Greece

Greece

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  Greek lawmaker accused of trying to punch mayor

  A lawmaker from Greece's extreme-right Golden Dawn party allegedly tried to punch the mayor of Athens on Thursday, swinging at him but reportedly ... 

• Greece's Alpha Bank shares soar on recap deal

  Shares in Greece's third largest lender, Alpha Bank, have shot up, a day after the bank announced it had secured enough support from the private ... 

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  Around the world, angry workers unite on May Day

  Workers around the world united in anger during May Day rallies Wednesday — from fury in Europe over austerity measures that have cut wages, reduced ... 

• Greece completes first major privatization

  Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras says Greece has successfully completed its first major privatization, selling off a controlling 33 percent stake ... 

• Greek police say 2 arrested on terrorism charges

  Police say they have arrested two men on charges of membership in a domestic terrorist organization and of being accomplices in a bank robbery in ... 

• May Day strike disrupts transport in Greece

  Ferry and train services in Greece have ground to a halt as unions hold a strike for May Day. And hundreds of people are gathering for planned rallies ... 

• PAOK fires coach Donis after Greek Cup loss

  Greek club PAOK has fired coach Giorgos Donis after a surprise Greek Cup semifinal loss. The 43-year-old former Greek international took over the ... 

• Greece's largest bank backs cash infusion plan

  Greece's largest bank has approved a recapitalization plan worth 9.76 billion euros ($12.8 billion), insisting it will raise enough money privately ... 

• Greek unions call for mass participation in strike

  Greece's two largest unions are calling for "mass participation" in a 24-hour general strike and demonstration they have called for May 1 to mark ... 

• 2 dead, 8 missing after freighter sinks off Greece

  A cargo ship sank off southern Greece within minutes of colliding with another freighter in fair weather Monday, leaving two Syrian seamen dead and ... 

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  Greek bill opens way for civil service layoffs

  Greece's Parliament approved an emergency bill Sunday to pave the way for thousands of public sector layoffs and free up 8.8 billion euros ($11. 

• Police say they have nabbed gang of counterfeiters

  Police in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki say they have arrested three men and a woman involved in currency counterfeiting, plus the owner of ... 

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  Economic crisis sets back peace in divided Cyprus

  When the barriers carving Cyprus in half were finally breached 10 years ago this week, Turkish Cypriot Fethi Akinci forged what some might consider ... 

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  UN: Crisis in Greece weakening human rights action

  Greece is falling behind on its human rights obligations, a senior U.N. investigator warned Friday, and he strongly criticized the "excessively rigid" ... 

• Official: Greeks pull nudes from Qatar art exhibit

  Greece has pulled two ancient statues of nude males from an Olympic exhibition in Doha after Qatari authorities insisted on veiling them. A Culture ... 

• Greece pulls firing provision from austerity bill

  Greece's government has withdrawn a key labor reform from a new austerity bill, following strong objections by experts and a widely reported rift ... 

• Greek club AEK Athens loses appeal, relegated

  Greek club AEK Athens has been relegated from the country's top football league after losing an appeal. A panel of officials from the Greek Football ... 

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  Minaret of famed mosque in Syria destroyed

  The 11th-century minaret of a famed mosque that towered over the narrow stone alleyways of Aleppo's old quarter collapsed Wednesday as rebels and ... 

• NGOs: Violent racist attacks increase in Greece

  The number of racially motivated attacks increased in Greece last year, as did the severity of the violence involved, human rights groups said ... 

• Greek finance minister rejects tax relief call

  Greece's Finance Minister has rejected a called from the government's Socialist coalition partners to add tax relief measures to a new austerity bill ... 

• Greece: Clashes at Armenian protest

  Police in Greece's second-largest city have used pepper spray to disperse protesters at annual rally to protest the mass killings of Armenians in ... 

• EU probes planned merger of Greek airlines

  The European Commission has opened an in-depth antitrust investigation of the proposed takeover of Greece's Olympic Air by its domestic rival Aegean ...