Eight drown as immigrant boat sinks off Turkey
Eight people died, including a child, and five others were missing on Wednesday after a boat carrying migrants towards Greece capsized off western Turkey, local media reported.
Blast in Athens as Greece set to return to bond markets
A booby-trapped car exploded outside the Bank of Greece in central Athens early Thursday without injuring anyone, hours before Greece was due to return to the debt markets after a four-year absence.
US Getty museum to return Greek manuscript
The J. Paul Getty Museum has agreed to return to Greece a Byzantine New Testament manuscript illegally taken from a monastery on Mount Athos over 50 years ago, it said Monday.
G-Global: XXI Century World by Nazarbayev presented in Athens
Nursultan Nazarbayev's new book G-Global: XXI Century World has been presented in Athens, Greece.
Athens mayoral candidate says he is HIV positive
One of Greece's best-known proponents of gay rights, who is running for mayor of Athens, on Sunday said he is HIV positive in a taboo-breaking move.
Energy is 'game changer' in new Cyprus peace drive
Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders meet Tuesday to relaunch talks on ending the island's division after a nearly two-year break, with optimism that the energy card could provide a breakthrough.
In Greece, recovery starts with fast food and coffee
Graphics artist and part-time barmaid, Mariza Papasmiria struggled for years juggling her two jobs, working seven days a week for 1,600 euros ($2,200) a month.
Strong earthquake rattles Greek island
A strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck near the Greek island of Cephalonia in the Ionian Sea early Monday, the the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
Kerry praises Greece for tough economic choices
US Secretary of State John Kerry praised the Greek government Friday for making "tough choices" to resolve the country's economic crisis and said he believed the situation was improving.
Greek bronzes raise hope of revival in southern Italy
Two remarkably life-like Greek bronze statues have gone on show in the same Calabria region in southern Italy where they were found by an amateur diver 42 years ago.
Greece eyes return to bond markets in 2nd half of 2014
Bailed-out Greece is hoping to return to bond markets in the second half of 2014 -- but only if growth and a primary budget surplus permits, its finance minister said Sunday.
Europe's 'crisis after the crisis' poses uncertainty in 2014
Is Europe on the verge of a popular uprising? The question was asked by one of Greece's most respected newspapers as another year of painful austerity drew to a close.
With $65 bn in debt, is Puerto Rico America's Greece?
Laden with debt, its economy in recession: Is the US territory of Puerto Rico poised to become another Greece?
Greece suspends state aid to neo-Nazi party
The Greek parliament has adopted a measure suspending state aid to the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, after six of its lawmakers faced charges in a high-profile probe of the group's alleged criminal activities.
Mosque and school spark new feud between Turkey and Greece
Greece and Turkey, which share a history marred by bitter territorial disputes and Christian-Muslim feuds, are at loggerheads once again over religion.
Bailouts still key issue as eurozone finance ministers meet
Eurozone finance ministers meet in calmer times Friday but still need to ensure bailed-out member states meet their targets amid growing speculation some will need more help to get back on track.
Greek coroner receives letter bomb, no injury: police
A Greek coroner involved in terrorism investigations escaped injury on Sunday after a letter bomb he received went off.
Greece may need new bailout of 10bn euros
Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said that if Greece required a new bailout in 2014, it would be a "much smaller" package of around 10 billion euros with no austerity conditions attached.
Hundreds of homes deemed unfit after Greek quakes: officials
Hundreds of homes in rural central Greece have been deemed unfit for habitation after a wave of quakes this week.
Obama: Greece needs policies focused on growth and jobs
US President Barack Obama called Thursday for more growth-oriented policies in Greece, saying the austerity has not been adequate to revive the country's battered economy.