Athens Politics News

Trichet told French newspaper Le Monde that the fiscal situation in some European countries is so bad that there is a danger markets will lose faith in them, without specifically naming Greece or any other country. �Some countries are in...

Placing in the index depends on the views of business people and other monitors surveyed in each country. On a descending scale from 10 to zero, meaning from low levels of corruption to perceptions that a country is "highly corrupt",...

politicians should question focus on economic growth Archbishop of Canterbury attacks free market ideology and says economic policy should take more account of needs of family life Politicians should question the importance of promoting economic growth, the Archbishop of Canterbury,...

On the one hand, Socialist cadres are going around saying that the country�s public finances are in a shambles...There�s a real danger in what the government is doing at the moment.

A convicted murderer in Greece who made a dramatic prison escape by helicopter earlier this year was arrested near Athens on Monday, police said. Alket Rizaj, of Albania, was arrested with a female companion at an isolated house near the...

Greek socialists claim victory in election • Pasok wins after five years of conservative rule • Costas Karamanlis ejected after gamble on mid-term poll Greek socialist party supporters in Athens react following exit poll results from the parliamentary elections in...

Greece�s next prime minister, George Papandreou, is greeted last night by jubilant supporters at the party�s headquarters in central Athens...Parliament that left New Democracy on the verge of suffering the most damaging election defeat in the conservative party�s 35-year history....

Sunday, a result which continues to send shock waves through New Democracy and yesterday led to one of the previous government�s most senior members, Giorgos Souflias, announcing his retirement from politics. Papandreou spent much of yesterday in conversation with close...