http://www.mail.com/int/locations/21934-athens.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/locations/21934-athens.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090462-greek-hotel-entertainer-charged-with-stabbing-boy.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A young entertainer at a Greek island hotel was charged Thursday with attempted murder and theft for allegedly stabbing a Russian guest's child 20 times after the 12-year-old confronted him over a theft. The savage attack at a popular resort on Crete drew broad condemnation in the tourism-reliant country, and Greek hoteliers said the... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:34:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090462-greek-hotel-entertainer-charged-with-stabbing-boy.html 2013-05-16T17:34:59Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2089870-greek-strikes-halt-air-travel.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Flights in Greece were halted for four hours Thursday as the country's two largest labor unions staged work stoppages to protest austerity measures and a government decision to cancel a teachers' strike. Flights resumed after being grounded between 12:00 and 4:00 p.m. (0900-1300 GMT), when air traffic controllers joined the protest c... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2089870-greek-strikes-halt-air-travel.html 2013-05-16T17:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090056-greek-police-arrest-2-accused-racist-abuse.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police on Thursday arrested two Greek men on suspicion of attacking a Cameroonian national and setting fire to his coffee bar in a central Athens neighborhood that has become a flashpoint for racist violence. The suspects, both 34, appeared before a prosecutor later in the day and were formally charged with deliberate arson, illegal ... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:01:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2090056-greek-police-arrest-2-accused-racist-abuse.html 2013-05-16T17:01:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2086838-greece-to-break-up-power-company-money.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's conservative-led government on Wednesday announced plans to break up the state-run Public Power Corporation by 2016, as part of a privatization program demanded by the crisis-hit country's creditors. Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said that about 30 percent of PPC's resources would be spun off to create a rival compan... Wed, 15 May 2013 16:23:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2086838-greece-to-break-up-power-company-money.html 2013-05-15T16:23:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2086714-russian-boy-stabbed-while-vacation-crete.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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 entertainer at the child's hotel, Greek authorities said. The boy was airlifted to Athens on a military plane and hospitalized in serious condition Wednesday. The medical examiner who inspected ... Wed, 15 May 2013 13:53:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2086714-russian-boy-stabbed-while-vacation-crete.html 2013-05-15T13:53:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2085352-giannis-anastasiou-appointed-panathinaikos-coach.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Panthainaikos has appointed former Ajax striker Giannis Anastasiou as its new coach following a disappointing season in which the Athens club finished sixth in the 16-team Greek league. The 40-year-old former Greek international was presented by the club's management on Tuesday, though details of his agreement with Panathinaikos have... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:55:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2085352-giannis-anastasiou-appointed-panathinaikos-coach.html 2013-05-14T18:55:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2084300-greek-club-aek-athens-to-declare-bankruptcy.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Troubled Greek football club AEK Athens is planning to declare bankruptcy and seek voluntary relegation to the country's third division. The club, hit by debts and Greece's financial crisis, held an emergency shareholders meeting Tuesday and announced plans to formally launch liquidation procedures after its new board meets on June 7... Tue, 14 May 2013 13:57:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2084300-greek-club-aek-athens-to-declare-bankruptcy.html 2013-05-14T13:57:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2081336-greece-uses-emergency-power-striking-teachers.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek government said Monday it will use emergency powers to prevent protesting teachers from disrupting university entrance exams this month. Civil servants' unions retaliated by calling a 24-hour strike for Tuesday. It is the third time this year that the conservative-led coalition government has used the emergency civil mobili... Mon, 13 May 2013 17:31:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2081336-greece-uses-emergency-power-striking-teachers.html 2013-05-13T17:31:18Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2077814-case-missing-convicted-us-killer-ends-greece.html NASHUA, New Hampshire (AP) — An American man who fled a day before being convicted in 1991 of killing his 2-year-old stepson has been tried and convicted again in Greece, where he is serving an 18-year sentence for the boy's death, authorities said Friday. Federal and state officials held a news conference to provide an update on 45-year-old Steven Kamber... Fri, 10 May 2013 23:06:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2077814-case-missing-convicted-us-killer-ends-greece.html 2013-05-10T23:06:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2069434-yugoslav-queen-to-reburied-serbia.