Greece

Greece

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  Thatcher Funeral: Attendees and No-Shows

  More than 2,300 guests have confirmed they will attend the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Among the former U.S. 

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  Greece sticks with austerity, seeks debt relief

  Greece promised Tuesday to stick with tough austerity measures, holding out hope for a debt relief deal with emergency creditors, but the country's ... 

• Council of Europe: Greece could ban Golden Dawn

  The Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights said Tuesday that Greece has the legal right to ban the far-right Golden Dawn party, the first ... 

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  Greece seals deal with debt inspectors

  Greece cleared an important hurdle in its drive to receive its next batch of bailout loans from its international creditors Monday. But even though ... 

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  AEK fans force Greek league game to be abandoned

  AEK Athens' home game against relegation rival Panthrakikos in the Greek league was abandoned on Sunday after its fans stormed the pitch when the ... 

• Syrian man arrested in Greece with weapons cache

  A senior police official says a Syrian man has been arrested on Greece's northeastern border with Turkey with a large batch of telescopic sights for ... 

• 2 Greeks arrested over arson attack on gold mine

  About 2,000 people gathered outside a police station to support two men being questioned by police for allegedly taking part in an arson attack on a ... 

• Greece charges German with smuggling silver

  A German man has been charged with trying to smuggle hundreds of pounds of silver out of Greece, part of a crackdown on the pawnbroker trade ... 

• Unknown Greek group claims bomb attack

  Police in Greece say an unknown militant group has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack near the ancient Acropolis last month against a prominent ... 

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  Cyprus bailout swells to $30 billion

  The cost of bailing out Cyprus has swollen to 23 billion euros ($30 billion), with the crisis-hit country having to take on the lion's share of the ... 

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  Greece, Germany bicker over war reparations issue

  A long-standing debate over whether Germany still owes Greece war reparations stemming from the Nazi occupation erupted anew Thursday in a spat ... 

• Greek unemployment hits 27.2 percent in January

  Greece's statistics agency says unemployment in the country hit yet another record high of 27.2 percent in January, up from 25.7 percent the previous ... 

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  Greek beats budget target but revenue still weak

  Financially struggling Greece said Wednesday it achieved a primary budget surplus of 508 million euros ($665 million) in the first quarter despite ... 

• Police, immigrants clash at Greek detention center

  Police and detainees clashed Wednesday at a former military base in southern Greece where foreign nationals suspected of violating immigration laws ... 

• Greece: Police station attacked in gold protest

  Authorities say a police station has been attacked in a village in northern Greece where frequent protests have broken out against plans to develop ... 

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  Greece signals faster state reforms

  Socialist coalition partners in Greece's government said Tuesday that overhauling the country's bloated public sector is crucial for the success of ... 

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  Greece: Stalled bank merger tests investors

  Greek banks NBG and Eurobank on Monday said their planned merger has been postponed, causing huge volatility in their share price amid fears they may ... 

• Questions raised about Greek bank merger

  A statement by the Bank of Greece has raised speculation that an expected merger between the National Bank of Greece (NBG), the country's largest, and ... 

• Panathinaikos draws 0-0 at home against Panionios

  Panathinaikos had to settle for a 0-0 draw against visiting Panionios in the Greek league Sunday despite dominating most of the game. 

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  Report: Anti-Semitic incidents surged in 2012

  Israeli researchers warned Sunday of a sudden upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks, topped by a deadly school shooting in France, noting a link to the rise ... 

• PAOK beats Veria 2-0 in Greek league

  PAOK moved into a second place in the Greek league with a 2-0 victory over Veria on Saturday. PAOK was 14 points behind league champion Olympiakos, ... 

• AEK player gets 5-match ban for Nazi-style salute

  A Greek professional football player has received a five-match ban for giving a Nazi-style salute last month while celebrating a goal for struggling ... 

• Greek leftist launches pro-drachma party

  A veteran left-wing politician in Greece has launched a new political party favoring the country's return to the drachma, despite strong public ...