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U.S. Ambassador Daniel B. Smith and Fulbright Director Artemis Zenetou honored Greek and American Fulbright Scholars and Fulbright donors, in the presence of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bay Fang, who oversees public diplomacy activities in the Bureau of...

The Microsoft headquarters in Athens have been attacked, with assailants reversing a van through the front entrance and detonating an incendiary device that sparked a fire. There were no injuries caused by the explosion. The attack on the main offices...

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake in Greece’s southern Peloponnese peninsula jolted Athens on Saturday, the National Geodynamic Institute said, with no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake registered at 8:52 pm (1752 GMT) about 150 kilometres (93 miles) west of...

Incoming Greek finance minister Vassilis Rapanos was admitted in hospital on Friday, the government said, with unconfirmed reports saying the 65-year-old senior banker had fainted. The chairman of leading Greek lender National Bank, Rapanos was taken to a private hospital...

As Greece approaches five years of recession, the number of its citizens unable to provide food for themselves is increasing.  Soup kitchens in Athens used to be the preserve of undocumented immigrants and the homeless, but now more people...

Greek authorities say a fire fighter has died while helping to battle a large wildfire burning inside an air force base just west of the capital Athens. A fire department spokesman, speaking anonymously according to department regulations, said the fire...

A Libération correspondent walked around the center of Athens, describing the financial situation of the stores in the Greek capital. The journalist writes that tourist shops selling mostly souvenirs "are in great recession." The article is entitled "Athens, Melancholy of...

Authorities say police have clashed with about 150 people who attacked a public bus and shops in a western Athens suburb and that six officers were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. The violence occurred Monday night in the Ano Liossia suburb,...

Police say about 10 men armed with sledgehammers and wooden bats have attacked a polling station during Greece's election, wounding two policemen guarding it and setting fire to the ballot box.  No voters were hurt during the attack Sunday,...

A major fire south of the Greek capital is raging for the second day, with gale-force winds hampering firefighting efforts. More than 150 firefighters and soldiers using more than 60 vehicles were battling the blaze south of Athens, along with...