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PHOTOS: Athens Burns After Massive Protests

Posted 02.13.2012

Anger over proposed austerity measures reached a boiling point on Sunday as protests in the center of Greece's capital turned violent. As tens of t...

PHOTOS: 2011's Most Dramatic Uprisings

Posted 12.21.2011

The day a young fruit-seller, tired of corruption and sick of constant humiliation, set himself ablaze in Tunisia, he also sparked a wave of protests ...

Protesters Force Parade Cancellation

AP | By COSTAS KANTOURIS | Posted 12.28.2011

THESSALONIKI, Greece -- Thousands of anti-austerity protesters in Greece's second largest city forced the cancellation on Friday of an annual military...

Austerity Bites

Foreign Policy | Joanna Kakissis, Nikolas Leontopoulos | Posted 12.22.2011

Parliament may claim that austerity has saved the country from a certain trip to Hades, but average Greeks would almost rather just go down in flames....

One Dead In Greek Riots

AP | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS | Posted 12.20.2011

ATHENS, Greece — Greek lawmakers passed a deeply resented new austerity bill Thursday, caving in to the demands of international creditors in or...

Live From Athens: Traveling Through Greece During The Strike

Josh Burstein | Posted 12.19.2011

Josh Burstein

I did not take an impromptu trip to Greece to assume the role of embedded journalist. I just wanted to take my first real vacation and climb Mt. Olympus to high-five Zeus.

Greece Paralyzed: Protestors Clash With Police, Terrorist Trial Postponed

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2011

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Judicial authorities postponed a trial of eight Greek terrorist suspects until later this month, as lawyers were participating...

Greek Man In Debt Sets Self On Fire (WARNING: Graphic Photos)

AP | Posted 11.16.2011

Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece -- Greek authorities say a 55-year-old man has been hospitalized with chest burns after dousing himself with ...

Inside Greece's General Strike: Video Report From Athens as Thousands Protest Sweeping Austerity Cuts

Democracy Now! | Posted 08.30.2011

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Postcard From Greece: This Should Not Be About Austerity, It's About The Future Of Democracy

Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.28.2011

Arianna Huffington

Given that the Greeks invented democracy, it's only fitting that they're now being given the chance to reinvent it. As I found out during my trip to Greece last week, those really are the stakes.

Greece Faces Power Outages Due To Austerity Strike

AP | ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 08.20.2011

ATHENS, Greece — Greece was hit by rolling blackouts Monday as employees at the main power utility began 48-hour rolling strikes to protest the ...

Greek Prime Minister: Country Discussing Bailout Package 'Roughly Equal' To Last

AP | DEMETRIS NELLAS | Posted 08.19.2011

ATHENS, Greece — Greece is talking with international creditors about a second bailout package "roughly equal" to the first euro110 billion ($15...

Greek Prime Minister Offers To Quit Amidst Unity Talks

Posted 08.15.2011

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou offered Wednesday to step down and make way for a national unity government if the opp...

Raging Greeks Stage Biggest Anti-Austerity Protest

Posted 08.05.2011

By George Georgiopoulos ATHENS, June 5 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands Greeks rallied in central Athens on Sunday to denounce politicians, banker...

Greek Protesters Riot Over Financial Crisis

Washington Post | Anthony Faiola | Posted 07.14.2011

Already struggling to avoid a debt default that could seal Greece's fate as a financial pariah, this Mediterranean nation is also scrambling to contai...

New Riots Erupt In Greece (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

(AP) ATHENS, Greece - Greek police fired tear gas to repel stone-throwing protesters after lawmakers approved drastic austerity cuts Thursday needed ...

Greek Protesters Storm The Acropolis, Scuffle With Police

AP | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS | Posted 05.25.2011

ATHENS, Greece — A general strike Wednesday in Greece was halting flights, trains and ferries and paralyzing public services, as unions rally ag...

PHOTOS: Protesters Clash With Police As Greeks Strike Yet Again

Posted 05.25.2011

(AP) ATHENS, Greece — Dozens of masked youths clashed with police at a union protest Tuesday in Athens during the country's fifth general strike...

Greek Youths Throw Fire Bombs At Police

AP | ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS | Posted 05.25.2011

ATHENS, Greece — Masked youths set up burning barricades and threw fire bombs and chunks of marble at riot police Thursday, after a protest marc...