Angela Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is reported to be furious over the statements of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the prospects of turning the former Greek Orthodox church of Hagia Sophia, located in Istanbul, Turkey, into a mosque. According...

In a series of stories, London's Financial Times unfolds the proceedings following the former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's decision to call a national referendum in 2011 on the bailout package imposed on Greece by the EU and the IMF,...

A week before Greeks go to the polls to vote in local elections - and two weeks before those for the European Parliament - the race between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' New Democracy Conservatives and major opposition Coalition of...

Greek police say they believe escaped terrorist Nikos Maziotis to be the mastermind behind six armed robberies and bank heists that have brought his Revolutionary Struggle gang 15 million euros ($20.8 million) to finance their violent activities. He and his partner Pola...

With a primary surplus in hand, Greece is set to ask the eurozone to approve some sort of relief from the 240 billion euros it has borrowed from international lenders, reportedly a 50-year repayment schedule, lower interest or an...

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are to hold a meeting in Washington on May 2 on the financial situation in the broader European Union and eurozone, while also addressing...

The European Union's statistics agency Eurostat has said it manipulated data to show that Greece has a primary surplus of 1.5 billion euros when in reality it still runs a deficit, but defended the fudge as a legitimate exception afforded none...

The European Union's statistics agency Eurostat on April 23 said that Greece had a 3.4 billion euro primary surplus for 2013, a benchmark that would allow Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to seek debt relief from international lenders. The news came...

  Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' pre-election cash giveaway has prompted hundreds of thousands of people to apply for the so-called "social dividend," much of will be given to low-income pensioners along with the military and emergency personnel that make...

With Prime Minister Antonis Samaras saying small start-up companies can help Greece reduce the country's record unemployment rate, the entrepreneurs he's counting on say their businesses won't produce enough jobs to make a difference. The jobless rate is hovering around...