The capital of Greece appeared safe from wildfires that have raged for days, firefighters said Monday, but they remained on standby in anticipation of flare-ups caused by strong winds.
Internet giant Google has been stopped from gathering images in Greek cities for its Street View service until it provides further guarantees about privacy.
If you want to get away from it all when traveling in Greece, head for the Peloponnesian Peninsula. Studded with antiquities, this land of ancient Olympia, Corinth and Sparta offers plenty of fun in the eternal Greek sun, with pleasant fishing villages, sandy beaches, bathtub-warm water, and none of the tourist crowds that plague the much-scrambled-after Greek Isles.
Twenty-four Greek nationals, including a priest and a neurosurgeon, have been arrested on suspicion of child pornography, Greek police announced Tuesday.
Three gunmen have kidnapped a leading Greek shipping magnate, police said Monday.
Greece passed a belt-tightening budget Monday, despite weeks of nationwide protests over the economy and jobs enflamed by the fatal shooting of a teenager by police earlier this month.
Bursts of tear gas exploded in downtown Athens as police continued to battle hundreds of young self-styled anarchists rioting Sunday in major cities across Greece.
Riot police fired tear gas Tuesday to disperse rock-throwing youths amid a nationwide general strike that brought air, rail and ferry traffic to a halt in Greece.
Greece's air, rail and urban transport came to a grinding halt Wednesday as the country's biggest labor union staged a 24-hour nationwide strike in protest of the government's plan to sell off the state's ailing carrier Olympic Airlines.
• Here comes the biggest test of the Games: Can NBC survive without Michael Phelps winning a gold medal? Thankfully there's the Redeem Team, the scrappy band of billionaires who face their first real test of the Games on Thursday (8 a.m. ET) against Greece, an impressive winner over Dirk Nowitzki-led Germany.
The capital of Greece appeared safe from wildfires that have raged for days, firefighters said Monday, but they remained on standby in anticipation of flare-ups caused by strong winds.
Internet giant Google has been stopped from gathering images in Greek cities for its Street View service until it provides further guarantees about privacy.
If you want to get away from it all when traveling in Greece, head for the Peloponnesian Peninsula. Studded with antiquities, this land of ancient Olympia, Corinth and Sparta offers plenty of fun in the eternal Greek sun, with pleasant fishing villages, sandy beaches, bathtub-warm water, and none of the tourist crowds that plague the much-scrambled-after Greek Isles.
Twenty-four Greek nationals, including a priest and a neurosurgeon, have been arrested on suspicion of child pornography, Greek police announced Tuesday.
Three gunmen have kidnapped a leading Greek shipping magnate, police said Monday.
Greece passed a belt-tightening budget Monday, despite weeks of nationwide protests over the economy and jobs enflamed by the fatal shooting of a teenager by police earlier this month.
Bursts of tear gas exploded in downtown Athens as police continued to battle hundreds of young self-styled anarchists rioting Sunday in major cities across Greece.
Riot police fired tear gas Tuesday to disperse rock-throwing youths amid a nationwide general strike that brought air, rail and ferry traffic to a halt in Greece.
Greece's air, rail and urban transport came to a grinding halt Wednesday as the country's biggest labor union staged a 24-hour nationwide strike in protest of the government's plan to sell off the state's ailing carrier Olympic Airlines.
• Here comes the biggest test of the Games: Can NBC survive without Michael Phelps winning a gold medal? Thankfully there's the Redeem Team, the scrappy band of billionaires who face their first real test of the Games on Thursday (8 a.m. ET) against Greece, an impressive winner over Dirk Nowitzki-led Germany.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his first international goal in almost three years Tuesday to lead Sweden to a 2-0 win over defending champions Greece at the European Championship.
A strong earthquake jolted western Greece on Sunday, killing at least two people and trapping several people beneath collapsed buildings, according to officials and state-run media.
A much-changed Greece side easily defeated Cyprus 2-0 in a friendly on Monday, as the European champions started their warm-up for the defense of their trophy next month.
A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin
Manchester United stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani will miss Portugal's friendly international against Greece in Germany on Wednesday through injury.
The Olympic flame on Monday began its 34-day journey around the world ahead of the 2008 Beijing Games. Here are some facts about the centuries-old traditions behind the relay and its modern development.
