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Young boy found lying face-down on a beach near Turkish resort of Bodrum was one of at least 12 Syrians who drowned attempting to reach Greece.
Confusion over the timing of fresh elections in Greece has threatened to jeopardise the prospects for a smooth transition to a new government.
Economic decisions by Athens’s leader may push Greeks to vote for the neo-fascist Golden Dawn.
The new leaders want to ease the ‘humanitarian crisis’ – but Greece’s creditors are not impressed.
The tainted old order under Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is up against unencumbered young firebrand Alexis Tsipras.
Failure to elect a new president will pit the ruling Samaras coalition against the popular radical left Syriza party.
Greece has been selling off its historic properties, including near the Acropolis, to settle its massive economic debt.
Members had been trained in Nazi-style hit squads to "attack immigrants for fun".
After years of harsh recession, 17-million tourists — an all-time record — are set to visit the mainland and its sun-kissed islands.
An extremist political group, Golden Dawn, plans to establish cells ‘wherever there are Greeks’.
Cypriots have reacted to the news of their own salvation from economic meltdown with relief, but also trepidation and despair.
In the heart of Greece’s most fertile plain, locals have come up with a novel way of dealing with austerity.
The Greek economy is on the verge of a 1930s-style Great Depression, as the Athens government predicts a 25% fall in gross domestic product by 2014.
Brad Pitt and Angela Jolie are among the stars returning to Greece as its stricken economy gets a boost from a surge in bookings.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde’s description of Greeks as rampant tax dodgers has provoked a furious reaction in Athens
The flame for the London Olympics was recently lit in Greece. Helena Smith looks at the legacy of the 2004 Athens Games
Actor Stephen Fry has called on the UK to use the London 2012 Olympics to "redress a great wrong" and return the Parthenon sculptures to Athens.
Germany’s plan to install a commissioner in Athens with veto powers over the Greek budget has been dismissed as "laughable".
Hopes of a deal between Greece and creditors in time for Monday’s eurozone meeting have been dashed amid increased pressure to accept bigger losses.
Greece expects further protests as international creditors arrive to begin crucial talks on plans to write off some of the country’s debts.
