Greece News

DUSK was descending softly on Athens as the sounds of bass-heavy noise pop drifted across Karitsi Square, a tucked-away cobblestone oasis near the city center.

An anarchist group has claimed responsibility for two small bomb attacks on sex shops over the past week in Greece's northern port city of Thessaloniki that caused no injuries.

World stock markets fell amid mounting concerns about the pace of the U.S. economic recovery following a disappointing earnings update from computer maker Dell Inc.

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Anarchist groups are believed to stand behind the blasts, which rocked the sex shops on early Friday and Tuesday.

Greece beats Ukraine 1-0 to qualify for World Cup DONETSK, Ukraine : Greece advanced to its first World Cup in 16 years on Wednesday, beating Ukraine 1-0 after Dimitrios Salpigidis' first-half goal in the second leg.

The EU is optimistic about prospects for a compromise between Macedonia and Greece over their long-standing name dispute, even before EU foreign ministers meet on December 7th, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Tuesday .

This was the third such incident recorded in the specific region over the past month , while numerous crossings of bears and their cubs have been reported.

Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece and Romania have emerged in an effective tie in Transparency International's 2009 Corruption Perception Index, each scoring in the 70s among 180 countries surveyed.

Skopje Adamantios Vassilakis According to A1 TV, while at the parlay with the UN name mediator Matthew Nimetz on Thursday, the Greek negotiator, Adamantios Vassilakis delivered a list of steep demands that set back efforts to find a solution.

Greek police early on Monday recaptured twice-escaped convict Alket Rizaj, ANA reports.

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic says he sees EU membership for his country within five to seven years.

Greece's most important film festival, which is hosted each year at northern city of Thessaloniki, opened on Friday evening.

Till present day regardless of the governmental structure, Greece hasn't been showing readiness to discuss the identity issue at all, the PM added.

ATHENS, Greece a ' Citing security concerns, Greece's Supreme Court has changed the venue for the 15 December trial of two policemen over the fatal shooting of a teenager.

The Burgas-Alexandroupoli oil pipeline project is a significant project with geopolitical, financial and energy importance, Greek Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Spyros Kouvelis said on Thursday.

Police in Macedonia have announced that they have a suspected serial killer in custody.

Skopje Sinisa-Jakov Marusic Papandreou is seen as being less hawkish Macedonia's EU and NATO accession will be possible only after the country reaches a solution with Greece on the name issue, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou told the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday in Berlin.

Many people don't understand this conflict, so I have provided you with this article to refresh people on the history and the reasoning behind the Greek position on this issue.

The Borisov cabinet approved the firing of the Ambassadors to USA, Turkey over violations during the latest Bulgarian elections.