The Irish Times

Greek president must reconcile high expectations and falling quality of life

Greece Letter: First female president worries about growing inequality after 10 hard years

Sun Apr 10 2022 - 15:19

Covid-19: Restrictions easing across Europe despite surge in cases

Germany hits new daily record as cases also climb in Austria, Italy, Spain and France

Sun Mar 20 2022 - 14:38

Greece feels the squeeze as history closes in all around it

Greece Letter: Nation occupies a tight spot at the heart of a geopolitical Venn diagram

Tue Mar 15 2022 - 20:00

Pleas to finance border walls rejected by European Commission

Group of member states call for EU cash for barbed wire and fencing to halt migrants

Fri Oct 22 2021 - 19:25

Voice of dissent a remote echo after death of heroic Greek artist

Greece Letter: Mikis Theodorakis considerably more than a citizen who did ‘his duty’

Tue Oct 05 2021 - 17:44

Greece extends border wall to deter Afghans trying to reach Europe

Taliban’s advance sparks fears Europe could face migration crisis similar to that in 2015

Sat Aug 21 2021 - 16:56

Greece erects border wall to deter Afghan asylum seekers

Hi-tech surveillance system installed along 40km fence on border with Turkey

Sat Aug 21 2021 - 06:52

Wildfires cause damage and deaths in Algeria, Italy, Greece and western US

At least 65 people killed in Algeria, including 28 soldiers, in two areas of Kabyle region

Wed Aug 11 2021 - 18:23

Greek villagers mount vigils to save homes as wildfires burn for eighth day

Government announces relief measures for those who have lost homes and property

Tue Aug 10 2021 - 18:19

Thousands flee Greek island as wildfires raze forest and homes

Firefighters tackle blazes on two fronts on Evia as heatwave-driven devastation across southern Europe continues

Sun Aug 08 2021 - 19:06

‘All-night battle’ to save site of ancient Olympics from wildfires

Dozens of towns and villages evacuated as Greece and Turkey continue to fight blazes

Thu Aug 05 2021 - 17:20

Greece looks east and west, stuck between history and progress

Greece Letter: Row over Thessaloniki metro development is a symptom of deep tensions

Mon Jun 07 2021 - 20:00

Italy will reopen to tourists from mid-May with country’s ‘green pass’

Entry applies to people who recovered from Covid-19, been vaccinated or tested negative

Thu May 06 2021 - 11:20

Coronavirus: India sets global record for daily infections

World wrap: Acute shortage of beds, medicines and oxygen for Indian Covid-19 patients

Thu Apr 22 2021 - 06:57

Greece PM appeals for calm after riots over police brutality

Three policemen injured in street battles as anger also mounts over lockdown

Thu Mar 11 2021 - 11:01

EU looks to develop digital vaccine certificates

Non-essential travel strongly discouraged and 'open questions' over merits of system

Thu Feb 25 2021 - 21:05

Ireland has greater access to vaccines through EU, Donohoe says

Idea of vaccination passport to ease international travel debated by EU countries

Mon Jan 18 2021 - 19:24

Europe co-ordinates Biden congratulations and formulates to-do list

Trump’s lack of credibility among EU leaders clear in orchestrated response

Sun Nov 08 2020 - 18:34

Macron calls for shared strategy to deal with Turkish ‘aggression’

French president attends Med7 summit in Corsica as tensions in Mediterranean escalate

Thu Sept 10 2020 - 20:06

Fires force thousands to flee from Greek migrant camp

Prime minister warns asylum seekers will not be allowed leave Lesbos for mainland

Wed Sept 09 2020 - 18:10

Covid sheds light on harmful arrogance of political leaders

Greece Letter: Athens has figures like Hogan and Cummings, happy to defy safety norms

Tue Sept 08 2020 - 20:00

Coronavirus experience shows how Greece’s weakness is its sunshine

Greece Letter: If Greece were Finland, the threat to its economy would be minimal

Tue Aug 04 2020 - 01:00

Micheál Martin fears EU summit is moving towards cutting €750bn recovery package

Merkel warns meeting could end without deal as Covid-19 fund talks continue

Sun Jul 19 2020 - 12:35

Coronavirus: Traffic jams and a run on cigarettes as many EU borders open

Germany opens its doors as Spain brings forward reopening by 10 days to June 21st

Mon Jun 15 2020 - 17:24

Greece between rock and a hard place as it prepares to reopen tourism

Greece Letter: If tourists come, Covid-19 may spread. If they don’t, the economy faces ruin

Tue May 19 2020 - 15:28

EU members expect weeks of talks on budget and recovery plan

Leaders differ over how to pay for a recovery fund and the form it should take

Thu Apr 23 2020 - 21:28

Greece has become xenophobic towards its own people

Writer Alki Zei had no place in postwar country of internal exile for the left

Tue Mar 10 2020 - 20:00

Migrants used as pawns as EU takes a hard line

Europe Letter: Greek-Turkish border crisis couched in talk of ‘shields’ and ‘protection’

Wed Mar 04 2020 - 20:44

EU praises Greece as ‘shield’ after Turkey opens border

Bloc leaders announce financial support as UN questions Greece’s suspension of asylum applications

Tue Mar 03 2020 - 19:55

Child (5) dies as boat carrying migrants capsizes off Lesbos

Open border sees Greece struggle with thousands of migrants

Mon Mar 02 2020 - 12:52

Greek islanders clash with police over proposed migrant detention camps

Protesters on Lesbos throw stones and firebombs at police; locals storm hotel in Chios

Thu Feb 27 2020 - 07:22

Greece urged to evacuate ill children from refugee camp

Medical charity says minors living in notorious Lesbos camp denied adequate healthcare

Thu Jan 23 2020 - 18:58

Migrant crisis shows the West still does not understand the East

Greece Letter: Inhumane camps and deaths of children mark failures of diplomacy

Fri Oct 18 2019 - 01:00

Climate change: Higgins warns of judgment by ‘future generations’

President delivers wide-ranging speech in Athens, noting vulnerable Kurdish people

Thu Oct 10 2019 - 19:29