Greece

On the Greek island of Santorini, winemakers try to adapt to heat and drought

Residential buildings in Athens. There is a shortage of 180,000 houses for rent or sale in big Greek cities, based on a Piraeus Bank report in 2025.

Skyrocketing rents threaten Greece’s economic rebound 

A recycling facility in Corfu. In Greece, where many think nothing of dumping used appliances, old furniture and even toilets on the street with their garbage, the municipality of North Corfu has launched a programme that has residents sort their waste into more than a dozen bins.

As clock ticks down, Greece tries to clean up its act on waste

In Thailand, B.Grimm is planning to triple its imports of liquefied natural gas next year to around 450,000 tonnes to feed its domestic power plants, CEO Harald Link says.

Thailand’s B.Grimm eyes clean power projects in China and Greece

Greece relies heavily on tourism, the main driver of the country’s economy which is still recovering from a decade-long crisis that wiped out a fourth of its output.

Greece to tax cruise ship arrivals to protect popular islands from overtourism

The village of Kallio was submerged in the late 1970s when the Mornos dam was built 200 kilometres west of the capital, the artificial lake fed by the Mornos and Evinos rivers.

Sunken village emerges as Greek drought bites

Korydallos Prison inmates perform the ancient Greek tragedy 'Antigone' for their fellow inmates, at the jail's yard in Greece. Dressed in cream-coloured costumes, the men, aged between 24 and 63, had been practising for this moment for months.

In a Greek jail, inmates find freedom in theatre

Surrounded by piercing azure waters, Delos’ 2,000-year-old buildings offer a microcosm of information on daily life during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

Ancient Greek sanctuary slowly sinking into the Aegean Sea

The tourism sector is key for the three nations, accounting for almost 25 per cent of Greece’s economy, and 12 per cent in both Portugal and Spain.

Tourism buoys southern Europe's 'Club Med' nations

The sale of the HFSF stake in Piraeus Bank will be the latest in a series of similar divestments across Greece’s four biggest lenders, reflecting the progress the banking sector has made since the financial crisis ended.

Greece to sell entire stake in Piraeus Bank in early March, sources say