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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 ...
Greece: 5 jailed for militant anarchist attacks
A Greek court on Wednesday convicted five people on terrorism-related charges related to a militant anarchist group which claimed responsibility for ...
Greek banks get more time to recapitalize
Greece's central bank governor says the country's four largest lenders will be given until the end of May to complete a major recapitalization program
Greek dog that hounded debt monitors is free again
Ruby the anti-austerity dog is back on the streets of Athens — just in time for next week's visit by representatives of international creditors ...
Greece: Home of official's brother attacked
Political parties in Greece have condemned an arson attack on the home of the government spokesman's brother. A small cooking gas canister exploded ...
Bomb explodes near Acropolis in central Athens
A bomb exploded outside a Greek ship owner's house near a crowded pedestrian area under the Acropolis in central Athens on Wednesday night, causing ...
Hundreds of Greek seamen unpaid for months
In rain and shrieking wind, the ferry strains at its ropes, the gangplank creaking and scraping against the pier. A sailor on night watch duty huddles ...
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 ...
Massive security for Greek Independence Day Parade
A military parade marking Greece's Independence Day has taken place, for a second straight year, amid a heavy police presence that barred onlookers ...
Greek bank to buy local units of Cypriot lenders
Greece's Piraeus Bank was chosen Friday to buy two Cypriot banks' operations in Greece, part of the Mediterranean island's plan to avoid bankruptcy ...
AEK Athens chairman arrested for unpaid taxes
AEK Athens chairman Andreas Dimitrelos has been arrested over unpaid taxes by the Greek club worth €170 million ($219.5 million). The 54-year-old ...
Greek markets recover losses from Cyprus crisis
Shares on the Athens Stock exchange rebounded Wednesday from heavy losses suffered over Cyprus' financial crisis, as a political spat erupted in ...
APNewsBreak: IOC to retest Turin Olympic samples
With the eight-year deadline approaching, the IOC will retest doping samples from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin in a bid to catch any drug cheats ...
Give Cyprus more time, Greece tells EU
Banking stocks in Greece were hammered Tuesday before Cypriot lawmakers rejected a bailout plan, while government officials here urged eurozone ...
Prison escape artist doesn't get free this time
His first two prison escapes in Greece were spectacular and successful, aboard helicopters chartered by accomplices. But when Albanian inmate Alket ...
Life ban from Greece teams for Nazi salute player
AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis has been banned from any Greek national team for life after giving a Nazi salute while celebrating a goal in the ...
Convicted criminal holds hostages in Greek prison
Authorities in Greece say a convicted prisoner in Greece trying to escape for the third time has taken six hostages— both prison officers and ...
Giannena beat Aris 2-0 in Greek league
Branca Ilic scored in the first half and Nikos Korovessis added another goal in the second to give Giannena a 2-0 victory over visiting Aris in the ...
Rehhagel picked to make Germany popular in Greece
He pulled off one of soccer's greatest historic upsets. Now Otto Rehhagel has been handed a task equally challenging: to make Germany popular again ...
Greek anarchists claim bombing, threaten attacks
A militant anarchist group has claimed responsibility for a bombing at a package shipping firm in Greece, and is threatening further attacks on ...