A Greek court on Monday cleared three Spaniards and two Danes of trying to help illegal migrants enter Greece through the island of Lesbos while taking part in Aegean rescue missions.
Air France on Thursday said it was investigating how a passenger was put on the wrong plane, travelling with a boarding pass bearing the same name as another passenger on that flight.
Greek authorities have released five rescuers working for NGOs that help migrants making the perilous sea crossing from Turkey, police said on Sunday, after they were detained on suspicion of people smuggling.
Danish travel agent and tour operator Bravo Tours said Wednesday it was dropping the Greek island of Lesbos from its list of destinations because of the high number of migrants arriving there.
Thousands of tourists from Sweden and Denmark have been invited to donate to migrants arriving on Mediterranean islands by checking in an extra bag of unwanted clothes, but less than 30 are believed to have taken up the offer.
UPDATED: Danish taxpayers could be asked to provide funding for a Greek bailout, after the EU said it planned to draw on an emergency fund that includes cash fron non-eurozone member states including Denmark, Sweden and the UK.
One of the few benefits from a Grexit may be that Danish and other European tourists may get more for their money when visiting Greece, according to a leading Danish analyst.
UPDATED: Like the rest of Europe, Denmark’s new government woke up Monday wondering how Greece’s rejection of the EU’s latest bailout plan would affect the rest of the continent.
The C20 Cap index opened with a large drop on Monday morning as investors panicked at the news of a Greek referendum on the IMF's latest reform package.
UPDATED: European nations on Sunday told their nationals to carry cash with them when vacationing in Greece as the country hurtles towards a banking crisis.
Denmark’s far-left Red-Green Alliance has congratulated Greece for voting in the populist leftwing Syriza party, calling the party’s victory “an important day for Greece and also for the rest of Europe.”
