Greece
Greek workers strike, thousands protest over 2023 rail disaster accountability
Rioters throw petrol bombs at police in front of Greece’s parliament on anniversary of Tempe rail crash that killed 57 people
Dublin woman awarded €21,000 over hair loss from ant-infested room on Greek holiday
‘Minimum expectation a consumer should have is that a hotel room should be clean’ – judge
What will €185,000 buy in Mexico, Crete, Spain, France and Clare?
A duplex on the Yucatán peninsula, two apartments for the price of one in Crete and more
To a Land Unknown review: This uncomfortable film about Palestinian refugees adrift in Athens sweeps you along in its momentum
The two leads invite great empathy for characters too often forced into desperate decisions
Mitsotakis plays it safe with presidential nominee to succeed liberal incumbent
Cynics view Greek prime minister’s choice as a shrewd offering to right-wing elements of his party
Greece’s Santorini on alert for earthquake after seismic activity
More than 200 tremors registered since Friday between volcanic islands of Santorini and Amorgos
What will €50,000 buy in France, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Donegal?
A charming French country house, a partial-project in northwest Spain, a doer-upper in Portugal’s wine country, a maisonette on Crete or a former filling station in Raphoe?
The Skyros test: Is there space for a grumpy cynic on a Greek holistic retreat?
Will yoga, writing classes, singing, art, meditation and a wide variety of guests and stunning scenery inspire Gemma Tipton to pen a blockbuster?
There’s a science to keeping resolutions – and it needn’t be a marathon effort
Common resolutions could be accomplished within a year, but research shows that by the second week of January, many have already faltered
Case of Afghan boy (15) allegedly forced back out to sea on raft ruled inadmissable by human rights court
Child‘s statements ‘contradictory and inconsistent at times’ while he failed to prove he was in Greece at time of alleged events
Welcome to Hellas: Greece is not just a big holiday resort
Greece is widely seen as a destination rather than a place where real people, with a real history, speaking a language that is thousands of years old, actually live and work
Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis dies aged 88
Simitis, a law professor and a reformist, assumed leadership of the Pasok socialist party in 1996
Greece takes a global leadership role, but faces harsh domestic struggles
Neither neoliberalism nor the ‘radical left’ seems able to solve the problem in most Greek people’s minds: the almost unbearable increases in the cost of living
What will €190,000 buy in Italy, the US, Greece, France and Kilkenny?
A six-cone trullo in Bari, a desert-decor timeshare in Arizona, a surfer’s studio in the Basque country, a stone-built home in Corfu or a woodlands cottage outside Inistioge?
US plans to reopen embassy in Kyiv after threat of Russian attack
Ukraine reportedly launches first strike on Russia with British Storm Shadow cruise missiles
Irish model encouraged to travel to Lebanon for work before being refused permission to leave
Fionnuala Watts paid nearly €2,000 before getting visa stamped in Beirut so that she could leave
Travels through time in Thessaloniki: I stood beside my grandfather’s headstone and remembered the younger me
Greek holiday alternates between charm and nostalgia for Michael Guilfoyle, as he visits cemetery where his grandfather was buried
What will €350,000 buy in Greece, Italy, France, Portugal and Galway?
One price, home and away: A three-storey maisonette in Attica, a bungalow in Connemara and more
Borderline existence: The risk of refugees disappearing from history
Greece Letter: Those arriving in Greece face an old problem - how to accept their new circumstances while sustaining a memory of who they actually are
State may sell final AIB shares next year, CEO Colin Hunt says
European governments selling down crisis-era bank stakes, taking advantage of strong sector valuations amid heightened interest rates
George Baldock: Greece and former Sheffield United defender found dead in swimming pool at 31
Player, who had Greek ancestry, joined Panathinaikos in May and died at his Athens home
As French bond rates near Greece, Macron is indebted to an old foe that things are not worse
France now finds itself the sick child of Europe, so what would the French president give for a François Hollande figure to step forward?
Dublin woman ‘absolutely shocked’ to be a winner in Flickr annual photography contest
Deirdre Irwin won the ‘wildlife and its habitats’ category for her photograph of a Dalmatian pelican, taken in Greece
Greek red wines are a treasure trove of unique grape varieties
Interest in Greek wine has been growing. As we head into autumn, here are two grape varieties worth investigating
‘Dear Olga’: An open letter to a Greek minister from tourist-unfriendly Ireland
It is possible to drive away tourists, as we have shown: start by making it hard for them to get there
Every reason for Ireland to be braced for tough Greek test
Fresh from a 3-0 win over Finland, there is plenty of top-class talent in the current Greek squad which last year registered two convincing victories over Ireland
Injured Séamus Coleman replaced by Festy Ebosele for Ireland’s Nations League game against Greece
Everton defender was forced off in second half of Saturday’s 2-0 loss to England
The Voyage Home by Pat Barker: An epic domestic drama amid the pointless machinations of war
Barker’s latest reimagining of Greek myth feels glaringly compelling and urgent
A 25m wall of fire advanced on Athens, a warning of the nightmare scenario to come
In Ireland’s case, the biggest threat from extreme weather events is likely to be destructive flooding, but all it takes is a drought of a few weeks to make land vulnerable to wildfires. We are not adequately prepared on either front
Greece: One person dead in wildfire but drop in winds and firefighting efforts reduce blaze’s intensity
Hundreds of firefighters, backed by six waterbombing aircraft, battled fire near the village of Varnavas, 35km north of Athens
Residents flee as wildfire fanned by gales menaces Athens suburbs
Waterbombing aircraft help battle flames on city’s outskirts as strengthening winds put Greece on high fire alert
Assaults in Greece over property development now adding to problems caused by over-tourism
Greek tourism could collapse due to greed, a lack of infrastructure and the absence of planning and control
Taking a cruise with two 10-year-olds: Know your destinations, don’t overpack and bring lots of Calpol and cash
Travelling with children can be intimidating, but a cruise ship experience is a great option for the solo parent, finds Yvonne Reddin
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