Athens Politics News

French fashion legend Pierre Cardin was briefly hospitalised on Sunday after being taken ill in a Paris airport departure lounge, his office said. The 87-year-old was about to board a plane for Greece -- where he is putting on a...

The government is making a serious mistake by trying to launch attacks against those who openly voice their concerns about the future of the country�s economy and by looking for conspiracies behind the movement of the market and announcements by...

A campaigner with a sticker featuring a bar code and the word �Trafficked� taped over her mouth participates in an event in Athens yesterday protesting at an increase in violence against women. The rally, organized to mark International Day for...

New Democracy voters have recently been heard saying that if the ruling party does not succeed in putting matters right, Greece will be in a whole lot of trouble. Many in this country feel like someone who has only read...

Both heads of state are set to hold talks with their respective delegations, while agreements will be signed on bilateral co-operation in education, sciences and culture for the period 2009-2011, Dnevnik daily reported. Additionally, a Greek-Bulgarian business forum will be...

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...

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...