Greece
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Greek police, Europol crack trafficking ring
An international human-trafficking ring that allegedly earned 8 million euros from smuggling Syrian migrants from Turkey into Greece busted.
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Talks between Tsipras, Merkel could be chance to break impasse
Alexis Tsipras adamant that Greece won’t return to policies of austerity.
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Small businesses to get more funding
If Greece decides to go ahead with the plan of creating a development bank whose exclusive function will be the funding of small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Same-sex unions ‘unfounded’: Greek judge
The Supreme Court in Greece will uphold a previous ruling by an appeals court nullifying the marriage of two women.
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Tsipras: Greek state not facing a cash shortage
The government must repay over 900 million euros to the IMF this week.
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No more cash for Amphipolis dig
No more government funding allocated for further archaeological work at Amphipolis, with experts focusing on the findings that have already been unearthed.
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New Greek president wants unity between political parties
After being sworn in as Greece’s new president, Prokopis Pavlopoulos says he hopes to facilitate greater unity between Greece’s political to combat the country’s problems quickly.
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Greek police focus on tackling city crime
Athens traders happy to see more investment in stamping out crime in the city centre.
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Technical talks on budget to start in Athens
Creditors say they need “more information and more discussions” before they can form an opinion of Greek finances and proposed economic reforms.