Greece Politics News

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...

A convicted kidnapper on leave from prison forced his way Wednesday into a German school in northern Greece - for the second time in three years - and was holding one staff member hostage at gunpoint, police said. Authorities evacuated...

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...

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...

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...

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...