Routine activity ground to a halt on Wednesday as protesters from all walks of life staged a general strike over proposed changes to Greece's pension program.
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The world champions might not yet make it, but the champions of Europe at least will definitely be waltzing their way towards Austria and Switzerland next summer to defend their crown.
The last major fire in southern Greece has been brought under control after flaring up again over the weekend, fire officials said Sunday.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A massive cleanup, reconstruction and anti-flood effort was being launched Monday for fire-stricken parts of southern Greece as one fire front continued to burn while others abated, officials said.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso toured fire-damaged southern Greece by helicopter Saturday and promised aid for areas where 64 people died and an estimated 469,000 acres of mostly forest and farmland were destroyed.
A small fleet of foreign planes and helicopters is buzzing around Greece to try to battle dozens of wildfires that have killed at least 64 people.
With wildfires raging across the countryside, Greece's government says it has enlisted intelligence and counterterrorism agents to foil what it sees as a deliberate plan by arsonists to destroy Greek forests.
The Prime Minister's suggestion of sabotage has roiled a country already reeling from the destructive wildfires
Firefighters rushed helicopters and buses Monday to evacuate more than two dozen villages threatened by towering walls of flames that had killed 63 people while ravaging swaths of forest and farmland in Greece's worst wildfire disaster in memory.
Greek officials have arrested and charged two individuals in connection with the fires that have scorched southern Greece, razing dozens of villages and killing at least 51 people, Fire Brigade Officer Nikos Tsogas said Sunday.
The wildfires that have scorched southern Greece, killing dozens of people, reached the ancient city of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games, an official said Sunday.
Fires in southern Greece that have razed dozens of villages and killed at least 44 people may have been deliberately set ahead of next month's national elections, the prime minister suggested Saturday.
David Silva hit two goals to inspire Spain to a 3-2 comeback victory over European champions Greece in a friendly in Thessaloniki on Wednesday.
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Emboldened by the return of two ancient artifacts claimed to have been spirited from Greek soil a decade ago, Greece's Prime Minister has lashed out at the British Museum, saying its grounds for refusing to relinquish possession of Greece's most famous antiquities, the Parthenon Marbles, were "feeble."
Greek authorities are investigating one of the country's most mysterious murder cases after a family of hunters was killed over the weekend while pursuing their hobby in the plains of central Greece.
European champions Greece made it two wins out of two matches when they edged past Norway 1-0 in their Euro 2008 Group C qualifier in Athens' Karaiskaki stadium on Saturday.
European champions Greece shocked odds-on favorites the United States 101-95 in Japan on Friday to reach the final of the world basketball championship against Spain.
European champions Greece ground out a 73-56 win over France to advance to the semifinals of the world basketball championships in Saitama.
Forget about that jet-fuel ouzo. Greek wineries are finally getting props from sommeliers, but they need U.S. reps. to market their product.
With the forces of globalization changing the rules of modern business, a consortia of universities has devised an innovative way to educate executives about international issues.
European champions Greece and Romania finished top of their respective groups at the 10th International Football Tournament run by the Cyprus Football Association.
Georgios Samaras made a memorable debut for Greece by scoring the only goal in their win over Belarus on Tuesday at the start of an eight-nation friendly tournament.
At least one person was killed and 13 injured when a train struck a van that was illegally crossing the tracks in northern Greece, local officials said.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck southern Greece early Sunday afternoon, rattling much of the country, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Greece and Turkey were eliminated from the running to host the 2012 European Championship on Tuesday.
Greek authorities have begun the systematic disinfection Wednesday of a farm on a remote Aegean Sea island where a lone turkey was found to be infected with a strain of bird flu.
Reigning champions Greece will be top seeds in the draw for the 2008 European Championship despite failing to qualify for next year's World Cup.
European champions Greece kept their World Cup qualifications hopes alive with an injury time goal to defeat nine-man Kazakhstan 2-1 in Almaty.
Greece midfielder Giorgos Karagounis has joined Benfica from Inter Milan on a three-year contract, the Portuguese champions said on Tuesday.
Ukraine stunned European champions Greece with a late second-half goal to edge closer to a World Cup spot and throw the rest of Group Two wide open.
