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Satisfied with passage of a multi-faceted bill that will lead to the removal of 15,000 public workers over the next two years, the Eurogroup of Eurozone finance officials on April 29 approved the release of a 2.8 billion euros...

Some 460 police officers assigned to guard politicians, journalists, and business executives have been taken away and returned to normal duty, but former deputy prime minister Theodoros Pangalos, a PASOK Socialist stalwart who has retired and no longer in...

By a vote of 168-123 on April 28 just before midnight, the Greek Parliament - as expected - easily approved another set of reforms demanded by international lenders in return for continuing bailouts, including the firing of 15,000 public...

The onslaught of continuing big tax hikes in Greece has backfired again with the Finance Ministry reporting overdue payments from citizens jumped 800 million euros ($1.04 billion) in March, bringing the total outstanding to more than 2.17 billion euros...

Yannos Papantoniou, a former Greek finance minister who propelled the country into the euro 11 years ago - and who is now being investigated over a secret Swiss bank account - said he's not sorry Greece switched to a...

The roller-coaster surveys that show the ruling New Democracy (ND) Conservatives and major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) taking turns in first place have switched again to the Leftists. A VPRC opinion poll gives SYRIZA a 2.5...

A protest rally outside the Environment and Energy Ministry was held by Greek farmers who have installed photovoltaic systems on their cultivations in order to boost their income. The farmers protested against excessive taxation on the photovoltaic systems. The farmers...

Rushing to beat the clock before stopping work for the May 5 Easter holiday, lawmakers in the Greek Parliament have received from Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' coalition government a multi-faceted bill of so-called "prior actions" demanded by international lenders...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has withdrawn his plan to get rid of deadwood problem workers to help meet international lender requirements to pare the workforce by 25,000 people in the next two years after objections from his coalition...

Presenting a unified front with his PASOK Socialist partner Evangelos Venizelos at a project resuming work on a major highway, Greek Prime Minsiter Antonis Samaras said the country’s battered economy is already recovering, despite evidence it is not. During a...