List of Greece articles
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GettyImages-494181384_960 The Ghosts of Refugees Past
On the small Greek island of Lesbos, thousands of Syrians are arriving each day. But will empathy for an earlier flood of refugees trump the fear of being overrun?
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A woman walks past the statue of Alexander the Great under the shelter of her umbrella as snow falls in Thessaloniki on February 9, 2015. A number of roads in northern Greece were closed after temperatures dropped below zero and snow fell in many parts. AFP PHOTO /Sakis Mitrolidis (Photo credit should read SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP/Getty Images) Greece Doesn’t Like Macedonia’s Name. We Have Ideas for a New One.
For more than two decades Greece has asked Macedonia to change its name. Is now when it will finally happen?
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GettyImages-501634438 Happy Days Are Here Again (At Least in the U.S.)
The U.S. Federal Reserve officially end a policy meant to save the U.S. from the Great Recession.
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GettyImages-495628928 Janet Yellen Prepares to Take the Training Wheels Off the U.S. Economy
Janet Yellen prepares to shed one of the last vestiges of the Great Recession.
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GettyImages-492661504 Is Germany, Europe’s Rock, Starting to Crumble?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel saved the eurozone this summer. But a number of homegrown issues are straining her leadership.
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BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 23: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras depart after speaking to the media following talks at the Chancellery on March 23, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The two leaders are meeting as relations between the Tsipras government and Germany have soured amidst contrary views between the two countries on how Greece can best work itself out of its current economic morass. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Greece’s Bailout Deal with Europe Is Starting to Show Cracks
Greece is falling short on reforms it promised in exchange for a third, $95 billion bailout. EU officials are telling Athens to move more quickly, or else money it desperately needs could be delayed.
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KaraTepe The Men Who Pretend to Be Syrian Refugees
People washing ashore on the Greek island of Lesbos are trying to pass themselves off as Syrian to win a new life in Europe — and overworked officials are struggling to determine who’s telling the truth.
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VisualStatement_webfeature The Grossips
Talk of a eurozone exit flows in Greece just like gossip in a famous Norman Rockwell painting.
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ATHENS, GREECE - SEPTEMBER 20: The leader of Greece's left-wing Syriza party Alexis Tsipras casts his ballot at a polling station on September 20, 2015 in Athens, Greece. The latest polls have the incumbent Syriza party with a slight lead over the New Democracy. A new bailout of $96 million was approved for Greece in August. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images) Alexis Tsipras’s Victory Means He Must Now Implement Austerity Greece Had Long Rejected
Alexis Tsipras must now implement the austerity he had long resisted.
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GettyImages-472333868 (1) U.S. Federal Reserve Cancels Interest Rate Hike Amid Concerns About China
Seven years after the Great Recession, the Fed keeps money dirt cheap.
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GettyImages-481602026 Fading Support for Greek Leader Puts Emergency Bailout at Risk
Greek Prime Minister is fading in the polls ahead of a Sept. 20 election. If he loses, it could be hard for Athens to implement austerity he promised in exchange for a third bailout.
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GettyImages-484797688 How Donald Trump’s Rise Explains the Greek Debt Crisis
Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras tapped into populist anger in Greece to rise to power. Just like Donald Trump.
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BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 17: German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends debates prior to a vote over the third EU financial aid package to Greece at an extraordinary session of the German parliament, the Bundestag, on July 17, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The Bundestag is among several European parliaments that must vote on whether to allow negotations over the aid package that will help Greece to avert state bankruptcy and shore up the Greek banking system. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Twitter Says Merkel’s Silence on Neo-Nazi Violence Speaks Volumes
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's hesitance to comment on violence against refugees this weekend has some Germans questioning her stance on the migrant crisis in Germany.
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GettyImages-484619838 With Resignation, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Calls a Referendum on Himself
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned Thursday, triggering a new national election. That vote will be a referendum on his leadership as he accepted austerity in exchange for a European bailout.
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A group of migrants peer out from the carriage of a train bound for the Hungarian border at the main railway station in Belgrade on June 26, 2015. Four central European countries, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia on June 25 called on the European Union to let member states decide for themselves how many migrants they will accept, instead of setting quotas. The number of immigrants entering Hungary has risen from 2, 000 in 2012 to 54, 000 this year so far. Hungary, which has seen 60,000 migrants crossing its border this year, said it would build a four-metre (13-foot) fence on its southern border with Serbia through which most migrants come into the country. AFP PHOTO / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC (Photo credit should read ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images) Slovakia to EU: We’ll Take Migrants — If They’re Christians
Slovakia has made clear that they don't want to bear Europe's migration burden. But now they're willing to accept some asylum-seekers, so long as they're not Muslim.
