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Main opposition party to enter government after prime minister steps down; election within months. Papandreou wins vote of confidence George Papandreou, Greece's...

Greek prime minister's decision prompts a party rebellion and creates anxiety on the markets. Papandreou calls referendum on rescue deal George Papandreou, the...

EU and IMF officials to report on Greece findings. Officials from the EU, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Central Bank (ECB) are due to report back from...

Greek opposition refuses to back austerity plans amidc all for agency to oversee privatisation programme. Concerns over the eurozone's sovereign-debt crisis have intensified...

Greek premier says “zero possibility” of abandoning the euro; Germany's leader calls expulsion from the eurzone a “last resort”. Greek Prime Minister George...

Greece's prime minister reveals further tax increases to deal with country's financial troubles. Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou, responding to pressure from the...

The man with one of Europe's toughest jobs. Giorgos (George) Papaconstantinou is an optimist by nature – which is just as well for a Greek finance minister. Few – some...

Stability programme to be presented in January as trade unions call strike against austerity plans. The Greek government has been given a month to come up with a plan to...

Commission says Greece has pledged to take action against corruption. The European Commission has said that it has received commitments from Greece to tackle the “huge”...

Socialist party predicted to return to office and there are hopes for better relations with Turkey and Cyprus. The general election in Greece on Sunday (4 October) offers...

As the train pulls into Syntagma station in central Athens it is not difficult to conceive that the city has one of the cleanest and most efficient metro systems on the...

ANNA Diamantopoulou is to step aside as European commissioner for employment and social affairs to stand for Greece's Socialist party PASOK in the 7 March general election....

Greece takes over the EU's rotating six-month presidency from 1 January, 2003. Renée Cordes profiles the country's main movers and shakers Prime Minister:

A FEW foreign correspondents in Athens recall a particular evening in October 1981, just after the first Greek Socialist government's election victory, when the rookie...

VICTORIOUS Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis will point his country on a clear course towards entry into the single currency zone after his political gamble of calling an...

THIS weekend's general election could prove a watershed in Greek politics and in the country's relationship with the European Union. Greek Premier Costas Simitis called the...

TAKE a close look at Europe, and you will come to the sad conclusion that no country is spared the burden of historically-founded fear or, at best, lingering mistrust of its...