Greece

Greece: Girl, 6, drowns as migrant boat sinks

5 days ago

Uninhabited Farmakonissi, just off the Turkish coast, is regularly used by human trafficking rings to drop off people who pay them handsomely to be clandestinely taken into Greece.

Greece uses emergency power on striking teachers

6 days ago

Greece's left-wing opposition leader Alexis Tsipras said the cuts were prompting the government to take increasingly autocratic measures.

Greece sells debt cheaper as loan gets disbursed

7 days ago

Greece saw the interest rate it has to pay to get investors to lend it money fall further Tuesday, a day after its European creditors backed the release of the country's next batch of rescue loans.

IMF report praises Greece, calls for more reforms

14 days ago

""While it will yet take some time for the country's situation to fully normalize, the government of Greece has come a long way in its adjustment effort," the report concludes.

May Day strike disrupts transport in Greece

20 days ago

Ferry and train services in Greece have ground to a halt as unions hold a strike for May Day.

Life ban from Greece team for Nazi salute player

65 days ago

Greece's soccer federation said Sunday in a statement that the AEK Athens midfielder's gesture "is a deep insult to all victims of Nazi brutality.

Rehhagel picked to make Germany popular in Greece

67 days ago

Rehhagel, a German, coached Greece to a stunning victory in the 2004 European Championships, building a team that went on to qualify for two other European tournaments and the 2010 World Cup.

Troika inspectors to return to Greece in 2 weeks

69 days ago

Greece's finance minister says rescue lenders will send inspectors back to Athens in about two weeks after both sides failed to finalize a new round of deficit reduction measures.

Turkey, Greece vow dialogue to overcome rifts

78 days ago

Greece is the main transit point for illegal immigrants entering the European Union, and most cross into the country through Turkey.

Greece, creditors to discuss public sector layoffs

78 days ago

Officials say talks this coming week between crash-strapped Greece and its international creditors will focus heavily on the possibility of public sector layoffs.

Bank of Greece: Output down 20.1 percent

85 days ago

European Central Bank governing council member George Provopoulos said Greece's economy would remain stuck in recession in 2013, with unemployment expected to continue rising this year.

Greece helicopter prison escape attempt foiled

86 days ago

The dramatic escape attempt was one of a handful involving helicopters in Greece, and the first time such plans have failed.

Heavy rainfall in Athens floods roads, basements

88 days ago

Torrential rainfall caused extensive flooding in Greece's capital Friday, inundating basements and forcing authorities to close major roads and a central subway station in Athens.

Greece hit by general strike against austerity

90 days ago

French President Francois Hollande was in Athens on Tuesday to express the "support of France and trust in the actions of (Greece's) government in recent months.

Greece's weakened workforce starts to crack

90 days ago

Greece now has the highest unemployment rate in the 17-strong group of European Union countries that use the euro, with 27 percent out of work - 60 percent of those aged under 24.

Crisis-hit Greece backs pipeline for Caspian gas

97 days ago

Greece, Italy and Albania signed an agreement Wednesday backing a proposed pipeline to transport natural gas from the Caspian Sea to western Europe, intensifying the rivalry with a competing project.

Greece: Cuts keep budget on target, spur protests

99 days ago

Mostly in central and northern Greece, the hour-long roadblocks started at 2:00 p.m. (1200GMT), forcing motorists to take lengthy detours or wait the protests out.

Greece orders striking ferry crews back to work

105 days ago

Brief clashes broke out with riot police in central Greece Tuesday, when farmers who have lined up some 1,500 tractors near a main highway tried to block the road on foot.

Greece opposition leader calls for debt write-off

115 days ago

The leader of Greece's leftist opposition, Alexis Tsipras, is calling for an agreement to wipe out some of the government debt that Greece and other countries in Europe are struggling to repay.

March protests immigrant's slaying in Greece

122 days ago

Greece has been suffering a surge in anti-immigration sentiment during its 3-year-old economic crisis, which has demolished living standards and led to high unemployment.

Greece debates probe of Swiss account scandal

124 days ago

In 2010, when Greece's finances imploded, French authorities gave Papaconstantinou a list stolen from HSBC bank of about 2,000 Greeks with Swiss accounts, for a potential tax probe.

Greek doctors, Athens metro workers on strike

124 days ago

Greek doctors, Athens metro workers on strike

6.2 magnitude earthquake shakes Turkey, Greece

133 days ago

The Athens Geodynamic Institute in Greece put the magnitude at 5.9 and said the quake occurred between the Greek islands of Lemnos and Lesvos, near the Turkish coast.