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Photo courtesy of hurriyetdailynews.com 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.
17 April 2014
Forensic experts search for evidence amid the debris on a street where a car bomb went off in Athens. ©Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis 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.
10 April 2014
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.
09 April 2014
©Marat Abilov 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.
31 March 2014
Gregory Vallianatos. Photo courtesy of youtube.com 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.
17 February 2014
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.
11 February 2014
©Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett 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.
04 February 2014
Kefalonia, Greece. Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org 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.
03 February 2014
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.
18 January 2014
©Reuters/Mariana Bazo 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.
12 January 2014
Greece's Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras. ©Reuters/Francois Lenoir  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.
30 December 2013
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.
15 December 2013
Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org 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?
04 December 2013
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.
23 October 2013
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.
11 October 2013
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.
13 September 2013
©REUTERS/Danny Lawson/Pool 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.
02 September 2013
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.
26 August 2013
©REUTERS 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.
12 August 2013
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.
09 August 2013
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