The UN secretary general’s personal envoy on the FYROM name issue Matthew Nimetz held meetings in Skoje and Athens last week.

A protest against moves to toughen measures to combat illegal immigration has lead to clashes between protestors and police.

A protest against a local dump in Grammatiko,west of Athens, had dire consequences for local officials, police and residents.

The visit of the newly elected Russian Orthodox Patriarch to Turkey has eased relations between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church.

One of the largest human trafficking rings in Eastern Europe and the Balkans was busted by Greek police last week.

The failure to recover government subsidies from Olympic Airways has seen Greece fined by the European Court of Justice.

A postcard that was sent from Nisyros in 1987 reached its intended recipient in the United Kingdom twenty two years after the fact.

The leaders of an extreme right-wing parliamentary group in Greece has used false statements attributed to the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, to mount an attack against ill

The 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara saw Greece mount its best performance ever with a 64 medal haul.

Corruption is rife in the Greek public sector, according to the annual report of the Greek Auditor General released last week.