iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app

Greece Protests

Heavy Police Presence For Greece's Independence Day Parade

AP | Posted 03.25.2013 | World

ATHENS, Greece -- A military parade marking Greece's Independence Day has taken place, for a second straight year, amid a heavy police presence that b...

Greek Protests Turn Violent

Reuters | Posted 01.07.2013 | World

Watch LIVE footage from the protests here. By Renee Maltezou and Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Greek ...

American Meets Merkel.. Nude

AP | Posted 10.10.2012 | World

ATHENS, Greece -- Greek authorities have brought indecency charges against a U.S. national who allegedly pranced naked at a prominent Athens war memor...

PHOTOS: Greece's NSFW Protests

Posted 10.10.2012 | World

Greek protesters gave Angela Merkel an ice cold welcome in Athens on Tuesday, and some demonstrators went pretty far to express their discontent with ...

Presenting The Latest Female Politician To Face Heightened Scrutiny For Wearing The Same Thing That Every Male Politician Wears Every Day

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 10.09.2012 | Business

Can a powerful lady in a fitted pantsuit fuel riots? Apparently, she can, at least according to some financial media outlets. Business Insider h...

Protests Mark Merkel's First Greece Visit During Crisis

Reuters | Posted 12.08.2012 | World

By Noah Barkin and Karolina Tagaris ATHENS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel flew to the heart of Europe's debt cris...

7,000 Greek Police To Crack Down Before Merkel Visit

AP | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS | Posted 12.08.2012 | World

ATHENS, Greece — Greek police have increased security and are preparing to close down large sections of the capital Athens to contain protests a...

Anti-Austerity Protests Break Out In Athens And Madrid

Reuters | Posted 09.26.2012 | World

By Renee Maltezou and Julien Toyer ATHENS/MADRID, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Demonstrators clashed with police on the streets of Athens and Madrid on Wedn...

PHOTOS: Athens Burns After Massive Protests

Posted 02.13.2012 | World

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 | World

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 | World

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 | World

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 | World

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 | Travel
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 | World

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 | World

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 | World
Democracy Now!

2011-06-30-greekprotest

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

Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.28.2011 | World
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 | World

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 | Business

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 | World

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 | Business

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 | World

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 | World

(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 | World

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