Sep 15 Watch 6:54 Risking journey to Greece, more than 20 migrants drown off Turkey By PBS News Hour A boat filled past capacity with more than 200 migrants and refugees capsized off the Turkish coast, less than two miles from their starting point. Twenty-two people, including some children, drowned. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant was on shore as survivors… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch 3:47 Lesbos struggles to register unending waves of migrants By PBS News Hour On the Greek island of Lesbos, 4,000 people a day are coming to shore. Krishnan Guru-Murthy of Independent Television News visits a municipal park that’s been taking over by migrants who are waiting to be processed before they can leave… Continue watching
Sep 04 Egyptian billionaire wants to buy island for refugees By Amanda Gomez Egypt’s third richest man wants Greece and Italy to sell him an island for refugees who have been fleeing war and poverty in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere. Continue reading
Sep 03 Why a photo of a dead Syrian boy touched a nerve on an enduring crisis By Colleen Shalby The three-year-old boy’s name was Aylan Kurdi. His family was one of many trying to escape Syria’s civil war for Greece when their boat capsized. Eleven others drowned, including his five-year-old brother and their mother. Continue reading
Aug 30 European leaders call emergency meeting to address migrant crisis By Andrew Mach Officials from Germany, Great Britain and France called for a more comprehensive plan on Sunday to process and distribute the hundreds of thousands of migrants who have poured into Europe this year, undertaking journeys that have turned deadly and exposing… Continue reading
Aug 28 Greece swears in its first female prime minister By Michelle Harven Greece saw its first female prime minister, Vassiliki Thanou, sworn in on Friday as the new head of the financially troubled nation’s caretaker government. Continue reading
Aug 23 Photos: More migrants land in Greece day after record numbers rescued from Mediterranean Sea By Andrew Mach More than 5,000 migrants crossed into Serbia on Sunday en route to western Europe, as Greece ferried more refugees from overcrowded islands to its mainland. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch 5:50 As Greek PM resigns, will his party come back stronger in snap elections? By PBS News Hour Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced he is resigning after tough bailout negotiations, paving the way for snap elections. Judy Woodruff speaks to John Psaropoulos, a blogger for thenewathenian.com. Continue watching
Jul 22 The truth about Greek debt and German generosity By Laurence Kotlikoff What we're seeing is mostly theater — yes, a Greek tragedy starring supposedly evil Germans and supposedly defenseless Greeks, argues Laurence Kotlikoff. In the show, which is restaged every six months or so, the Germans force the Greeks to attend… Continue reading
Jul 20 The profundity of Germany versus Greece, via Monty Python By Paul Solman An Olympian view of the — at heart — surprisingly similar weltanschauungen of the two nations, courtesy Monty Python. Continue reading