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Greece PM appeals for calm after riots over police brutality
Three policemen injured in street battles as anger also mounts over lockdown
EU looks to develop digital vaccine certificates
Non-essential travel strongly discouraged and 'open questions' over merits of system
Ireland has greater access to vaccines through EU, Donohoe says
Idea of vaccination passport to ease international travel debated by EU countries
Europe co-ordinates Biden congratulations and formulates to-do list
Trump’s lack of credibility among EU leaders clear in orchestrated response
Macron calls for shared strategy to deal with Turkish ‘aggression’
French president attends Med7 summit in Corsica as tensions in Mediterranean escalate
Fires force thousands to flee from Greek migrant camp
Prime minister warns asylum seekers will not be allowed leave Lesbos for mainland
Covid sheds light on harmful arrogance of political leaders
Greece Letter: Athens has figures like Hogan and Cummings, happy to defy safety norms
Coronavirus experience shows how Greece’s weakness is its sunshine
Greece Letter: If Greece were Finland, the threat to its economy would be minimal
Micheál Martin fears EU summit is moving towards cutting €750bn recovery package
Merkel warns meeting could end without deal as Covid-19 fund talks continue
Coronavirus: Traffic jams and a run on cigarettes as many EU borders open
Germany opens its doors as Spain brings forward reopening by 10 days to June 21st
Greece between rock and a hard place as it prepares to reopen tourism
Greece Letter: If tourists come, Covid-19 may spread. If they don’t, the economy faces ruin
EU members expect weeks of talks on budget and recovery plan
Leaders differ over how to pay for a recovery fund and the form it should take
Greece has become xenophobic towards its own people
Writer Alki Zei had no place in postwar country of internal exile for the left
Migrants used as pawns as EU takes a hard line
Europe Letter: Greek-Turkish border crisis couched in talk of ‘shields’ and ‘protection’
EU praises Greece as ‘shield’ after Turkey opens border
Bloc leaders announce financial support as UN questions Greece’s suspension of asylum applications
Child (5) dies as boat carrying migrants capsizes off Lesbos
Open border sees Greece struggle with thousands of migrants
Greek islanders clash with police over proposed migrant detention camps
Protesters on Lesbos throw stones and firebombs at police; locals storm hotel in Chios
Greece urged to evacuate ill children from refugee camp
Medical charity says minors living in notorious Lesbos camp denied adequate healthcare
Migrant crisis shows the West still does not understand the East
Greece Letter: Inhumane camps and deaths of children mark failures of diplomacy
Climate change: Higgins warns of judgment by ‘future generations’
President delivers wide-ranging speech in Athens, noting vulnerable Kurdish people
Greek political traits mask grassroots concerns of local life
Greece Letter: Left versus right, urban versus rural seem feebly reflected in parliament
Greece’s swing to the right brings some positives
Greece Letter: Like a new car, new PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis can only depreciate in value
At least seven killed as freak storm lashes Greek resorts
Authorities say about 100 people, mostly tourists, injured in ‘sudden’ thunderstorm
Tsipras bows out as new Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis takes over
Former banker leads centre-right New Democracy party to landslide election win
Greece’s election shows the powerlessness of its politicians
Greece Letter: New Democracy’s rise does little to address nation’s longstanding issues
Only thing certain for Greeks is their ongoing bleak outlook
Greece Letter: Measures to alleviate austerity are only deepening country’s financial vortex
Greece back on agenda as creditors demand pension reforms
Swift completion of the first bailout review is vital for Greek debt relief to move ahead
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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