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After weeks of worry, Greek officials were told Oct. 21 that a critical $11 billion loan installment as part of a $152 bailout to keep the country from going bankrupt[...]

Greek lawmakers gave on Wednesday initial approval for an austerity law cutting wages and hiking taxes, crucial for the country to receive a next...

Police clashed with protesters outside parliament on Wednesday, firing tear gas as they came under attack with firebombs during a massive demonstration against austerity. Protesters...

Athens has become a kind of purgatory for migrants entering Europe – a cramped, violent and sweltering waiting room that one may never get to leave.

Unions are to scale up their protests and walkouts on Tuesday ahead of a two-day general strike on Wednesday and Thursday, expected to be...

If you awoke today in Athens – and before you went to bed last night – one of your first duties would be to...

The European Union should declare Greece’s bankruptcy official, according to Zoran Stavreski, Skopje's Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. Skopje and Greece share borders, currently...

Sol Square in Madrit, Tahrir Square in Cairo, Green Square in Tripoli, Syntagma Square in Athens, Zuccotti Park in New York and now Paris,...

A relentless wave of tax increases hasn't provided enough revenue to plug a deep hole in public finances, so a new supposed one-time “solidarity” surtax on income paid by Greeks will continue next year[...]

As Greek leaders are admitting that the country’s investors won’t get paid back all they are owed, Cyprus’ Nobel Prize Winner for Economics Christopher...