The Acropolis closed temporarily on Tuesday as soaring temperatures continue to grip Greece. The popular site in the capital city of Athens was shutting from 13:00-17:00 local time (10:00-14:00 GMT), ...

Blazes are burning in countries including Spain, Greece and Turkey in the wake of record-setting temperatures across much of ...

Why Greece's Fate Helps Make Sense of Catalonia's Gamble. The lessons of economic pain. By Stathis Kalyvas. Protesters march during an anti-government rally in Athens on February 10, 2010.

A new warning has been issued by Greece's Civil Protection of a very high fire risk (category 4) for Saturday, August 17. The General Secretariat of Civil Protection has instructed state and local ...

Catalonia has an annual gross domestic product of about 215 billion euros ($257 billion) — the largest of the Spanish regions and greater than Greece's — but many of its goods are supplied by ...

The blaze comes as southern Europe contends with an acute summer heatwave which has killed people in several countries.

Catalonia's silent majority of people who aren't necessarily in favor of independence could start changing their minds. ... “If this were Crimea, say, or friendless, penniless Greece, ...

Greece called on Spain's ambassador to Athens on Sunday (29 October) to revoke statements to a Greek newspaper suggesting that the government was not supportive of Spanish unity.