ATHENS (Reuters) - Fewer Greeks are walking down the aisle as their country's deep economic crisis takes a toll on their famously lavish weddings, an age-old ritual that has become an unbearable cost for those struggling to make ends meet. Relig... [Full Article]
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) - When Greece adopted the euro, it poured billions into modernizing its infrastructure, building spectacular bridges, highways, and a brand new rail transit network for Athens. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Fireplaces were long a status symbol for Greece's up-and-coming middle class, like the second car and the flat screen TV. Now, they are increasingly their owners' only defense against the encroaching winter cold. (Sour... [Full Article]
Greeks took to the streets by the tens of thousands on Saturday to commemorate the 39th anniversary of a deadly student uprising against the country's former dictatorship. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
ATHENS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Greek workers began a 48-hour strike on Tuesday to protest a new round of austerity cuts that unions say will devastate the poor and drive a failing economy to collapse. The strike was called by Greece's t... [Full Article]
Greece was facing its second general strike in a month Thursday as workers protested over another batch of austerity measures that are designed to prevent the bankruptcy of the country. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek workers walked off the job for the second time in three weeks on Thursday, hoping to show EU leaders meeting in Brussels that a new wave of wage and pension cuts will only worsen their plight after five years of recession. St... [Full Article]
Tens of thousands of Greeks marched through central Athens Wednesday in the first general strike since the country's coalition government was formed in June, as the prime minister and finance minister hammered out a package of €11.5 billion ($... [Full Article]
Thousands of police marched through Athens on Thursday, chanting "thieves, thieves" and carrying black flags, to oppose planned pay cuts under a huge new austerity package meant to save Greece from defaulting on its mountain of debt. (Sourc... [Full Article]
Liverpool scraped a 1-0 win over Hearts while a Newcastle side shorn of several familiar faces survived sweltering conditions to hold Greek side Atromitos to a 1-1 draw in their Europa League play-off round first-legs on Thursday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]