Greece’s prime minister has said the country will soon lift the last remaining restrictions imposed on bank depositors more than four years ago at the height of the country’s financial crisis.

Hundreds of firefighters battled three wildfires in Greece, where two villages were being evacuated as the largest blaze burned a thickly forested nature reserve on the island of Evia north of Athens.

Greek legislators have ratified an agreement to end a near three-decade dispute over neighbouring Macedonia's name in a landmark vote intended to clear the small country to be renamed North Macedonia in its quest for Nato membership.

The Government has agreed to accept up to 36 unaccompanied minors from Greece next year.

Zoe Holohan was speaking at a memorial service and a celebration of the life of her late husband who died on the couple’s honeymoon in Greece last July.

Five protests will be held in Ireland and across the world tomorrow to show solidarity with volunteer worker, Sean Binder, who is being held in a jail in Greece amid allegations of helping illegal migrants enter the country.

A beach in Greece has turned into an arachnophobe’s worst nightmare as hoards of spiders weaved thousands of cobwebs along the shoreline.

Greek officials have given the Ministry of Migration 30 days to improve conditions in the camp on Moria island or close it down, writes Gordon Brown.

The mother of a young charity worker from Cork arrested on suspicion of human trafficking in Greece has appealed to the Irish authorities to intervene in his case.

Austerity prevails in the West because three powerful political tribes champion it, causing unnecessary hardship for vast swathes of humanity, writes Yanis Varoufakis.

A 24-year-old man from Co. Cork, who flew to Greece to help refugees, has been accused of human trafficking.

While this Grexit is to be welcomed, Athens remains in thrall to its European creditors, who have failed to put the Greek economy on a sustainable footing, says Paul Wallace

Greece exits the last of its three bailouts on Monday and hopes to be able to borrow again in international markets after a nearly nine-year debt crisis that shrank the economy by a quarter and forced it to implement painful austerity measures.

A fundraising webpage for the Irishman who died in Greek wildfires less than a week after getting married has attracted thousands of euro in donations within hours of being launched.

Brian McAuliffe’s batting masterclass gives Ireland a 10-0 victory over rivals Greece as they progress to the European Championship Baseball Qualifiers final on Saturday.

Efforts are being made to repatriate the body of the Irishman who died in the Greece fires.

Irishman Brian O'Callaghan-Westropp has been confirmed dead after he was reported missing following wildfires in Greece.

Government officials are providing help to a number of Irish people caught up in wildfires sweeping through Greek towns which have killed more than 70 people.

Even at the darkest moments of our economic collapse, when the viability of this State was a very real question, any comparison with the soul-destroying situation faced by Greeks offered a shard of comfort.

Macedonia's parliament has ratified a deal with neighbouring Greece signed last weekend to end a decades-long dispute over Macedonia's name.

The prime minister of Greece says his country has reached an agreement with the country's northern neighbour to end a 27-year dispute over Macedonia's name that has kept the former Yugoslav republic out of Nato.

A SUV crammed with asylum-seekers has crashed on a northern Greek road, killing six people, including three children, and severely injuring another four adults.

An Irish truck driver has won his legal challenge against a tax penalty demand for €1.5m from Greece.

Greece is on track to reach a final deal on June 21 on fully exiting its international bailout in August, though work remains to be done and inspectors will return to Athens next month for a final review, creditors said.

Greek authorities are reporting a significant upsurge in migrants crossing the border following Turkey's operations in northern Syria.

Turkey has warned Greece to refrain from "provocations" after a Greek flag was hoisted on a disputed, uninhabited islet in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast.

Europe's bailout fund has approved a €6.7bn loan instalment to Greece as part of its third international rescue programme.

PAOK Salonika president Ivan Savvidis has apologised for storming the pitch during Sunday's clash with AEK Athens while appearing to carry a gun in a hip holster.

Greece will exit bailout in August, but the cruel reality is that an easier rate of repayment subjugates the country until 2060, says Yanis Varoufakis

The leader of the Greek government's junior coalition partner says his party will not accept any solution in a name dispute with neighbouring Macedonia that includes any derivative of the term "Macedonia".

President Michael D Higgins is to visit a refugee camp during a state visit to Greece.

Greece is expected to pass the latest review of its bailout programme, putting it on track to emerge from its eight-year rescue this summer, key eurozone leaders have said.

Residents of Athens have gone without public transport and services faced disruption nationwide as Greek unions went on strike in protest over further creditor-demanded measures due to be voted on in parliament.