Greece

Greek holiday alternates between charm and nostalgia for Michael Guilfoyle, as he visits cemetery where his grandfather was buried

One price, home and away: A three-storey maisonette in Attica, a bungalow in Connemara and more

Greece Letter: Those arriving in Greece face an old problem - how to accept their new circumstances while sustaining a memory of who they actually are

European governments selling down crisis-era bank stakes, taking advantage of strong sector valuations amid heightened interest rates

Player, who had Greek ancestry, joined Panathinaikos in May and died at his Athens home

France now finds itself the sick child of Europe, so what would the French president give for a François Hollande figure to step forward?

Deirdre Irwin won the ‘wildlife and its habitats’ category for her photograph of a Dalmatian pelican, taken in Greece

Interest in Greek wine has been growing. As we head into autumn, here are two grape varieties worth investigating

It is possible to drive away tourists, as we have shown: start by making it hard for them to get there

Fresh from a 3-0 win over Finland, there is plenty of top-class talent in the current Greek squad which last year registered two convincing victories over Ireland

Everton defender was forced off in second half of Saturday’s 2-0 loss to England

Barker’s latest reimagining of Greek myth feels glaringly compelling and urgent

In Ireland’s case, the biggest threat from extreme weather events is likely to be destructive flooding, but all it takes is a drought of a few weeks to make land vulnerable to wildfires. We are not adequately prepared on either front

Hundreds of firefighters, backed by six waterbombing aircraft, battled fire near the village of Varnavas, 35km north of Athens

Waterbombing aircraft help battle flames on city’s outskirts as strengthening winds put Greece on high fire alert

Greek tourism could collapse due to greed, a lack of infrastructure and the absence of planning and control

Travelling with children can be intimidating, but a cruise ship experience is a great option for the solo parent, finds Yvonne Reddin

Cyprus remains the EU’s sole divided country and Nicosia its only divided capital

Temperatures soaring above 40 degrees in Europe puts holidaymakers at higher risk of short-term and long-term injury

A new report says a ‘lack of vision and strategy’ threatens a sector that accounts for 30% of Greek GDP. The government’s response is worrying

PM says initiative was made necessary by twin perils of shrinking population and shortage of skilled workers

Outrage as blaze on Hydra burns part of island’s only pine forest

Portuguese resort Albufeira is the hottest destination for post-exam trips this year, while the Greek island of Zante is popular among south Dublin schools

CCTV footage showed the presenter near marina in the village of Pedi

Tightening border controls under EU migration pact paves the way for further “border violence”, says Dr Niamh Keady-Tabbal

A search and rescue operation is under way in Symi, one of the Dodecanese Islands

It’s an effective way to save on holiday expenses, but is it worth the effort involved in arranging a swap and getting your house in order?

United Nations says about 500 more people on board died in one of the deadliest boat accidents in the Mediterranean

Greek economist believes Ireland was bullied into bailout, Greeks pay German prices on Bulgarian wages and global economy has moved into technofeudalism

Greece Letter: Country has a strong government, with New Democracy back in power holding an overall majority. But younger people are disaffected by ongoing social and structural problems

In a decision tourism officials call a world first, up to 25,000 affected holidaymakers will be eligible for compensation

Greece Letter: Parliament voted to legalise same-sex marriages and loosen state control over universities, but for many these reforms go too far

176 MPs from across political spectrum voted in favour of bill on Thursday night

Polls show Greeks are split on the issue, with the Orthodox Church saying homosexuality is a sin, while many in the LGBT+ community believe it does not go far enough

I am still amazed by the imbecility of people who know about my condition but nevertheless say: ‘Surely one little drink wouldn’t hurt you?’

With increasing multinational hotel chains, minimal consideration has been paid to the impact on landscape, history, culture, or the lives of people

Greece has political stability but, as things stand, no solution to rising hardship

Death of Sinéad O’Connor, Dublin riots and RTÉ pay scandal were just some of the stories to hold readers’ attention this year

Humans have long been able to imagine complex machinery, but we only rarely have the societal resources to achieve it

The Greek friezes are not the only artefacts to end up in the British Museum in dubious circumstances