Greece

Zante Island, Greece: The remains of a cigarette ship that met its demise in October of 1980.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Migrants from Afghanistan arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos on August 6th, 2018, after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on a dinghy.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

An aerial view shows damage caused by a wildfire near the village of Mati, near Athens, on July 24th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A firefighting helicopter flies over a wildfire raging in the town of Rafina near Athens, on July 23rd, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gestures as he delivers a speech during a parliamentary session in Athens on December 19th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A firework explodes during clashes between protesters and police in central Athens on December 6th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A man helps evacuate a woman from a flooded street in Mandra, Greece, on November 16th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A boat floats on polluted water on the coast of Salamis Island on September 13th, 2017, in Salamis, Greece.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The shoes of French president's wife Brigitte Macron (left) are pictured next to the Greek guard's shoes during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Athens, on September 7th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A man runs away from flames as fire burns the land, east of the Greek capital of Athens on August 15th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

People gather in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens on July 12th, 2017, the day the European Union recommended that Greece has made enough progress in balancing its budget to be removed from special oversight of government spending.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The Hellenic League for Human Rights and United Nations are calling on the government to investigate what they call a coordinated attempt to deport at-risk Turkish refugees.

• By Morgan Baskin

Thousands of volunteer are going to Greece in hopes of making even a small dent on the country’s refugee crisis. But, weeks later, many find themselves out of element and out of support.

• By Jacqueline Kantor

Loving—and fearing the loss of—the Greece of my youth.

• By Kastalia Medrano

Greece could take a lesson from Estonia.

• By Kyle Chayka

In Greece, there's a link between a weakened economy and mental health.

• By Max Ufberg

It seems certain that the political economy textbooks of the future will include a chapter on the experience of Greece in 2015.

• By Martin Hart-Landsberg

Research shows tourism rises when people are worried about the economy.

• By Francie Diep

Maybe 2768 A.U.C.

• By Rick Paulas

Sometimes a national team looks nothing like the country it represents.

• By Will Parchman

Or: What We Talk About When We Talk About Narcissism.

• By Paul Hiebert

In some places, nearly 15 percent of monthly income goes to greasing palms.

• By Marc Herman