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Ancient fear of the ‘infidels’ reawakened by Muslim refugees
- Europe
- December 7, 2017, 01:00
A lesson for today: in 1716 the Turks controlled most of the Balkans, including the Greek mainland, but they had failed to capture Corfu and the othe(...)

Government price-hiking policies strangling Greek tourism
- Europe
- September 19, 2017, 01:00
A restaurateur in the west of Ireland recently asked me what I would pay in Greece for a meal. My answer: a salad, a plate of roast lamb and potatoes,(...)

Two dead after earthquake off coast of Greek islands
- Europe
- July 21, 2017
Two people were killed and five seriously injured on the Greek island of Kos after an earthquake hit tourist destinations around the Aegean sea in the(...)

Work-shy layabouts? In my Greek village, even the retiree works
- Europe
- July 18, 2017, 01:00
The New York Review of Books recently carried a conversation between two American philosophers who concluded that everything we can see and do is inde(...)

EU and IMF try to hammer out Greek compromise plan
- Economy
- May 23, 2017, 17:46
Euro-area finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund are exploring a compromise plan for Greece’s bailout that would provide much-needed fu(...)

Good news for Greece as borrowing costs at lowest since 2012
- Economy
- May 10, 2017, 10:24
Greek government borrowing costs hit their lowest level in more than five years on Wednesday as Athens looked set to clinch vital bailout loans from i(...)

Yazidis who fled Isis live in limbo in Turkish refugee camps
- Middle East
- April 18, 2017, 01:00
Kochar Ismail Khalaf will never forget the day she heard the gunfire that told her Islamic State militants had arrived at the gates of her town in nor(...)

No crisis on Greece bailout deal, says euro zone finance chief
- Economy
- February 10, 2017, 20:02
Greece and its EU creditors were locked in emergency talks on Friday evening, after the head of the euro zone dismissed suggestions that the country’s(...)

‘Grexit’ on the cards? A perfect storm is brewing in Greece
- Europe
- February 3, 2017, 15:17
In the week of Groundhog Day, it seemed entirely appropriate: Greek farmers, many on tractors, have once again been blockading roads and border posts (...)

Greece Letter: Skilled workers the main export as bailout gains fail to show
- Europe
- January 18, 2017, 19:00
A Greek government minister recently alleged that Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister, “never wanted the Greek bailout programme to succcee(...)