Greece
As clock ticks down, Greece tries to clean up its act on waste
Recycling only reclaims around 20% of household waste in the country; under EU rules, this percentage must increase to 65% by 2035
Thailand’s B.Grimm eyes clean power projects in China and Greece
THAI energy producer B.Grimm Power is considering investing in renewable energy in China and Greece as it pushes ahead with efforts to more than double its generation capacity by 2030.
Greece to tax cruise ship arrivals to protect popular islands from overtourism
GREECE plans to impose a 20 euro (S$29) levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert overtourism, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitso...
Sunken village emerges as Greek drought bites
With lake levels down by 30% in recent months, the ruins of a school and houses have reappeared
In a Greek jail, inmates find freedom in theatre
ON a stifling summer evening, the actors took to the stage: a grassy courtyard enclosed by towering prison walls, topped with barbed wire and lit by a floodlight.
Ancient Greek sanctuary slowly sinking into the Aegean Sea
A brief boat ride from the thrumming nightclubs of Mykonos lies the Unesco heritage site of Delos, one of the most important sanctuaries of the ancient Greek and Roman world.
Tourism buoys southern Europe's 'Club Med' nations
Derided as “Club Med” nations during the European debt crisis 15 years ago, the economies of Spain, Greece and Portugal are now outperforming their northern peers thanks to a rebound in tourism.
Greece to sell entire stake in Piraeus Bank in early March, sources say
Greece’s bank bailout fund is likely to sell its entire 27 per cent stake in Piraeus Bank in early March, two sources close to the process said on Thursday (Feb 22), the fourth such sale in the countr...
Greece to sell first new bond since return to investment grade
Greece is pushing ahead with plans to sell its first new sovereign bond since winning back investment grade status.
How college football is clobbering housing markets across the country
Rashe Malcolm loves her son Wayne and his girlfriend, but she’d also love it if they could move out of the three-bedroom home in Athens that she shares with the couple, both 23, as well as her husband...