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Bomb Explodes Outside Greek Deputy Prosecutor΄s Home

A small bomb exploded outside the Athens home of a Greek deputy prosecutor early on Thursday, causing no injuries but damaging houses and cars, police said according to Reuters. The explosive device was placed in the front yard of the...

Citigroup to Close Nearly Half of Branch Network in Greece

Citigroup Inc is to shut almost half its branch network in Greece, where retail banking activity has dried up because of the country's debt crisis. Citi, the last major international bank with a countrywide presence in Greece, will cut its...

Greek March Marks 1973 Student Uprising Against Dictatorship

Greeks took to the streets by the tens of thousands on Nov. 17 to commemorate the 39th anniversary of a deadly student revolt against the country's former dictatorship which months later toppled the American-backed ruling military junta. The march occurred...

Turkish Newspaper Zaman Athens' Exhibit

Zaman Turkish daily is celebrating its 25 years of circulation by organizing different events, including an exhibition running until Dec. 10 at the Technopolis Cultural Center in Athens. The exhibition entitled Türkiye'de Zaman translates as Time in Turkey and features...

Policeman Arrested Over Immigrant Muggings

A Greek policeman has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a series of armed robberies against immigrants in a racially tense part of central Athens. A police statement said the 31-year-old was taken into custody early Thursday, after allegedly...

World Artists Work Supports Athens Homeless

Three hundred artists from all over the world will be meeting in Athens to artistically express themselves and create works of art that will financially support the homeless people of Athens. Artists from Greece, Europe, Egypt, the USA, India, China,...

Dallara Says Growth Essential To Avoid Greek Debt Trap

Greece should be given much more time to meet its budget targets, and its official creditors should provide better terms on their loans if the country hopes to escape its debt trap, the head of an international lobby group...

Kenya's Bett Wins Athens Classic Marathon

Kenya's Raymond Bett won the 30th Athens classic marathon on Sunday in a new fastest time of of two hours, 11 minutes and 35 seconds. The 28-year-old Bett was followed across the line by five of his countrymen with second...

Palestinian Riyad al-Malki Visits Greece

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki, in a visit to Athens, thanked Greece and stressed that his people will not accept any less rights than those already earned by the people of the Arab spring. Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos...

Vorres Art Museum Feels Budget Pinch

Some 9.3 miles east of Athens, in the suburban city of Peania lies one of the most impressive -  and certainly one the most original - museums not only in Greece but around the world. The Vorres Museum of Contemporary...