Deputy Defence Minister Costas Spiliopoulos left open this week the likelihood of a decision for a lengthier mandatory military service by conscripts.

Less than 24 hours after Greece secured a further 8 billion euros in loans from the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Lucas Papademos issued a stern warn

Leading Greek lenders Eurobank and Alpha Bank, which are merging later this year, this week announced heavy nine-month losses brought about by write-downs on their Greek government

New Democracy, which joined the interim government led by Prime Minister Lucas Papademos despite serious reservations, appears to have begun distancing itself from the administrati

Thousands of Greek workers joined the seventh general strike of the year on Thursday to protest the government’s plans to continue with an austerity drive that has cut salaries, pe

Veteran BBC journalist Malcolm Brabant is fighting for his life.

The head of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), Andreas Georgiou, is to testify on December 12 in a criminal investigation into claims that his office falsely inflated Gre

UN’s International Court of Justice is going to make its ruling on the Greece – FYROM name dispute on December 5, 2011, the Court has announced last week.

The financial crisis has brought losses of about 4.5 billion euros to the country’s social security funds.

One in four Greeks get prescription medicines over the counter from pharmacies, bypassing their doctors, while three in 10 claim to have been unable to find the medicines they need