http://www.mail.com/locations/1388-greece.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/locations/1388-greece.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2092886-greece-faces-slow-jobless-recovery-year.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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 years, the country's international debt inspectors said. The European Commission issued the gloomy predictions Friday in a 237-page assessment of Greece's bailout agreement, as the countr... Fri, 17 May 2013 17:31:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2092886-greece-faces-slow-jobless-recovery-year.html 2013-05-17T17:31:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093236-top-officials-call-to-overhaul-euro-institutions.html BERLIN (AP) — 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 manages its crisis — and who should be involved. Officials say the International Monetary Fund, which has contributed financial expertise and billions in emergency loans, may no longer be needed ... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093236-top-officials-call-to-overhaul-euro-institutions.html 2013-05-17T15:32:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2089872-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 17:08:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2089872-greek-strikes-halt-air-travel.html 2013-05-16T17:08:07Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2087930-eurozones-struggling-economies-mired-recession.html The eurozone is stuck in recession — its longest since the euro was founded in 1999. The latest figures from the European Union's statistics office show that the economy of the 17 EU countries that use the euro shrank for a sixth straight quarter, slumping by 0.2 percent in the January-March period from the previous three months. Initially it was just the... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:03:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2087930-eurozones-struggling-economies-mired-recession.html 2013-05-15T18:03:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087184-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 13:53:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087184-russian-boy-stabbed-while-vacation-crete.html 2013-05-15T13:53:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2084146-fitch-upgrades-greeces-credit-rating.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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 creditors backed the release of a new rescue loan payment. However, the one-notch upgrade from CCC to B- still leaves Greece's government debt six levels deep in junk status — that is,... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:12:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2084146-fitch-upgrades-greeces-credit-rating.html 2013-05-14T18:12:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2082940-poll-favorable-views-eu-sharp-decline.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Positive views of the European Union by its citizens are near all-time lows. And no EU country is plunging faster into the abyss of gloom than France. Germans are broadly perceived as being the most trustworthy Europeans — but also the least compassionate. Britons, often seen as deeply skeptical of the benefits of EU membership, are in fact split right down t... Mon, 13 May 2013 22:07:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2082940-poll-favorable-views-eu-sharp-decline.html 2013-05-13T22:07:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081578-euro-ministers-urge-troubled-slovenia-to.html BRUSSELS (AP) — European finance ministers on Monday urged Slovenia to move swiftly in addressing the problems in its banking sector and get its public finances under control in a bid to avoid the nation from becoming the bloc's sixth member to require a bailout. "The Slovenian government has to take swift and decisive action," said Jeroem Dijsselbloem, w... Mon, 13 May 2013 20:10:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081578-euro-ministers-urge-troubled-slovenia-to.html 2013-05-13T20:10:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2081416-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 17:29:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2081416-greece-uses-emergency-power-striking-teachers.html 2013-05-13T17:29:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073770-cyprus-limits-money-flows.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus will keep limits on money transfers and withdrawals until it is more confident that its ailing banks will not face a run, the central bank's chief said Thursday. Panicos Demetriades said the Central Bank of Cyprus wants to eliminate these controls as soon as possible, but it has to first make sure that trust in the banks has ... Thu, 09 May 2013 14:45:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073770-cyprus-limits-money-flows.html 2013-05-09T14:45:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073260-greece-economic-recovery-sight.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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 finance minister said in an interview broadcast Thursday. Speaking on state-run NET television, Yannis Stournaras said Greece could be in a position to return to the international bond ma... Thu, 09 May 2013 10:10:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073260-greece-economic-recovery-sight.html 2013-05-09T10:10:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068572-jewish-group-warns-neo-nazi-parties-europe.html BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — 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 Golden Dawn, Hungary's Jobbik, and Germany's National Democratic Party. A study presented at the congress's assembly in Budapest, the Hungarian capital, highlighted the links among ... Tue, 07 May 2013 17:01:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068572-jewish-group-warns-neo-nazi-parties-europe.html 2013-05-07T17:01:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058082-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 16:18:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058082-greek-lawmaker-accused-trying-to-punch-mayor.html 2013-05-02T16:18:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055520-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/news/world/2055520-world-angry-workers-unite-day.html 2013-05-01T18:29:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2055488-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/business/economy/2055488-day-strike-disrupts-transport-greece.html 2013-05-01T08:01:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050400-2-dead-8-missing-freighter-sinks-greece.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A cargo ship sank off southern Greece within minutes of colliding with another freighter in fair weather Monday, leaving two Syrian seamen dead and eight others missing, officials said. Seven sailors were rescued. It was not clear exactly why the Antigua- and Barbuda-flagged Consouth collided with the Cook Islands-flagged Pirireis in... