Greece

Greek police arrested a 37-year-old man in Kaisariani, Athens, on June 23, who was pretending to be a priest, and receiving large amounts in order to conduct bogus weddings between Greek citizens and foreigners. The "priest" was accused of usurpation...

Greece has rejected creditors’ bailout extension proposal, say gov't sources. In a brief statement from Brussels on Friday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stressed that the European Union's founding principles were not based on blackmail and ultimatums. He said...

The final day of decisions on Greece is Saturday and there will be an agreement, Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Friday said exiting the European Council. "We support the efforts of (Prime Minister) Alexis Tsipras and his government to...

Greek Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis on Friday, speaking to private ANT1 TV, said that all possibilities are open in the negotiation. "The outcome largely depends on the way our partners will face the Greek issue," the minister said and...

Greece’s creditors are to propose a five-month bailout program extension and 16.3 billion euros of funding to resolve a standoff with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ government, says a Reuters report. The proposal by Greece’s three creditor institutions -- the International...

Cruel and ruthless traffickers smuggled a 70-year-old disabled woman who could not walk and a special needs person from Turkey to Greece and left them stranded on a rocky cliff, under the sun in the area near the Marathoundas...

Pensioners in Greece receive an average 882 euros per month, 713 euros from basic pension and 169 euros from supplementary pensions, while 12.4 percent live below poverty level, according to Eurostat figures. Average pension in Europe ranges from 250 to 1,500 euros...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is dismissing the most recent Greek proposals for more bailout money. Schaeuble said today that Greece's proposed conditions “are only increasing taxes, only increasing contributions. Schaeuble implied time is short: “The 30th of June is the...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a 30-minute meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on Friday morning in which he expressed his frustration over the insistence of lenders on such harsh measures for Greece. Tsipras...

The Greek proposal that was tabled on Thursday's meeting of Eurozone finance ministers is published on the website of Kathimerini daily, showing the concessions Athens has made to secure an agreement with lenders. Two texts were presented at Thursday's Eurogroup:...