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A protester (l) lies in the street in central Athens after being detained...A police spokesman yesterday expressed satisfaction with the force�s response to rioting. �We managed to keep the city functioning, averted large-scale damage, widespread injuries of citizens and avoided...

The others avoided making any statements yesterday pending delivery from the Greek Embassy in Budapest of the official text of Khrushchev�s statements. Papandreou, who was prime minister when Greece was liberated from Nazi occupation, made the following statement: �On December...

Australia as its 12th Partner for Cooperation, joining other Asian and Mediterranean countries including Japan, Thailand, Afghanistan and Israel.

Athens, the two sides agreed to boost bilateral economic cooperation with the action plan covering the next two years.     They expressed a common will to continue the project of Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, which will transport Russian and Caspian oil from...

The Zurich Ballet performs Heinz Spoerli�s choreography on Bach�s �Goldberg Variations� at the Athens Concert Hall�s Alexandra Trianti Hall, starting tonight and running to Sunday, with the participation of pianist Alexey Botvinov. Athens Concert Hall, 1 Kokkali & Vas.

Eurozone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund see the euro as being currently overvalued, Eurogroup chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Tuesday. Speaking after a meeting of the 16 countries that use the single currency, also attended by the IMF's Europe...

With the third phase of the government�s program for the vaccination of the population against swine flu due to begin today with jabs for citizens aged 18 to 49, health experts yesterday stressed that �mass inoculation� was the only effective...

As representatives from 56 different countries converged in Athens for talks on global security yesterday, Greek interest appeared to be focused more on diplomatic exchanges on the sidelines of the event than on the central proceedings. Greece currently holds, President...

The premium investors� demand to hold 10-year Greek government bonds rather than benchmark German Bunds hit a seven-month high of 217 basis points last week before easing to 177 bps yesterday. Comments by European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs...