Greece

Antonis Samaras, leader of Nea Dimocratia - the main opposition party in Greece (centre-right) - today essentially opened the electoral campaign when addressing his party's parliamentary group, asking the current government ''to leave as soon as possible, because it...

Greek Prime Minister fought off a barrage of criticism to win the backing of his cabinet Wednesday to push ahead with a referendum. Greece's cabinet voted Wednesday to support George Papandreou's call to hold a public vote as soon...

French newspaper Liberation makes an extensive report on the Greek economic crisis and what happened to the world's markets after the Greek Prime minister's decision for a referendum. The referendum will ask Greeks if they want to participate in...

Artists and other eminent people have become special 'ambassadors' of Greece abroad, providing support to Greece during these bad circumstances. Victoria Hislop, author of "The Island", the biologist Hans Jerrentrup, the German historian Leonora Seeling and the famous band 'The Prodigy'...

The outgoing head of the European Central Bank, Jean Claude Trichet, has warned that there should be no repeat of last week's deal to reduce Greek debt. He also said that Greece should have come under greater scrutiny before it...

This week's Eurozone agreement to remit 50% of the massive Greek state debt is "an absolutely unique and exceptional measure," stated EC President Jose Manuel Barroso. In an interview for Portugese paper Expresso, the European Commission chief said that this...

The European Commission has issued the government in Athens today issued the government an ultimatum, saying that it must adjust a series of regulations that do not conform with EU rules, ranging from public administration to the award of...

According to Reuters, the harsh austerity measures imposed by the German mechanisms on the Greek people have revived historical enmities and many Greeks are beginning to compare the current circumstances to the Nazi Occupation of Greece during World War...

Greece risks having to pay a high fine for failing to completely implement the directive on domestic market services, which dates back to 2006. The European Commission has decided, for the first time, to take three countries who still...

During a meeting with the first Deputy President of Greece's New Democracy Party Dimitris Avramopoulos, China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin stated on Tuesday that China encourages its enterprises to invest in Greece, and is ready to strengthen cooperation...