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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Public Issue poll suggests that 63 percent of respondents will choose not to get the jab. The survey also points to a general sense of composure among Greeks with regard to the possibility of being infected by swine flu....