They won praise across Europe for ending a decades-long dispute with Greece, getting their country into NATO and opening a path to EU membership talks.
Coronavirus bundles Greece into the digital era (Politico)
ATHENS — Greece’s dismal record on digitalization, where it ranks close to last in the EU, has received a boost from an unlikely quarter: the coronavirus.
Greece holds out hope for EU action on migration (Politico)
ATHENS — Greece has a message for Brussels: You should have seen this coming.
On Tuesday, the presidents of the European Council, European Commission and European Parliament will travel to the Greek-Turkish land border in a show of support for Athens after Turkey announced it would no longer stop migrants from crossing into the EU.
Les habitants de Lesbos font reculer le gouvernement (Tribune de Genève)
GrèceAprès trois jours d’affrontements entre manifestants et policiers, Athènes suspend la construction de centres de rétention pour migrants.
The EU’s hottest hot spot: The eastern Mediterranean (Politico)
On Europe’s southeastern edge, gas and geopolitics are threatening to inflame long-standing rivalries.
Greece plans floating border barrier to stop migrants (Associated Press)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The government in Greece wants to use a floating barrier to help stop migrants from reaching the Greek islands from the nearby coast of Turkey.
Greece expects tourism growth this year despite bumpy 2019: minister (Reuters)
ATHENS (Reuters) – Tourism, which accounts for about a quarter of Greece’s gross domestic product, will grow in 2020 despite the blow dealt to the sector last year by the collapse of British travel giant Thomas Cook, Tourism Minister Harry Theocharis said on Thursday.
Greece’s reverse brain drain (Politico)
ATHENS — Please come back!
That’s the message from the Greek government to the talented young people who left the country during the financial crisis.
IMF to shut down Athens office after a decade (Politico)
ATHENS — The International Monetary Fund will soon be shutting down its local bureau in Athens in a move signaling Greece’s readiness to leave behind a decade marked by financial crisis.
Greek conservatives agitate for drastic response on refugees (Politico)
ATHENS — The Greek government’s tough stance on migration doesn’t go far enough for conservatives in the ruling New Democracy party like ex-Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who is goading his successor to crack down on what he calls an “invasion by illegals” who are “colonizing” Greece.
