Tag: Greece

Greece hurtled closer to the catastrophic possibility of a Euro exit Saturday after Europe responded to the government’s call for a referendum by refusing...

ATHENS- The Greek Orthodox Church says it will not provide religious rites for those who choose cremation, saying it disrespects the human body. "The incineration of...

ATHENS- A Greek public prosecutor has recommended that 70 members of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn movement, including 18 deputies elected to the country's parliament...

Colombia marked their return to the World Cup after a 16-year absence with an attacking display that earned a 3-0 victory over Greece on...

Three Pakistani migrants were killed and four others wounded as they came under attack from Greek Border Security Force (BSF). According to reports, the Pakistani...

The International Monetary Fund has said that it lowered its normal standards for debt sustainability to bail out Greece and its projections for the...

Greek workers held a nationwide strike against wage cuts and high taxes on Wednesday, keeping ferries stuck in ports, schools shut and hospitals with...

Greek transport systems have been disrupted and schools and tax offices shut after public sector workers walked off the job in protest at new...

Greece says it will spend $13bn in a bond buyback programme that it hopes will help stabilise its huge debt. The buyback, one of...

Rescuing Greece from economic collapse is in Germany's best interests, Chancellor Angela Merkel told Sunday's edition of the Bild newspaper, after German lawmakers approved...

Ambassador of Greece called on Interior Minister Rehman Malik here on Thursday and discussed narcotics and human smuggling from Pakistan to his country and...

The euro slipped in Asian trade on Wednesday after a buying spree sparked by Greece’s bailout deal fizzled owing to lingering concerns over Europe’s...

The failure of eurozone ministers to reach a deal to give Greece its latest bailout payment threatens the whole bloc, leaders have said. Following nearly...

Eurozone finance ministers meet later to decide whether to release the next 33bn euros ($42bn; £27bn) of bailout cash needed by Greece to stay...

The Greek rescue program is seriously derailed. By the end of this year, the economy will be a fifth smaller than it was five...

The ECB Governing Council member and Bundesbank chief said international lenders must still make an “unembellished and honest” assessment of the country’s finances. “Politicians have...

Lawmakers in Greece have narrowly backed a fresh round of austerity measures, despite violent protests across the country. The austerity package aimed at securing...