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Greece Financial Crisis

In Greece, Orthodox Priest Buys Inmates Their Freedom

AP | COSTAS KANTOURIS | Posted 08.10.2014 | Religion

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Germany made headlines this week by letting Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One chief, pay $100 million to end his briber...

It's Time to Give Back to the Greeks

Vasilis Georgiou | Posted 09.20.2014 | Impact
Vasilis Georgiou

I have two passions in my life: Helping entrepreneurs find the right franchise or business to buy, and trying to give something back to society throu...

A Greek Christmas Carol

Maria Paravantes | Posted 02.24.2014 | World
Maria Paravantes

Suddenly, hard-working Greeks in their late 30s and mid-40s have no money to turn on the heat, to buy gifts for their children and loved ones, to fill the tank with gas, to fill the fridge with food, to invite friends for dinner, to go out and enjoy a drink in fine company.

Athens City Workers Strike To Protest Job Cuts

AP | Posted 11.23.2013 | World

ATHENS, Greece — Hundreds of striking Greek city workers are marching through Athens to protest public sector job cuts that the government must ...

Greek Doctors Join Anti-Austerity Strike

AP | Posted 11.17.2013 | World

ATHENS, Greece — Greek hospital doctors have embarked on a three-day strike, joining high school teachers who walked off the job a day earlier i...

Greek Suicide Rate Up 45 Percent During Financial Crisis

AP | DEREK GATOPOULOS | Posted 11.10.2013 | World

ATHENS, Greece — Suicides increased by 45 percent during the first four years of Greece's financial crisis, a mental health aid group said Tuesd...

Greece Stages General Strike Over State Job Cuts

AP | DEREK GATOPOULOS | Posted 09.15.2013 | World

ATHENS, Greece — Unions opposing austerity measures in Greece staged their fourth general strike this year on Tuesday, as the government prepare...

Les Miserables of Greece

Justine Frangouli-Argyris | Posted 04.22.2013 | World
Justine Frangouli-Argyris

Yesterday's prosperous citizens require international humanitarian assistance and a strong support from the Greek-American community at large. The Greek government and its European allies cannot pretend that nothing is amiss anymore.

Greek Unemployment Hits Record High

AP | DEREK GATOPOULOS and ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 02.14.2013 | World

ATHENS, Greece -- Unemployment in Greece rose to a record 27 percent in November as a result of the financial crisis and austerity measures that will ...

Greece Shows Us How Poverty Degrades the Environment

Iain Murray | Posted 03.25.2013 | World
Iain Murray

Greece is regressing. As it becomes poorer, its environment suffers more. If you ever needed an illustration of why affordable energy is important for the environment, Greece provides it.

Ricardo Caballero: "Greece Is in Rehab"

Vaios Papanagnou | Posted 01.28.2013 | World
Vaios Papanagnou

"This was clear from the beginning, and it remains clear. It is up to Greece and its Europeans partners to decide how to structure and spread over time this default."

Racist Attacks Increase Amid Greek Crisis

AP | ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 11.12.2012 | World

ATHENS, Greece -- The attack came seemingly out of nowhere. As the 28-year-old Bangladeshi man dug around trash bins one recent afternoon for scrap me...

Austerity Protests Descend Into Violence

AP | DEREK GATOPOULOS | Posted 12.18.2012 | World

ATHENS, Greece — Hundreds of youths pelted riot police with fire bombs, bottles and chunks of marble Thursday as yet another Greek anti-austerit...

RECORD: 1 In 4 Greeks Unemployed

AP | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS | Posted 12.11.2012 | World

ATHENS, Greece — Unemployment in Greece hit a record high of 25.1 percent in July as the country's financial crisis continues to exact its heavy...

Cautions From Corfu

Debora L. Spar | Posted 11.05.2012 | College
Debora L. Spar

Europe must decide whether to accept the political bargain that was always there -- the loss of national sovereignty implicit in union -- or whether, more dangerously again, to try to go it alone.

Greek Police Crack Down On Immigrants During Crisis

AP | COSTAS KANTOURIS | Posted 08.22.2012 | World

NEA VYSSA, Greece -- Border police jeeps hurtle along hot, dusty tracks past potato fields on their way to the river that marks the Greek-Turkish bord...

Greek Leaders Reportedly Agree On Most Austerity Cuts

Reuters | Posted 09.28.2012 | Business

* Greece looking for savings worth 11.5 billion euros * Troika of lenders in Greece to assess need for new aid * Politic...

Greece Has Government, Head Of Country's Socialist Party Says

AP | ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 08.20.2012 | World

ATHENS, Greece — Greece moved to end its protracted political impasse Wednesday, swearing in a new prime minister to lead a largely pro-bailout ...

Deciding Whether To Visit Greece Amid Economic Crisis

Rick Steves | Posted 08.12.2012 | Travel
Rick Steves

Americans are all about helping others and the citizens there have all taken a huge financial hit.

Ideology Matters

Neil McCarthy | Posted 08.11.2012 | World
Neil McCarthy

Ideologies are magnets. They create force fields of group think so strong that few are able to resist.

Graphic: Reporter Brutally Attacked For Filming Mob Violence In Athens

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 06.08.2012 | Media

Gil Shefler, a reporter for the Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post, was brutally attacked by a mob in Athens, Greece on Tuesday. According to the ne...

Rebuilding Greece: Groups Try to Shake the 'Crisis'

Daphne Lambadariou | Posted 08.07.2012 | World
Daphne Lambadariou

Entrepreneurship and innovation seem almost herculean tasks in the current Greek context, but some dare to defy the odds. This is the sort of innovation Greece needs.

Greece Is Also Having a Social Crisis

George Logothetis | Posted 07.24.2012 | World
George Logothetis

The financial crisis and the resulting political instability in Greece has led to desperation and despondency that have clouded the core values of the Greek people.

Another Blow To Greece

AP | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS | Posted 07.17.2012 | Business

ATHENS, Greece — Fitch ratings agency downgraded debt-crippled Greece deeper into junk territory on Thursday, warning of a "probable" Greek exit...

World Stocks Drop As Worries Over Greece Intensify

AP | PAMELA SAMPSON | Posted 07.14.2012 | Business

BANGKOK — Asian stock markets fell Tuesday, rattled by a political impasse in Greece that could lead the debt-stricken country to a disorderly a...