Former Finance Minister Giorgos Papaconstantinou has prepared plans to allow owners of illegal homes to pay a fine to protect their home from demolition

Two new polls publicised on Wednesday show the main opposition New Democracy (ND) party leading in vote preferences

Authorities in Skopje erected a huge bronze statue of Alexander the Great in the city centre, a move certain to aggravate a long running dispute with Athens

The family basket of an average Greek household amounted to 2312.26 euros in May 2011 compared to May 2010

Greece’s embattled government survived a confidence vote crucial to avoiding a sovereign default, as thousands of protesters chanted insults outside parliament

Greece raised 1.625 billion euros from the market in an auction of a three-month Treasury bills issue

Reports on the beginning of work for the placing of a statue of Alexander the Great in the central square in Skopje drew strong reaction from the Greek Foreign ministry

A report has been unveiled saying the Greek secret service knew of a conspiracy to kill then Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis in 2008

Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, the British author, scholar, and WWII Special Operations Executive agent has died, aged 96

Credit ratings agency Moody’s says it may downgrade its ratings of France’s three largest banks over their exposure to debt-ridden Greece