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Greece faces slow, jobless recovery next year
Greece's deep, six-year recession is likely to end in 2014, but growth will be weak and unemployment will remain above 20 percent for another three ...
Greek strikes halt air travel
Flights in Greece were halted for four hours Thursday as the country's two largest labor unions staged work stoppages to protest austerity measures ...
Russian boy stabbed while on vacation in Crete
A 12-year-old Russian boy was stabbed nearly two dozen times while on vacation on the island of Crete, allegedly by a Dutchman working as an ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 farm shootings highlight migrants' plight
After months of pressing the strawberry plantation over pay, the Bangladeshi migrant laborers gathered in the field hoping that a deal was near.
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 ...
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 ...
Greek bank stocks plunge after merger stalled
Greek banks NBG and Eurobank on Monday saw their stock plunge 30 percent — the maximum allowed in a day — after their planned merger was postponed and ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 team for Nazi salute player
Greek soccer player Giorgos Katidis has been banned from his national team for life after giving a Nazi salute while celebrating a goal 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 ...