Hatzidakis

On the morning of April 21, 1967, Greeks suddenly found tanks in the streets of Athens as a coup of military leaders staged a junta that became known as The Regime of The Colonels and brought seven years of...

Unrepentant defenders of Greece's brutal military dictatorship, the junta carried out by the Colonels, will gather on April 21, the 46th anniversary of the government's takeover, to commemorate what they believe was a great period in Greek history. The featured...

Envoys from Greece's international lenders are squeezing the uneasy coalition government led by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader to push the pace of reforms - including firing public workers, privatizing state entities and ending professional...

Hoping to kick start investor interest and lure more business, Greece will exempt big companies that ship products to Greece and use the port of Piraeus as a hub from its 23 percent Valued Added Tax (VAT) which is...

Concerned that his ministers are reacting too slowly to implement reforms demanded by international lenders, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is reportedly considering replacing some of them, the newspaper Kathimerini reported. With tax revenues falling far short of expectations despite...

Coming on the heels of Qatari development officials pulling out of a bid to develop Athens’ former international airport site that has lain dormant for more than decade, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras begins a trip to Qatar on...

A leveling of Greece's special consumption tax on diesel with that of heating oil hasn't stopped illegal fuel trading and government officials are now concerned that's moving to the shipping industry as well and are planning steps to...

Striking Greek Metro workers said they would stay off the job for a ninth consecutive day on Jan. 25 and disobey a mobilization order from the government to return or be fired or jailed. The deadline for the strikers to...

The head of the Athens Metro workers union, Antonis Stamatopoulos, whose members have been on strike for eight days over pay cuts, shutting down the system, said his members wouldn’t come back to work and defied the government to...

Striking Greek Metro workers said they would continue their work stoppage for a sixth day on Jan. 22, refusing to obey a court order they return to their jobs after a judge declared their strike illegal. The workers are...