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January 14, 2019

Macedonian lawmakers weigh request for new name referendum

Macedonia's parliament is weighing a diaspora group's request for a new referendum on the deal to change the country's name ...

January 14, 2019

Greek govt faces confidence vote after coalition collapses

Greece's parliament has scheduled a confidence vote for late Wednesday following the collapse of Prime Minister Alexis ...

January 14, 2019

Protesting Greek teachers clash with riot police, again

Greek riot police have used tear gas to disperse state schoolteachers protesting violently in Athens, days after the ...

January 13, 2019

The Latest: US backs place in NATO, EU for renamed Macedonia

The Latest on the deal between Greece and Macedonia to end a long dispute over the Macedonia name (all times local): 5:00 p.m

January 13, 2019

Greek PM Tsipras faces confidence vote after minister quits

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Sunday he will ask for a vote of confidence in Parliament this week after the ...

January 12, 2019

Macedonian PM: Greece's turn to make history with name deal

Macedonia's prime minister says he expects Greece's parliament to do its part and ratify the deal changing his country's name ...

January 11, 2019

Macedonia approves deal to rename itself North Macedonia

Macedonia late Friday fulfilled its part of a historic deal that will pave its way to NATO membership and normalize relations ...

January 11, 2019

The Latest: NATO, EU support Macedonia's vote to change name

The Latest on Macedonia's change of name (all times local): 10 p.m. The chief of NATO and the European Union's foreign policy ...

January 11, 2019

Greek minister criticizes police over clashes with teachers

Greece's public order minister strongly criticized riot police for their handling of a violent protest Friday by school ...

January 11, 2019

Greek police search more campuses amid letter scare

Greek authorities have searched at least 10 more university and college buildings after letters containing white powder were ...

January 10, 2019

Macedonian PM struggles to secure majority for name change

Macedonia's prime minister was struggling Thursday to get the required number of lawmakers to finalize constitutional changes ...

January 10, 2019

Greece: 9 checked over powder-filled letters to universities

At least nine people have received medical attention after about a dozen letters containing a white powder described as ...

January 09, 2019

Debate over renaming nation enters final days in Macedonia

Macedonian lawmakers entered the final stretch Wednesday of renaming their country North Macedonia, part of a deal with ...

January 08, 2019

Greek far-left group claims bombing of Athens media offices

A small far-left group in Greece has claimed responsibility for a bomb at the Athens offices of a private media group that ...

January 08, 2019

Winter storm blasts Europe; 13 dead amid heavy snow, gusts

Deadly winter weather blasted Europe for yet another day Tuesday, trapping hundreds of people in Alpine regions, whipping up ...

January 08, 2019

The Latest: Man dies at Greek refugee camp, cause unknown

The Latest on Europe's response to mass migration (all times local): 3:15 p.m. Greek authorities are investigating the death ...

January 07, 2019

The Latest: Some Italian leaders reject asylum-seekers law

The Latest on Europe's migration crisis (all times local): 7:05 p.m. Several Italian mayors and governors are challenging a ...

January 07, 2019

Refugees protest winter living conditions in Greek camp

Dozens of refugees housed in tents in a camp in northern Greece have been protesting living conditions as temperatures have ...

January 07, 2019

Greece: 10 detained after paint thrown at US embassy

Greek police detained ten people and formally arrested two of them Monday after the U.S. Embassy in Athens was vandalized ...