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Twenty years after she died and was buried in her homeland of Greece, Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia's remains are being exhumed so she can be buried with her husband. Alexandra, a Greek princess, married Yugoslavia's exiled King Peter II in London in 1944 during World War II. Yugoslavia's post-war Communist regime barred them from re... Tue, 07 May 2013 20:11:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2069434-yugoslav-queen-to-reburied-serbia.html 2013-05-07T20:11:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2057888-greek-lawmaker-accused-trying-to-punch-mayor.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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 missing and hitting a 12-year-old girl instead. The confrontation came hours after police used pepper spray to prevent the nationalist party from distributing free food to Greek citizens on... Thu, 02 May 2013 16:18:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2057888-greek-lawmaker-accused-trying-to-punch-mayor.html 2013-05-02T16:18:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2055508-world-angry-workers-unite-day.html ISTANBUL (AP) — Workers around the world united in anger during May Day rallies Wednesday — from fury in Europe over austerity measures that have cut wages, reduced benefits and eliminated many jobs altogether, to rage in Asia over relentlessly low pay, the rising cost of living and hideous working conditions that have left hundreds dead in recent months. ... Wed, 01 May 2013 18:29:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2055508-world-angry-workers-unite-day.html 2013-05-01T18:29:17Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2055826-greek-police-2-arrested-terrorism-charges.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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 northwestern Greece late last year. Police spokesman Christos Parthenis said Wednesday that Argyris Dalios, 22, and Foivos Charisis-Poulos, 23, were arrested in Athens on Tuesday on warrant... Wed, 01 May 2013 13:18:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2055826-greek-police-2-arrested-terrorism-charges.html 2013-05-01T13:18:23Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2055490-day-strike-disrupts-transport-greece.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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 in central Athens Wednesday. The country's main labor unions are protesting soaring unemployment, which is the highest in the 27-country European Union, and the austerity measures the ... Wed, 01 May 2013 08:01:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2055490-day-strike-disrupts-transport-greece.html 2013-05-01T08:01:43Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2051326-greeces-largest-bank-backs-cash-infusion-plan.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's largest bank has approved a recapitalization plan worth 9.76 billion euros ($12.8 billion), insisting it will raise enough money privately to avoid nationalization. National Bank of Greece, the country's biggest by assets, said Monday that shareholders approved the plan, which is needed to guarantee solvency and would make u... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:38:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2051326-greeces-largest-bank-backs-cash-infusion-plan.html 2013-04-29T16:38:12Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2046684-un-crisis-greece-weakening-human-rights-action.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is falling behind on its human rights obligations, a senior U.N. investigator warned Friday, and he strongly criticized the "excessively rigid" demands of the crisis-hit country's bailout program. U.N. independent expert Cephas Lumina said a surge in unemployment and axed benefits had left a growing number of Greeks without he... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:23:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2046684-un-crisis-greece-weakening-human-rights-action.html 2013-04-26T15:23:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2044938-official-greeks-pull-nudes-qatar-art-exhibit.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has pulled two ancient statues of nude males from an Olympic exhibition in Doha after Qatari authorities insisted on veiling them. A Culture Ministry official says exhibition organizers wanted to avoid scandalizing female visitors. Greek Deputy Culture Minister Costas Tzavaras, who visited the Muslim country last month for the... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:14:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2044938-official-greeks-pull-nudes-qatar-art-exhibit.html 2013-04-25T19:14:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2043788-greece-pulls-firing-provision-austerity-bill.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's government has withdrawn a key labor reform from a new austerity bill, following strong objections by experts and a widely reported rift within the ruling coalition. The government Thursday said it was withdrawing a provision to limit court protection of public sector contract workers from the bill, which will be submitted t... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:58:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2043788-greece-pulls-firing-provision-austerity-bill.html 2013-04-25T15:58:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2043646-greek-club-aek-athens-loses-appeal-relegated.