100,000 Tourists Reported Stranded in Greece
(Novinite.com) Jul 30, 2010
A total of 100,000 tourists from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and FYROM, who are traveling by car, remain stranded in northern Greece because of the lorry drivers strike, according to reports....

Greece closes down consulates due to economic crisis
(Xinhua) Jul 30, 2010
Greece announced Thursday the closure of almost a dozen consulates in Europe and South Africa due to the economic crisis that has hit the country hard this year....

Defender Jean-Alain Boumsong joins Panathinaikos
(USA Today) Jul 30, 2010
French club Lyon has agreed to sell defender Jean-Alain Boumsong to Greek champion Panathinaikos....

Greek lorry drivers defy emergency strike order
(BBC) Jul 30, 2010
Lorry drivers in Greece have defied an emergency order imposed by the government to end their strike, as the country's fuel shortage worsens....

2 dead in Greek military chopper crash
(CNN) Jul 30, 2010
Two pilots died when a Greek military helicopter crashed near Athens Friday, the Ministry of Defense said....

Piraeus unable to pay its debts
(eKathimerini) Jul 30, 2010
The mayor of Piraeus, Panayiotis Fasoulas, informed municipal employees yesterday that City Hall would be stopping all payments following a central government decision to stop funding the debt-ridden authority....

Unions appeal wage and pension cuts
(eKathimerini) Jul 30, 2010
A slew of legal challenges against austerity measures adopted by the government as part of an emergency loan agreement it signed with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund were lodged yesterday with the Council of State, the country’s h...

High winds fan Samos wildfire
(eKathimerini) Jul 30, 2010
Strong winds last night were hampering a major operation to extinguish a wildfire that was burning for a second day on the northern Aegean island of Samos....

Fire on Greek island of Samos spreads, it’s 10 km southwest of main city
Jul 29, 2010
The fire on the Greek island of Samos keeps on raging, quickly spreading and reaching an area 10 km southwest of the capital city of the island, Greek Kathimerini daily writes....

PAOK give Dermitzakis a night to remember
(UEFA.com) Jul 29, 2010
Pavlos Dermitzakis's first match in charge of PAOK ended in a draw thanks to Vladimir Ivić's second-half equaliser....

Athens tense after striking drivers ordered back to work
(CNN) Jul 29, 2010
The Greek capital was tense Thursday after the government ordered truck drivers back to work following a three-day strike....

Greek police fire tear gas at striking truckers
(Guardian) Jul 29, 2010
Government issues emergency order as fuel shortages strand tourists and disrupt food and medical supplies...

Forced end to truck strike
(eKathimerini) Jul 29, 2010
PM signs order for civil mobilization; gas stations to resume serving customers today...

‘Sect’ group claim is scrutinized by police
(eKathimerini) Jul 29, 2010
Counterterrorism officers yesterday were examining a seven-page statement, signed by the Sect of Revolutionaries, which claims responsibility for the fatal shooting last week of 37-year-old journalist Sokratis Giolias...

Closed profession bill seen in fall
(eKathimerini) Jul 29, 2010
Country’s GDP is expected to grow by 13.2 percent on back of new law, according to an IOBE study...