Thousands take to streets in Greece ahead of reform vote
The reforms to be voted on later Sunday would reduce Greece's highest pension payouts, merge several pension funds, increase contributions and raise taxes for those on medium and high incomes.
May 08, 2016, 18:07 PM IST
Top 10 countries having highest tax percentage on cigarettes
These countries have the highest percentage of total tax on the final price of cigarettes. The data is taken from the latest available year - 2014.
May 08, 2016, 16:22 PM IST
Services in Greece grind to halt in 3-day strike
Services in Greece, from garbage collection to public transport, shut down on Friday as workers kicked off three days of strikes to protest new bailout austerity measures that they say will further reduce incomes.
May 06, 2016, 20:18 PM IST
Migrants seek new routes into Balkans after formal borders sealed
As dusk fell on Saturday evening, a Reuters witness saw a group of up to 70 people crossing into Macedonia from Greece, at a point where there is no razor wire fence between the two countries.
Apr 24, 2016, 20:13 PM IST
Greece mulls extra cuts to clinch EU-IMF debt talks: Source
Greece is examining a proposal by its creditors for additional cuts in return for debt relief, a government source said Monday as reform talks with senior EU-IMF officials were due to resume.
Apr 18, 2016, 19:26 PM IST
Pope, on landmark Lesbos visit, `wants to take back refugees`
Lesbos has been the first port of call in the EU for hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers fleeing war, poverty and persecution in the Middle East and Asia.
Apr 16, 2016, 15:02 PM IST
Pope met Bernie Sanders at Vatican on Saturday before leaving for Greece
Pope Francis met US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday morning before leaving for a visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, a participant at the meeting said.
Apr 16, 2016, 14:44 PM IST
Pope Francis heads to Greek island of Lesbos
Pope Francis left Rome on Saturday bound for the Greek island of Lesbos, on the frontline of Europe`s migrant crisis.
Apr 16, 2016, 11:19 AM IST
Greece must stop locking up child migrants, charity warns ahead of pope's visit
At least 1,500 unaccompanied migrant and refugee children stranded in Greece have nowhere safe to stay.
Apr 16, 2016, 07:39 AM IST
Italy rescues 4,000 migrants in two days
Italy`s coastguard said Tuesday it had rescued some 4,000 migrants in the past two days, adding to fears of a fresh push to reach Europe via that route as the number of migrants landing in Greece sharply recedes.
Apr 13, 2016, 02:57 AM IST
Greece blasts Macedonia over migrant border violence
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused neighbouring Macedonia on Monday of "shaming" Europe by firing tear gas and rubber bullets at migrants desperately trying to break through a border fence.
Apr 12, 2016, 01:58 AM IST
First migrant drownings in Aegean since EU-Turkey deal
Four migrant women and a child drowned Saturday off the Greek island of Samos in the first deaths in the Aegean Sea since a controversial EU-Turkey deal took effect three weeks ago.
Apr 09, 2016, 21:48 PM IST
2016 Rio Olympics: Besieged Brazil president Dilma Rousseff cancels Greece flame trip
The lighting of the flame, at Ancient Olympia in the south of the country, is set for April 21.
Apr 08, 2016, 23:51 PM IST
Greece expels second wave of migrants to Turkey under EU deal
Greece deported a second batch of more than 200 migrants to Turkey on Friday under a controversial EU deal to stem mass migration as Germany announced a sharp drop in asylum claims.
Apr 08, 2016, 22:24 PM IST
'We love you' but you've got to go: Greece tells migrants
Greece plans to tell thousands of migrants that it "loves" them to persuade them to willingly evacuate a huge makeshift camp at the port of Piraeus ahead of the busy tourism season, officials said on Friday.
Apr 08, 2016, 22:12 PM IST
Greece expels more migrants to Turkey under EU deal
Greece expelled a second batch of migrants to Turkey on Friday under a controversial EU deal to cut the numbers reaching Europe and defuse the continent`s worst refugee crisis since World War II.
Apr 08, 2016, 13:30 PM IST
Pope set to visit refugees in Greece as deportations stall
Pope Francis will travel to the Greek island of Lesbos on the frontline of Europe`s refugee crisis next week, Athens announced Tuesday, as a controversial EU accord to send migrants back to Turkey stalled.
Apr 06, 2016, 09:57 AM IST
Turkey says next migrant transfer delayed, blames Greece
The next transfer of migrants to Turkey from Greece under a controversial deal with the EU has been postponed until later this week at Athens` request, a Turkish official said Tuesday.
Apr 05, 2016, 21:52 PM IST
Christine Lagarde says negotiating 'in good faith' with Greece on debt
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday that her team was continuing to negotiate with Greece "in good faith" over its debt issues.
Apr 05, 2016, 15:34 PM IST
Migrants sent back from Greece arrive in Turkey under EU deal
The first migrants deported from Greek islands under a disputed EU-Turkey deal were shipped back to Turkey on Monday in a drive to shut down the main route used by more than a million people fleeing war and poverty to reach Europe in the last year.
Apr 04, 2016, 23:09 PM IST
