Greece's government

The United Nations refugee agency is urging Greece's government to provide separate housing and washing facilities for women and children at island refugee camps, citing the risk of sexual violence.

The UNHCR says it has received reports from about 180 camp residents who say they have suffered some form of sexual or gender-based violence after arriving in Greece.

Thursday's Euro Working Group gave Greece's government the tough task of fulfilling the prior actions that remain pending from the third bailout review by the February 19 Eurogroup meeting.

Eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels have approved a staff-level agreement (SLA) between Greece's government and representatives of the country's creditor institutions reached on Saturday, sources have told Kathimerini.

Outgoing Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem has welcomed a staff-level agreement (SLA) between Greece's government and representatives of the country's creditor institutions reached on Saturday.

"It was quite exceptional," that the agreement was reached in time, said Dijsselbloem in Brussels ahead of his last eurogroup meeting. "Today we will discuss the following steps," he added.

Greece's government came under fire from the conservative opposition on Friday over the resumption of auctions of foreclosed properties.

During a press briefing, New Democracy spokeswoman Maria Spyraki attacked the "insensitive" government for failing to protect vulnerable social groups against auctions.

A leading global rights organization is urging Greece's government to scrap a controversial arms sale to Saudi Arabia, saying the weapons could be used against civilians in the ongoing war in Yemen.

Greece's government is promising bailout lenders continued austerity and high primary budget surpluses in its 2018 budget — the last under eight years of international rescue programs. 

Greece's government is considering emergency measures to house migrants and refugees confined to Greek islands over the winter months following a roughly four-fold increase in the number of daily arrivals from Turkey.

Human rights and aid groups are urging Greece's government to end a "containment policy" of migrants reaching islands in the Aegean Sea from Turkey, warning of worsening conditions ahead of winter.

Greece's government presented a three-year plan to overhaul the country's public sector on Wednesday, the latest attempt to fix a problem that helped plunge the country into its worst crisis in decades seven years ago.