The Paris Oympics flame was formally handed to French organizers on Friday in the all-marble stadium where the first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896.

Latest disaster highlights surge in crossings over Mediterranean

Up to 60 people missing as rescuers continue efforts to find survivors of head-on crash near Larissa

AS SOON as the couple landed they realised their mistake but it was already too late. Within 30 minutes they were headed straight back home.

Greece has reached a deal on the name of its northern neighbour, which called itself Macedonia at the break-up of the former Yugoslavia.

Berlin is mooting the idea of sending migrants back to Greece for the first time in five years. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere says that Germany has done its bit to help refugees, but needed help from the rest of the bloc to take in migrants.

Migrants in Calais seeking asylum in the UK should be allowed to lodge their claim in France, the president of the region has told the BBC.