Greece

The Washington Post masterfully used the example of the "liquid god," which is no other than the Greek olive oil, in an attempt to explain - in simple terms - the Greek financial crisis to its readers. The article revealed what really happens...

The Washington Post published an article on January 1 entitled, “Greece: Numbers improve, problems worsen in 2014.” The article referred to, among other things, the Greek Prime Minister’s New Year message to the Greek people, in which he said...

Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt is to remain the US' top diplomat in Greece, according to reports which came to light on Tuesday. The Hellas Journal quoted a top US official as saying that Pyatt's tenure in Athens will be extended beyond October,...

Greece will need a new arrangement with creditors after the end of the bailout program in August to make sure that reforms continue to be implemented, European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici has said. “We will need to agree a post-program arrangement that...

Beginning an eight-day visit to the United States, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will start on Aug. 7 with a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry, a day before sitting down with President Barack Obama to talk about...

ATHENS – If old soldiers never die but just fade away, it seems that politicians who lose office slide into college teaching positions. Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, whose two-year reign ended ignominiously in 2011 when he was...

Even while Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos was busy in Washington trying to persuade everyone that Greece will not default, although it is drowning in debt and misery over deep pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions while tax...

US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt said on Tuesday that Greece can progress economically and technologically and become a regional hub for innovation and entrepreneurship. Speaking to the President of the American-Hellenic Chamber, Nikolaos Bakatselos, at the 31st annual Greek...

Instead of providing stimulus for growth to Greece, its European creditors are forcing the country into renewed austerity that will last four decades, a US economist says. Writing in the Washington Post, Matt O'Brien, former senior associate editor at the...

Controversy continues to surround the issue of two Russian diplomatic staff ordered out of  Greece this week. In an article run by Russian news agency Tass, Igor Pshenichnikov of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies said the decision had been made...

Dramatic images showing the owner of PAOK FC striding onto the pitch at Toumba Stadium Sunday night with what looked like a holstered firearm have gone around the world, sparking a media feeding frenzy. Greek football rarely makes it to...

"When the Atlantic hurricane season begins to quiet down in late October and November, it’s time to cast an eye toward the Mediterranean Sea for "medicanes"–a nickname for storms that develop tropical characteristics just off the coast of southern...

A new period has begun in which the government's aim will be growth with fairness, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in an interview with the newspaper "Efimerida ton Syntakton' published on Sunday. "Growth because the country and the economy...

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the current Greek government is incompetent and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras never intended to implement any reforms for the country’s economy, according to an interview with the Washington Post published on its...

Numerous articles have been published since Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reached an agreement with creditors, on how the country will be able to pay back its bailout. TIME magazine and the Business Insider explored Greece's options in regards to the country's islands,...