Greece
Exclusive: ECB's Stournaras calls for increasing bond buying to calm markets
FRANKFURT Greece's Yannis Stournaras became the first European Central Bank policymaker on Friday to openly call for increasing the pace of ECB bond purchases to stem a rise in borrowing costs.
Greek ex-theatre director ordered jailed over rape allegations
ATHENS Prosecutors ordered on Friday that the former director of Greece's National Theatre be remanded after hearing his plea over child rape allegations, his lawyer said.
Pandemic, EU billions drive Greece's digital revolution
ATHENS Before COVID-19, visits to Greece's paper-strewn labour offices were a ordeal of queues and case files, often for basic matters that in less than a year have moved online as the pandemic upended old administrative routines.
Greece to toughen laws on sex crimes after wave of abuse allegations
ATHENS Greece will toughen laws to combat sexual abuse and protect minors, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday following a cascade of recent scandals in culture and sport.
Rape allegations against Greek ex-theatre boss a 'crude fabrication': lawyer
ATHENS Rape allegations against the former director of Greece's National Theatre are a "crude fabrication" and he has filed for his arrest warrant to be revoked, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Turkey says Greek jets harass research vessel over Aegean Sea
ANKARA/ATHENS Turkey said on Tuesday that four Greek jets harassed a Turkish research vessel in the Aegean Sea but Athens denied the accusation, which comes as the two NATO members seek to resume talks over maritime disputes.
Greek doctors protest 'suffocating' conditions at COVID-19 clinics
ATHENS Greek hospital doctors went on a day-long strike on Tuesday and dozens marched in Athens to protest "suffocating" conditions at hospitals on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic.
Greece investigates reports theatre director accused of rape taught refugee children
ATHENS A prosecutor has ordered an investigation into reports that migrant children were taught acting classes by the former artistic director of Greece's National Theatre, now facing child rape allegations, a migration ministry official said on Monday.
'We were wiped out.' Merchants in historic Philadelphia market grapple with pandemic
Athens Voulgaridis and his family have run their Greek gyro stand in Philadelphia's Reading Terminal Market since 1984, outlasting three recessions and a trademark battle with the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Prominent Greek theater director arrested on rape charges
ATHENS Greek police on Saturday detained a prominent theater director on charges of rape, the latest twist in the unfolding "MeToo" saga shaking the country's arts establishment.