Greece
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Troubling meeting between Cypriot leaders
Power-sharing discussions continue to trouble Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders
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First radiation therapy centre for children opens in Greece
Children with cancer will now be able to receive treatment at Greece’s first radiation centre for children
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EU Commissioner: No restructuring of Greek debt
Debt restructuring in Greece or any other eurozone country would have negative consequences and the eurozone does not want it to happen, Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner
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Athens Greek Vehicle Museum opens in March
Car designs spanning over a century will be on display in new museum
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Monk Seal comes out
A colony of rare Seals discovered at a secret location off the coast of Greece.
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PM holds talks with Erdogan in Erzurum
Prime ministers George Papandreou and Recep Tayyip Erdogan held two hours of private talks over a working breakfast in the northeast Anatolian city of Erzurum.
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UN agency critical of Greek border plan
The United Nations’ refugee agency on Friday criticized plans in Greece to build a fence along part of its border with Turkey.
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Epiphany celebrated throughout Greece with ‘Blessing of Waters’
The religious feast of the Epiphany — the Twelfth Day after Christmas — was celebrated throughout Greece on Thursday with the traditional “Blessing of the Waters”.
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Only 2 in 5 Greeks pay income tax
More than 5 million Greeks did not pay income taxes for 2008, according to public documents released by the Greek finance ministry.
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Turkish Deputy PM meets with Patriarch, members of ethnic Greek community
Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc held a high-profile meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, members of the Holy Synod and representatives of the dwindling eth