Far-right’s results far from startling in European Parliament elections

Good turnout and swing from ultranationalism enhance Europe’s sense of legitimacy

Eurosceptic right kept at bay as pan-European democracy comes of age

EPP’s Manfred Weber’s potential presidency hangs in balance

Elections round-up: how people voted across the EU

Country-by-country guide to elections that saw modest gains for the far-right in many member states

Lukewarm support for Manfred Weber for top EU job

Leaders said to harbour doubts about Bavarian frontrunner to succeed Juncker

Tsipras becomes first Greek leader to visit North Macedonia

Greece seeks close ties with neighbour after name-change deal ended 27-year dispute

Greece combines young energy and ambition with indifference and defeat

Country fares well in culture and sports, but not on the diplomatic and economic fronts

Greece agrees to sell $2.5 billion of 10-year bonds

Government last sold 10-year bonds in March 2010

Greece sells 10-year debt for first time since financial crisis

Milestone in recovery as Greece looks to raise €2bn

North Macedonia’s birth hailed as boost for Balkans and Nato

Historic name-change deal with Greece wipes state of Macedonia off map

Macedonia signs Nato deal after ending name dispute with Greece

Balkan state set to be Nato's 30th member despite Russian complaints

The Irish Times view on Mediterranean migrant crisis: Fairness essential

Europeans may be relieved by falling numbers reaching continent but ought to be ashamed

EU-Med 7 calls for fixed method for redistributing asylum seekers

Grouping of seven EU Mediterranean states unhappy at burden of hosting migrants

West hails Greek vote to end 28-year name row with Macedonia

‘North Macedonia’ to step up EU and Nato bids despite Russian anger

Tens of thousands rally in Athens against Macedonia name deal

Tear gas deployed, at least 25 officers injured, as protesters throw rocks, flares, firebombs

Greece: Tsipras survives confidence motion by single vote

Greek prime minister welcomes the result as vote for stability of his country

Greek government set to ride out anger over Macedonia deal

Athens rejects Russian criticism of historic name-change agreement

Greek PM calls confidence vote after ally quits coalition

Outgoing defence minister Panos Kammenos resigned over Macedonia name change

Macedonia’s parliament agrees to change country’s name

Vote to become Republic of North Macedonia ends 27-year Greek dispute, paves way to EU

Italy blinks and guarantees Banca Carige’s future bond issues

Thousands of depositors located in deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini’s northern base

In troubled Greece, a coup may not be likely but it’s not unthinkable

Greece Letter: Today there is that same paralysis and sense of catastrophe as in 1967

Austerity has left Greeks so poor that recovery is a distant dream

Greece Letter: Downward spiral of recession has hit consumer spending and tax yields

West hails vote on Macedonia's name deal as nationalists and Russia fume

Police protection given to Skopje deputies who backed pact with Greece

In Greece and Macedonia, name deal opponents see democracy under attack

Sunday’s referendum in Skopje declared a success despite only 37% voter turnout

Nightmare scenario for European elections is now on the cards

Fracturing of European People’s Party presents opportunity to far-right

Downing Street warns businesses to ready Brexit hard hats

Business Week: Also in the news were trade wars, Budget 2019, high pay and housing

Greece’s bailout is ending but the pain is far from over

With more than a third of the population of 10 million in near poverty, workers say they are ‘just surviving, not living’

Greece remains vassal state, a slave to EU and its own flaws

Greece Letter: Amid joblessness and tax chaos, fires erode Tsipras ‘feelgood’ efforts

Greek seaside town remembers lives lost to wildfire

Prime minister Alexis Tsipras is facing fierce recriminations for the government’s response to the fire

Suspicion combines with grief and recrimination in aftermath of Greek fires

Many asking how so many scattered fires broke out and spread with such fatal velocity

Greek minister says there are ‘serious indications’ arson caused wildfires

Grief turns to anger as authorities blamed for scale of disaster which killed at least 83

Greek authorities lost in red tape over wildfire evacuation drill

‘The church bells didn’t ring, the sirens didn’t go off, no one alerted us’

Greece reels from wildfires as death toll climbs to 80

About 100 people still reported missing as firefighters battle blazes near Athens

Irish man confirmed dead in Greek wildfires

Brian O’Callaghan-Westropp became separated from his wife as they fled the blaze

Greek wildfires: Desperate search for escape route ended in death

Apocalyptic scenes in scorched seaside town of Mati after flames bore down on holidaymakers

Greece wildfires: At least 74 killed as three days of mourning declared

Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs confirm providing assistance to a number of people

Macedonian nationalists cry treason over historic name deal with Greece

US and EU hail the pact and Nato membership talks beckon for Skopje

EU ministers agree deal on Greek exit from bailout programme

Objections from Germany held up agreement

Macedonia’s parliament ratifies name agreement with Greece

Nationalists in both countries oppose deal which must also be approved by Greek parliament

The Irish Times view on Macedonia’s new name: More acrimony is likely

In both Greece and Macedonia, influential politicians are vowing to block the deal and ensure the ‘Republic of North Macedonia’ is stillborn

Macedonia and Greece sign historic name deal despite protests

Critics vow to scupper pact that unblocks Macedonia's path to EU and Nato

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