Greece
Greece is a country in the southern Balkans
After troika deal, Greek coalition aims to secure next bailout tranche on April 1
After reaching an agreement with the troika on Tuesday, the Greek government now has to prepare legislation for the reforms it agreed with its lenders in the hope that the disbursement of at least 10 billion euros in loans will be approved at an informal Eurogroup meeting due to take place in Athens on April 1.
Greek PM: Extension of sites' hours ‘should have happened decades ago’
Greeces main museums and archaeological sites will remain open seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., during the summer, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras confirmed on Tuesday.
Greek court questions where would be best for ‘Maria’
A court in Larissa, central Greece, on Tuesday questioned the Bulgarian Embassys second secretary, Lubomir Georgiev, about what conditions a young girl known as Maria who was found at a Roma camp in Farsala last year would be brought up in if she were taken to Bulgaria.
Bourse builds on Monday's gains
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Francophone Film Festival opens in Athens
Louis Garrel and Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi star in the latter's 'Un Chateau en Italie.'
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Greece to keep main museums and sites open 7 days a week
Tourists will be able to visit Greeces most famous heritage sites seven days a week starting in April, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said today.
Greek yields tumble as Athens clinches bailout review deal
By Emelia Sithole-Matarise
Greek yields fell sharply on Tuesday after Athens and international lenders struck a deal to unlock the next tranche of emergency loans following protracted negotiations.
Police find trove of antiquities in central Greece shed
Photo released by the Greek Police.
The Larissa branch of the Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities in central Greece is trying to identify a large cache of relics found by police in a shed in a rural part of Elassonas on Tuesday.
Two children among seven dead in Lesvos sea tragedy
Two children, a girl and a boy, and three women were among seven migrants who drowned off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos in the early hours of Tuesday when the plastic boat that was carrying them from Turkey to Greece took on water, the state-run Athens-Macedonia News Agency has confirmed.
PM assures no new measures will be needed after deal is reached with troika [Update]
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Tuesday insisted that no new austerity measures will be required as part of a deal reached earlier in the day between the Greek government and troika inspectors following seven months of tough negotiations.
"Today a long period of tribulations has ended, and a new beginning is being made," Samaras said.