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About 3,700 refugees coming by train from Hungary via Austria have arrived at Munich central station by early Saturday evening, with another 3,000 still expected to come later in the night. So hundreds set off by foot, saying they would walk to the Austrian border, 170 km away,...

Numerous migrants enter the European Union through the Balkan Peninsula.

German lawmakers on Wednesday approved a third bailout package for Greece, despite substantial opposition within its parliament.

Yes. It’s bad. Panagiotis Lafazanis, the former energy minister and leader of the “Left Platform” faction in Syriza, is forming a new movement aimed at overturning the bailout.

Greece narrowly escaped an exit from the 19-member eurozone in July following months of uncertainty after the government and its worldwide creditors struck a bailout “aGreekment” in a reform-for-aid deal for the debt-stricken country.

Greece’s main opposition party launched efforts to form a new government Friday following Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ resignation, but made no progress in what appears a doomed task – which will pave the way for another potentially destabilizing election.

Gerovasili refused to give details on a potential early election, but said any action would come after August 20, when Greece has to make a large debt repayment to the European Central Bank. The terms also create problems for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who faces waning...

Germany has so far maintained a cautious stance.

When the Greek parliament voted on the bailout deal, a quarter of Tsipras’ lawmakers voted against him or abstained, leaving his coalition government relying on opposition party support to pass legislation.

The country is due to contribute some 10.1 billion euros ($11.14 billion) of the 86 billion-euro package for Greece.

The vote’s result also seemed to dispel any speculation that Chancellor Angela Merkel would have difficulty getting her conservative bloc to sign on.

US was at the forefront in adopting a total of three resolutions at the UN human rights session on Sri Lanka and today’s announcement marks a complete shift in US’ stance.

“I am resigning because I have now exhausted the mandate which the public gave me in January’s general election”, Tsipras said during his televised address on Thursday night.

Greece’s other political parties want to get rid of Mr. Tsipras and Syriza.

“If we don’t find a solution, we will have to do bridge financing”, he said, referring to a short-term loan so Greece can make its next debt payment on August 20.