Greece
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Hope for damaged bridge
People and companies are coming forward to help to rebuild the historic Plaka Bridge in northeastern Greece, which collapsed over the weekend.
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Merkel: expect Greek funding talks to drag for months
Chancellor Angela Merkel is taking a tough approach to Greece’s new leader.
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Rift appears in coalition over citizenship bill
ANEL leader says his MPs have right to vote according to their conscience.
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Passenger traffic at Athens Airport hits new highs
International traffic also expanded significantly.
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Varoufakis: Greece must stop being ‘festering wound’ on eurozone
Greece’s finance minister Yanis Varoufakis says Greece also needs to end its “addiction” to overseas borrowing and go “cold turkey”.
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Greece assesses the damage
After high winds and flash flooding, Greek state officials get to work in assessing the damage.
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Lament for the two Greek pilots killed during F-16 crash
The two men were experienced pilots with more than 1,000 flying hours.
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Greek singer Demis Roussos dies, age 68
One of the biggest Greek pop music artists dies aged 68.
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Obama says Greece needs growth, not more austerity
“It’s very hard to initiate… changes if people’s standards of living are dropping by 25 percent,” says US President, Barack Obama.