by Sam Wollaston Guardian Februay 18, 2020 The refugee camp is notorious for its overcrowding, fires and riots. But for the people who live there, life goes on – and every day brings new stories of resilience, bravery and compassion It is not easy to find the library at Moria on the Greek island of Lesbos. Before reaching the refugee camp’s main entrance, you turn off the road where the ..read more

by Symela Touchtidou Euronews February 12, 2020 The effects of the Covid-19 coronavirus are not just about those who have caught it. The outbreak has had significant knock-on effects on the Chinese economy, as well as the tourism industry worldwide. In Greece, about 200,000 tourists arrived in 2019 and at least 250,000 were expected this year. The island of Santorini is a beloved destination ..read more

by Kerin Hope Financial Times February 7, 2020 One of the Greek oligarchs is dubbed the Kremlin’s man because of his links with Vladimir Putin. The other is a shipping magnate and the proprietor of a media empire. But their wealth and influence has not stopped Ivan Savvidis and Vangelis Marinakis getting sucked into a bitter argument over football. The feud between the two men burst into ..read more

Euronews January 22, 2020 High court judge, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, has become Greece's first female president, after a vote in Parliament on Wednesday. Two opposition parties sided with the centre-right government's nomination to give Sakellaropoulou 261 votes, way more than the 200 needed. Centre-left opposition parties had already backed Sakellaropoulou's nomination before Wednesday's ..read more

by Kerin Hope Financial Times January 22, 2020 Katerina Sakellaropoulou, a senior Greek judge, has won the overwhelming backing of MPs to become the county’s first female president. The 63-year-old head of the state council, Greece’s highest court, was supported in a vote by 261 deputies in the 300-seat parliament, after securing endorsements from the ruling centre-right New Democracy party ..read more

by Kerin Hope Financial Times January 13, 2020 Greece plans to use its cultural and historical riches to lure Chinese and other foreign students to its universities as part of an overhaul of the state-run higher education system. Niki Kerameus, the education minister, said in an interview that by 2024, she hoped about 40,000 to 50,000 foreign students would be taking part in English-language ..read more

Peterson Institute for International Economics January 2020 After World War II, farsighted European leaders sought to overcome centuries of hatred and warfare by striving step-by-step toward economic and political integration. Today an ongoing economic crisis in Greece poses a grave threat to that vision, bearing major lessons for the future of global economic cooperation. Europe’s postwar ..read more

by Harriet Grant Guardian January 11, 2020 Outside the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos, a shanty town made of tarpaulin strung between olive trees is getting bigger every week. There are now 18,000 people living in this second camp, designed for just over 2,000. Ahmed (not his real name), 17, and his friend Musa wind their way up muddy tracks towards their tent, swerving to avoid groups of ..read more

by Ben Hall & Kerin Hope Financial Times January 8, 2020 Odos Lekka, a narrow street in the commercial heart of Athens, has not been this bustling in a decade. Workers are busy refurbishing a drab warehouse left unoccupied during Greece’s prolonged recession. A clutch of new cafés and a smart boutique hotel, one of scores that have sprung up in the capital to cater for a surge in tourism ..read more

by Ilan Ben Zion & Ayla Jean Yackley Financial Times January 2, 2020 Israel, Greece and Cyprus are set to sign a trilateral agreement that will lay the groundwork for a planned gas pipeline connecting Israel’s offshore fields with Europe but which risks raising tensions with Turkey over what Ankara sees as its exclusion from the Mediterranean region’s hydrocarbon boom. The €6bn EastMed ..read more