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Greece's claim that a deal with its international lenders was imminent over unsettled reforms and a hole in the 2014 budget appeared overly optimistic as the two sides became involved in tough negotiations that must be finished before a...

Even before talks were due to resume on Feb. 24 with envoys from international lenders, Greece's coalition government said it was confident of reaching a deal in talks that have sputtered for almost six months. Representatives from the Troika of...

Greece's main opposition leader is certain his party will be in power next year and his first order of a business will be to seek a cut in the $325 billion it owes international lenders. If that fails, SYRIZA's...

More than 30 young people from Italy, Portugal, Romania and Greece will be meeting in Thessaloniki from February 20 to 22, in order to participate in the international workshop The European Youth Capital 2014, organized by the city of...

Greek citizens polled as the most pessimistic about the future of the European Union, believing it is heading in the wrong direction, according to a Eurobarometer poll released on Tuesday by the European Commission. The poll, conducted in November 2013,...

Greece fully supports Serbia's bid to join the European Union, Greek Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos told reporters after meeting with Serbian Premier Ivica Dacic on Tuesday. Speaking in the Serbian capital, Venizelos said that during its six-month...

More than two years after he was hounded out of office by protests, strikes and riots over austerity measures he imposed on the orders of international lenders, former Prime Minister George Papandreou said he laid the groundwork for a...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country is the biggest contributor to $325 billion in two bailouts to save Greece, has ruled out a third, although Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said that with a 1.5 billion euro ($2.05 billion) primary...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the country's primary surplus - not counting interest on debt and a slew of other costs - has surpassed 1.5 billion euros ($2.03) billion, enough to stave off the need for additional aid...

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades will succeed in his burning desire to reunify the island, whose northern third is still occupied by a standing Turkish army and unlawful invaders, right about the time Greece gets back Istanbul, which it still...