Politics

ATHENS – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will be in Greece this weekend to promote "The Hellenic Initiative," an initiative organized by Greeks of the Diaspora that aims to help Greece overcome the current crisis. The program aims to...

Within the framework of the European Fish Weeks 2012, NGO MEDASSET (Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles) organized a series of events this month on the island of Lefkada, Western Greece, aiming at putting an end to disastrous...

ATHENS – A rise in anti-immigrant sentiment in Greece – including within a new coalition government – has led to an avalanche of assaults, at least 300 of which have been catalogued by human rights groups who called on...

The Greek Federation of Employers, SEV, is asking for the reduction of labor costs as a negotiating point for talks with the unions and the government. On the other side, ESEE, the Confederation of Greek Merchants is asking for...

ATHENS – Fotis Kouvelis, leader of the tiny Democratic Left party that is a partner in New Democracy Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ uneasy coalition with the PASOK Socialists, has warned that Greece may yet default on its loans...

ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his coalition partners have agreed on little more than half of the $14.1 billion in cuts demanded by international lenders over the next three years, but agreed that there would be...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble suggested the euro area could handle Greece dropping out, raising pressure on Greek political leaders struggling to form a government amid a rise in anti-bailout sentiment. “We have learned a lot in the last two...

The European Court of Human Rights condemned Greece for mistreatment of an Albanian legal immigrant, Arben Lisha. Mr. Lisha had appealed against Greek authorities for mistreatment after he was deported to Albania. He used to reside in Skala Lakonias,...

The head of a party in Greece's new coalition government says the country's recession made it "almost impossible" for it to achieve the 11.5 billion euros in cuts over the next two years demanded by its rescue creditors. Socialist party...

ATHENS – Desperately trying to find ways to keep open the Hellenic Halyvourgia steelworks where employees have been striking for nine months over 40 percent pay cuts, Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis was talking to union leaders and management trying...

ATHENS – With his Cabinet members reluctant to make deep cuts needed to satisfy international lenders who want Greece’s government to slash spending by $14 billion, new Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has told them that he will if they...

ATHENS – Greece’s economic crisis, that is sapping the spirit out of the country as well as its finances, is so wearing that President Karolos Papoulias  - who was booed at Oxi Day celebrations and honored Independence Day at...

 An intensive accord was reached between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministers Mr. Dimitrios Avramopoulos and Ms. Olga Kefalogianni during a meeting that they had last Thursday in the Ministry of Foreign...

“The Government as well as justice should intervene against the Golden Dawn political party," Ms. Papariga said on Friday, during her speech during an immigrant festival. The General Secretariat of KKE (Greek Communist Party) underlined that it would be...

ATHENS - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will reportedly come to Greece later this week at the behest of a group of influential Greek Americans who want to change the negative image of the country as it struggles through...