It is a case that has captivated the world for more than two decades. A top cop believes he finally knows what happened to missing toddler Ben Needham.

Police teams searching for missing toddler Ben Needham on the Greek island of Kos say they are "optimistic" a new excavation will provide answers.

NZ Herald's Deputy Travel Editor, Stephanie Holmes, shares her travel dreams.

Compared with overcrowded Corfu, Paxos is an idyllic family holiday paradise, writes Claire Spreadbury.

At least 1500 unaccompanied migrant and refugee children stranded in Greece have nowhere safe to stay.

Nearly 250 people have been sent back from the Greek islands under the new accord.

The very different worlds of tourists and refugees are intersecting on the islands of Greece.

We have all heard how rescuers have to come to the aid of cats stuck up trees and birds with broken wings, but this operation was a little more complicated.

I'm walking with gods. I took my first steps beside them 40-some years ago. Not steps; I was in bed. Mum and Dad had come in to tell me and my brother it was lights out.

Looking back at economies impacted from major world events in 2015.

Kiwi tells of cruise ship helping refugees in rubber dinghy.

Kiwi photographers Matthew and Hannah Beames were looking forward to two days of sun, sand and surf when they arrived on the Greek island of Kos this week.

Faint chance of coalition as Tsipras' resignation leaves Greeks facing fifth election in sex years.

The Greek island of Kos was the scene of further unrest on Saturday, as migrants desperate to get off the island fought each other in the searing heat.

Turkish efforts to stop traffickers from sending large "ghost ships" crammed with migrants towards Italy has sparked the surge in arrivals in Greece, the International Organisation for Migration says.

They're rich in ancient history, but poor in modern money. Pam Neville writes that the home of democracy needs our help.

Unlike Greece, there was never much of a boom. There has only been a bust.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel held out the prospect of limited debt relief as crisis-hit Greece prepares to reopen its banks three weeks after they were shut.

The European Union seems to be using imaginary numbers in constructing a bailout for Greece. Here are some of them.

Draconian plan shatters very foundation of eurozone governance, verging on a surrender of sovereignty.

Greece's approval of austerity measures that were overwhelmingly rejected by their citizens just days ago was a stunning defeat for populist forces that have pushed for a break from years of grinding cuts.

Wall Street moved lower overnight as Greek lawmakers prepared to vote on a proposal that would secure its third international bailout.

The International Monetary Fund has set off a political earthquake in Europe, warning that Greece may need a full moratorium on debt payments for 30 years and perhaps even long-term subsidies to claw....

Text variations before the final agreement was reached reveal the enormity of what was at stake.

Greece's capitulation to the demands of its euro creditors is a resounding victory for the common currency and takes the eurozone a step closer to common government.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras came away with a much worse deal than the one he just persuaded Greek voters to reject.