
Top officials call to overhaul euro institutions
Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region ...
Greek PM in China seeking investment, trade deals
Greece's prime minister is in China seeking investment and trade deals to help revive his country's recession-battered economy. Antonis Samaras met ...

Fitch upgrades Greece's credit rating
Debt-hobbled Greece got a new morale boost Tuesday, with Fitch ratings agency upgrading its sovereign credit grade, a day after the country's European ...

Euro ministers urge troubled Slovenia to act
European finance ministers on Monday urged Slovenia to move swiftly in addressing the problems in its banking sector and get its public finances under ...
Greece uses emergency power on striking teachers
The Greek government said Monday it will use emergency powers to prevent protesting teachers from disrupting university entrance exams this month.
Greece: Economic recovery in sight
Greece's recession-wracked economy should start recovering next year and its sky-high unemployment rate should edge lower from the end of 2014, the ...

Jewish group warns of neo-Nazi parties in Europe
The World Jewish Congress said Tuesday it is greatly concerned about the emergence of what it called neo-Nazi parties in Europe, singling out Greece's ...

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Greece's government has withdrawn a key labor reform from a new austerity bill, following strong objections by experts and a widely reported rift ...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

Greek former defense minister goes on trial
A former Greek defense minister strongly denied felony charges of money laundering against him Monday, the first day of a corruption trial against him ...

Greece pledges swift punishment over farm shooting
Greek officials on Thursday promised "swift and exemplary" punishment for three strawberry plantation foremen who allegedly shot and injured 29 ...

Chinese investors eye Greek airports
Greece's finance ministry says Chinese investors have "confirmed interest" in Greek airports that are due to be privatized. Finance Minister Yannis ...
Greece: Former finance minister granted bail
A former Greek finance minister has been granted bail of €50,000 ($66,000) after testifying before a public prosecutor investigating allegations that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Greece's creditors start new austerity inspection
Greece's conservative prime minister said the country is showing its first signs of recovery, as international debt inspectors returned to Athens ...

Greece ends tax spat ahead of new inspection
Parties in Greece's coalition government announced a compromise Wednesday over an emergency tax seen as a symbol of harsh austerity measures — a move ...

Little Cyprus thumbs its nose at EU 'bullies'
The moment word broke that Cypriot lawmakers in Parliament had voted down a bailout deal that would have raided everyone's savings to prop up a ...
Greece passes education reform amid protests
Greece's parliament has approved measures allowing the government to close or merge roughly one of every five faculties at universities and higher ...

Piraeus to pay $678 million for Cypriot bank units
Greece's Piraeus Bank reached an agreement Tuesday to buy the Greek operations of three Cypriot banks for 524 million euros ($678 million), as stock ...

Greece: 2 hurt, 11 escape in prison shooting
At least 11 inmates escaped from a Greek prison Friday night after gunmen brazenly attacked the site with grenades and automatic weapons, kicking off ...