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With the Greek government already probing possible ties between the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party and whether military forces are training its members, a prosecutor has ordered an investigation into a blog post on the special forces reservists' website demanding...

Although hundreds of previous strikes and protests against austerity measures the last 3 1/2 years have all failed, Greek civil servants took to the streets on Sept. 25 for the second day of their 48-hour general strike which is...

Being squeezed by international lenders to pare the workforce by transferring, suspending or firing civil servants, Greek Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has asked for an extension to the so-called mobility scheme until the end of the year. The request...

Throwing cold water on Greece's expectations of having a primary surplus by the end of the year - not including interest, some military expenditures, social security, municipal budgets and the cost of running state enterprises, which otherwise would show...

After easily winning re-election in a runaway rout to gain a third term, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country is the biggest contributor to bailouts for Greece, said she will now return to tightening the screws on the Greek...

With envoys from international lenders in Athens checking the books before releasing more tranches in a series of rescue loans as part of a second bailout of $173 billion, the Finance Ministry said it expects to have a primary...

With social unrest raging again in Greece - this time over the killing of an anti-fascist for which a member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party was arrested - major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader...

Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, who said all will be well with the economy beginning next year, will begin a new round of critical talks with the country's international lenders beginning Sept. 22, meeting the top envoys from the...

The International Monetary Fund approved Monday the release of 84.7 million euros ($113.1 million) in bailout funds to Cyprus. The IMF executive board approved the funds after completing the first review of Cyprus's performance under a three-year, billion-euro loan program...

Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, who is upbeat about the chances for a recovery and a return to the markets next year, has denied that Greece is being pressed by its international lenders to adopt more fiscal consolidation...