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:54:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050400-2-dead-8-missing-freighter-sinks-greece.html 2013-04-29T10:54:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2050120-greek-bill-opens-way-civil-service-layoffs.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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 ($11.5 billion) in international rescue loans. The bill, which passed in a 168-123 vote, will allow for the first civil service layoffs in more than a century. About 2,000 civil servants will be l... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:57:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2050120-greek-bill-opens-way-civil-service-layoffs.html 2013-04-28T21:57:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2048458-economic-crisis-sets-peace-divided-cyprus.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — When the barriers carving Cyprus in half were finally breached 10 years ago this week, Turkish Cypriot Fethi Akinci forged what some might consider the unlikeliest of friendships with Yiannis Maratheftis — the Greek Cypriot he almost killed in battle with a gunshot to the head. The shooting took place on a July morning in 1974, as i... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:51:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2048458-economic-crisis-sets-peace-divided-cyprus.html 2013-04-27T11:51:02Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2046688-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 15:22:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2046688-un-crisis-greece-weakening-human-rights-action.html 2013-04-26T15:22:42Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2044944-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 19:12:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2044944-official-greeks-pull-nudes-qatar-art-exhibit.html 2013-04-25T19:12:26Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2042670-minaret-famed-mosque-syria-destroyed.html 2013-04-24T21:05:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041866-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 16:05:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041866-ngos-violent-racist-attacks-increase-greece.html 2013-04-24T16:05:19Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2041590-greek-finance-minister-rejects-tax-relief-call.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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 due to be voted by parliament at the weekend. Yannis Stournaras said Wednesday that demands by the Socialists to lower sales tax for restaurant and catering services would not be includ... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:16:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2041590-greek-finance-minister-rejects-tax-relief-call.html 2013-04-24T14:16:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039258-eu-probes-planned-merger-greek-airlines.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission has opened an in-depth antitrust investigation of the proposed takeover of Greece's Olympic Air by its domestic rival Aegean Airlines. The Commission, which acts as the 27-country bloc's competition watchdog, said Tuesday it fears "the transaction may lead to price increases and poorer service on several domestic Gr... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:45:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039258-eu-probes-planned-merger-greek-airlines.html 2013-04-23T15:45:40Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2035974-european-austerity-yields-meager-2012.html LONDON (AP) — The austerity pain pursued by a number of European countries led to very little gain in 2012. Figures Monday from Eurostat, the European Union's statistics office, showed that many of the countries hit hardest by Europe's financial crisis, such as Portugal and Spain, saw their budget deficits increase last year — even though they have pursue... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:54:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2035974-european-austerity-yields-meager-2012.html 2013-04-22T15:54:54Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2031524-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/business/economy/2031524-greek-farm-shootings-highlight-migrants-plight.html 2013-04-19T17:03:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2028396-greece-pledges-swift-punishment-farm-shooting.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek officials on Thursday promised "swift and exemplary" punishment for three strawberry plantation foremen who allegedly shot and injured 29 Bangladeshi laborers protesting late pay. Police are seeking the three suspects who disappeared after Wednesday's shootings, which occurred during a confrontation with some 200 Bangladeshi fa... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:15:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2028396-greece-pledges-swift-punishment-farm-shooting.html 2013-04-18T16:15:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2026384-greece-finance-minister-granted-bail.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A former Greek finance minister has been granted bail of €50,000 ($66,000) after testifying before a public prosecutor investigating allegations that he submitted false income declarations to tax authorities. Court officials said Wednesday that Yannos Papantoniou's wife, Stavroula Kourakou, was also granted bail of €20,000 ($26,000).... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:47:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2026384-greece-finance-minister-granted-bail.html 2013-04-17T19:47:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2025232-eu-lawmaker-cyprus-reunify-spur-turkey-ties.html BRUSSELS (AP) — A prominent European lawmaker scolded Cyprus' bailout creditors Wednesday for failing to insist on the ethnically split country's reunification. Such a move, he argues, would boost growth through stronger business ties with neighboring Turkey. Daniel Cohn-Bendit, a lawmaker with the Green party, said a sustainable economic recovery for the... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:03:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2025232-eu-lawmaker-cyprus-reunify-spur-turkey-ties.html 2013-04-17T17:03:22Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2025444-thatcher-funeral-guest-list-standouts.html LONDON (AP) — More than 2,300 guests attended the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at St. Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday. In all, 11 serving prime ministers and dignitaries representing 170 countries accepted invitations to the solemn event, Downing Street said. Here's a look at some of the prominent figures on the guest list: ... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:13:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2025444-thatcher-funeral-guest-list-standouts.html 2013-04-17T13:13:42Z