Tens of thousands of young people — and many older ones, too — gather in the main square of the capital, driven to protest by the despair of unemployment and a social system that cannot meet their ...
Greece’s Parliament has approved an austerity bill demanded by bailout creditors, despite a significant level of dissent from the governing leftist Syriza party. The bill to impose sweeping tax hikes ...
Five of the world's leading economists have written an open letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel warning her to stop "force-feeding" the Greek people "never-ending austerity," and say that doing ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece got a triple dose of good news on Thursday, when creditors agreed to open talks on a third bailout package, to give the country an interim loan to cover upcoming debts, ...
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras seeks to secure approval of leftist allies prior to presenting an extra 13.5 billion euro ...
ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s Parliament narrowly approved a new batch of austerity measures early Thursday, including thousands of public-sector job cuts and transfers, demanded by the country’s ...
ATHENS, Greece -- Hundreds of youths rioted in Athens on Saturday, throwing Molotov cocktails and stones at police who responded with tear gas at a May Day rally against austerity measures being ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Violent protesters attacked peaceful ones with petrol bombs and stones Thursday in Athens, as tens of thousands rallied outside parliament ahead of a vote on despised new ...
ATHENS, Greece -- Greek lawmakers approved the country's 2013 austerity budget early Monday, an essential step in Greece's efforts to persuade its international creditors to unblock a vital rescue ...
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sought his left-wing party's backing on Friday for a new budget austerity package that is harsher than what he urged Greeks to reject in a vote just last week, but ...
Under a low November sun, a hillside in rural Greece offered a glimpse of war in the near-future. Helicopters skimmed tree lines and infantry units scrambled across a firing range through bursts of ...
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's president used an annual commemoration of the country's stand against fascism in World War Two on Monday to warn that Athens would not yield to pressure from foreign ...