conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots branded on the landscape in a UN-patrolled buffer zone that cuts across the island.

Businesses have been accused of illegally renting out space