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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 Association on Thursday rejected the club's appeal against a punishment for an April 14 match stopped in the 88th minute due to fan violence. After losing the appeal, three points were f... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:27:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2043646-greek-club-aek-athens-loses-appeal-relegated.html 2013-04-25T10:27:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2042670-minaret-famed-mosque-syria-destroyed.html BEIRUT (AP) — 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 government troops fought pitched battles in the streets around it, depriving the ancient Syrian city of one of its most important landmarks. President Bashar Assad's government and the rebels tryin... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:05:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2042670-minaret-famed-mosque-syria-destroyed.html 2013-04-24T21:05:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2041456-ngos-violent-racist-attacks-increase-greece.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The number of racially motivated attacks increased in Greece last year, as did the severity of the violence involved, human rights groups said Wednesday. The incidents have spiraled as Greece's economy has worsened over the past few years. Relying on international rescue loans to remain solvent, the country has imposed deep spending ... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:05:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2041456-ngos-violent-racist-attacks-increase-greece.html 2013-04-24T16:05:16Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2038926-piraeus-bank-shareholders-approve-recapitalization.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's second-largest lender, Piraeus Bank, says shareholders have approved a recapitalization plan that is intended to safeguard the bank's solvency. The bank says it is confident it will raise enough funds through private sources to avoid being nationalized. Under the terms of Greece's international bailout, the country's banks m... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:44:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2038926-piraeus-bank-shareholders-approve-recapitalization.html 2013-04-23T12:44:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2037082-greeces-eurobank-heads-control.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's Eurobank says it will not be able to privately raise money to complete its 5.84 billion euro ($7.61 billion) recapitalization, and will rely instead on a Greek rescue fund. The bank's governing board said Monday it would make the recommendation at investor meeting to draw all the money from the Hellenic Financial Stability F... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:25:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2037082-greeces-eurobank-heads-control.html 2013-04-22T17:25:01Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2035820-greek-defense-minister-trial.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A former Greek defense minister strongly denied felony charges of money laundering against him Monday, the first day of a corruption trial against him and another 18 defendants, including his immediate family. Akis Tsochadzopoulos, his wife Vicky Stamati, daughter Areti and another five of the suspects have spent the past year in jai... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:22:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2035820-greek-defense-minister-trial.html 2013-04-22T14:22:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2035266-greek-poll-compares-dictatorship-to-fiscal-crisis.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — On the 46th anniversary of a military coup that installed a dictatorship for seven years, 30 percent of Greeks think that things were better during those times, compared to today's economic crisis. The survey, published in the Sunday Eleftherotypia newspaper, also shows 59 percent of the respondents replying that security was better ... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:06:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2035266-greek-poll-compares-dictatorship-to-fiscal-crisis.html 2013-04-21T20:06:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2035172-greek-champion-olympiakos-finishes-season-with-win.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Olympiakos polished off its 40th Greek league title by beating Panionios 2-1 Sunday on the final day of the season. Costas Mitroglou and Avraam Papadopoulos scored in the 12th and 72nd minutes for Olympiakos, which had long since secured the title. Andreas Samaris had temporarily equalized for Panionios in the 20th. ... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:13:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2035172-greek-champion-olympiakos-finishes-season-with-win.html 2013-04-21T19:13:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2030590-greek-farm-shootings-highlight-migrants-plight.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — After months of pressing the strawberry plantation over pay, the Bangladeshi migrant laborers gathered in the field hoping that a deal was near. Instead, foremen peppered them with gunfire, wounding 28. The bloodletting this week in Greece's southern strawberry fields shocked the nation and put the spotlight on the plight of the fina... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:03:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2030590-greek-farm-shootings-highlight-migrants-plight.html 2013-04-19T17:03:42Z