Greece on Tuesday said it had recalled its top envoy from Slovakia and ordered an urgent inquest into allegations that the diplomat is involved in arms smuggling.
Angelos Basinas scored the decider for Greece as the European champions beat Denmark 2-1 in Athens to breathe new life into their World Cup qualifying hopes.
Olympic hosts Greece and a joint bid by Hungary and Croatia have entered the race to stage the 2012 European championships.
The Greek government has appealed for calm, fearing a public backlash against immigrants living in Greece following Wednesday's bus hijacking by two Albanian gunmen.
Two armed hijackers who had threatened to blow up a commuter bus in Greece released all of their remaining captives early Thursday and surrendered to authorities.
Greek football giants AEK Athens have been saved from bankruptcy and possible relegation after a court decision Thursday to wipe out a majority of their 140 million euro ($181 million) debt.
Greece will make a solo bid to stage the 2012 European championship, their sports minister has said.
European champions Greece made a humiliating start to their World Cup qualifying campaign by losing 2-1 to Albania in a Group Two match in Tirana.
Greek sprinter Costas Kenteris did not know he was expected for a doping test, his lawyer said after the disgraced athlete testified to a public prosecutor probing a scandal that rocked Greece on the eve of the Olympics.
European champions Greece held Czech Republic to a friendly 0-0 draw with the sort of stubborn defensive display that helped them lift the title in Portugal.
The Olympic Games returned to their birthplace in Greece on Friday after 108 years with a glittering ceremony set to put to memory thoughts of construction delays and doping scandals.
Greek central defender Mihalis Kapsis has agreed a deal with French club Bordeaux, Greece's state television NET has reported.
Former World Player of the Year Rivaldo has signed a two-year contract with Greece's Olympiakos, the club said on Thursday.
The Olympic flame arrived home from an unprecedented global journey on Friday, greeted by folk dancers for the final Greek leg of the relay past the sites of ancient myths, monuments, and epic battles.
European champions Greece have soared 21 places to their highest position of 14th in FIFA's latest rankings announced on Wednesday.
Greek captain Theodoros Zagorakis has capped an incredible Euro 2004 by being named as UEFA's player of the tournament.
Euro 2004 ends on Sunday as it started on June 12 with hosts Portugal facing Greece.
Defender Traianos Dellas headed Greece into the final of Euro 2004 with an extra-time goal to defeat the Czech Republic 1-0 in Porto on Thursday.
Euro 2004 giantkillers Greece received an added boost with the news that inspirational midfielder Stylianos Giannakopoulos has recovered from a calf injury and looks set to start in Thursday's semifinal.
Angelos Haristeas cancelled out a strike by Fernando Morientes to give Greece a battling 1-1 draw with fancied Spain and keep them top of Euro 2004 Group A.
Greece got Euro 2004 off to a stunning start when they recorded the greatest win in their history by upsetting host nation Portugal 2-1 in the tournament's opening game.
Greek chances of causing an upset in the opening Euro 2004 Group A match against Portugal on Saturday have been hit by a new spate of injuries.
The modern Olympics may have come a long way from their ancient origins, but the key athletic disciplines -- running faster, jumping higher and throwing further -- can all be traced back to classical Greece.
Greece coach Otto Rehhagel must decide on Wednesday whether his leading striker Demis Nikolaidis will be fit for Euro 2004 after sustaining a leg injury.
Prepare yourself for a summer of hyperinspirational commercials. With the Athens Olympics just a few months away, the five-ring marketing circus is beginning. Some of the 63 U.S. sponsors and suppl...
The unity of the Greek team for Euro 2004 hung in the balance on Thursday after several of its biggest names accused each other over a club dispute.
The Netherlands ended Greece's 16-match unbeaten run with four second-half goals to seal an impressive 4-0 victory.
The Olympic torch begins its journey around the world following an elaborate lighting ceremony at the birthplace of the Games.
Greece's next prime minister has pledged to make this summer's Olympic Games in Athens "the best and safest ever held."
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Greece lifted their unbeaten run to a record 14 internationals on Wednesday after a comfortable 2-0 victory over fellow Euro 2004 qualifiers Bulgaria.
Having officially joined the European Union on Jan. 1, Greece began phasing out the drachma, Europe's oldest currency and the survivor of some 2,500 years of war and economic turmoil. Below, highli...
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