Greek Deficit Shoots Up; Citigroup Trader Probed for False Speculation
ATHENS, Greece -- This country's 2010 deficit shot up significantly more than anticipated, European Union data revealed today, signaling ailing attempts by the government in Athens to rein in the...
Greece Proposes Spending Cuts, but Will They Be Enough?
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NEWS ANALYSIS ATHENS -- Greece was heading for bankruptcy last year. It still is today, only now, its chances of fiscal recovery look bleaker, pundits and market analysts predict. The reasons?...
Will Propping Up Portugal Halt Spread of Insolvency in Europe?
AP
ATHENS, Greece -- Following Greece and Ireland, Portugal, too, has requested a bailout from its European peers. But will Spain, a larger economy with stronger significance to global finance, follow?...
Prosecutor: Greek Olympians Should Be Convicted in Doping Scandal
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ATHENS, Greece -- A prosecutor here called today for the conviction of two former Greek sprinters for staging a motorcycle accident and then lying about it to avoid a doping test at the 2004 Summer...
Greece: Gadhafi Seeking Way Out, but Cease-Fire Must Come First
ATHENS, Greece -- After weeks of civil unrest, fighting and a rising death toll, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is making diplomatic overtures, seeking a way out of the crisis. Abdelati Obeidi,...
WikiLeaks: US Worried About Safety of Romanian Nuclear Plant
ATHENS, Greece -- As Japan struggles with the crisis at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, leaked U.S. diplomatic cables have focused a spotlight on another potential hot spot: the Cernavoda...
Protests Spike in Greece as Government Weighs Support of Attack on Libya
Petros Giannakouris, AP
ATHENS, Greece -- Demonstrators took to the streets of the capital today to protest international air strikes against military assets of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as Greece weighed its support of...
Greek Police Arrest Terror Suspects
AP
ATHENS, Greece -- Greek police said today they had arrested three leading members of a homegrown terror group responsible for a spree of attacks last year, including a mail bomb campaign that spilled...
Illegal Immigrants in Greece End Hunger Strike
AP
ATHENS, Greece -- Nearly 300 illegal immigrants have ended a six-week hunger strike after the Greek government, fearing the death of one or more protesters, agreed not to begin deportation...
Greece's Credit Rating Crash Puts It in 'Junk' Land
ATHENS, Greece -- This country's credit rating has crashed once more, standing, now, on a par with Angola and Vietnam, and leaving the government in Athens jaded. Moody's Investor Services...
At Least 99 Hunger Strikers Hospitalized in Greece
AP
ATHENS, Greece -- More than a third of almost 300 North African immigrants refusing food and water to protest their lack of legal residency status have been rushed to a rash of hospitals here and in...
Greek Riot Police Clash With Protesters as Strike Turns Violent
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ATHENS, Greece -- In the latest sign of swelling social unrest, Greek riot police clashed with angry demonstrators in Athens today, marring a nationwide protest against continued austerity...
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