Tag: Greece
Bomb explodes at AFP Athens bureau
A bomb has exploded at the Agence France-Presse (AFP) office in Athens causing minor damage but no injuries, the international news agency said.[MORE]
Somali pirates seize another ship
Somali pirates have seized another ship despite a large international naval presence in the waters off their lawless country.[MORE]
Mokbel planned to 'play deaf if caught'
Court documents show Tony Mokbel planned to pretend to be a deaf-mute, if he was caught while on the run in 2006.[MORE]
Monty Python just parroting the classics
A direct ancestor of Monty Python's renowned "Dead Parrot" sketch has been found in a book of jokes dating back to Greece in the fourth century AD, a publisher says.[MORE]
Mokbel loses extradition case
Former fugitive Tony Mokbel has lost a bid to have his extradition from Greece declared illegal.[MORE]
Prison for priest who fire-bombed love rival's car
A Greek court has sent an Orthodox priest to prison for firebombing the car of a man he suspected of being his wife's lover.[MORE]
Greece unearths 6,000yo Neolithic farmhouse
Archaeologists in northern Greece have unearthed the ruins of a Neolithic house, a rare find that offers valuable information about everyday life 6,000 years ago, the Greek culture ministry said.[MORE]
Kewell on the money in UEFA Cup
Australian Harry Kewell has scored to lead Turkish giant Galatasaray to a 1-0 home win over Greece's Olympiakos in the UEFA Cup.[MORE]
Greece shuts down for 24-hr strike
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Greece to protest against the conservative Government's economic policies.[MORE]
Greek strike disrupts flights, closes banks, schools
Flights to and from Greece were disrupted, public services and banks shut down and urban transport ground to a halt when Greek workers walked off the job in protest over the government's economic policy.[MORE]
Graffiti artists leave their mark on Athens
Greek tragedy or contemporary art form? Taggers make their mark on Athens monuments.[MORE]
Flights wait as Greek air traffic controller sleeps
Two planes have been forced to circle over a Greek island awaiting permission to land after an air traffic controller overslept and was late for work, Greece's civil aviation authority said.[MORE]
Italy returns long lost Parthenon fragment to Greece
Italy has returned to Greece "the Palermo fragment", a marble piece of Athens's Parthenon missing for nearly 200 years.[MORE]
Acropolis museum opening delayed
The opening of a new, ultra-modern Acropolis museum located below the ancient Athens landmark has been pushed back until February or March next year, Culture Minister Michalis Liapis said.[MORE]
Downer helms Cyprus talks
Rival Cypriot leaders have begun talks on how to share power in a future unified state, their first substantive negotiations in a bid to end the Mediterranean island's 34-year division.[MORE]
Downer mediates new Cyprus peace talks
The Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders have begun formal peace talks to reunite their divided island.[MORE]
Athens hospital names wing after murdered Aust tourist
A Red Cross hospital in Athens has decided to name one of its intensive care units after an Australian tourist who died there after a fatal beating on the island of Mykonos.[MORE]
Sharks finish 8th in water polo
Australia's men's water polo team narrowly lost its Olympic play-off for seventh place against Greece in Beijing on Sunday.[MORE]
Greek hurdles champion fails dope test: officials
Greece's defending Olympic women's 400 metres hurdles champion Fani Halkia has failed a drugs test.[MORE]
Greek transplant body honours family of killed Aust tourist
The Greek national transplant organisation has paid tribute to the family of an Australian tourist who donated his organs after he was fatally beaten while on holiday.[MORE]
Greek coastguard suspended over Aust tourist's murder
Greece's coastguard has suspended a staff member reported to have witnessed the fatal beating of an Australian tourist.[MORE]
Aussie water polo women dominate Greece
The Australian women's water polo team got its quest to reclaim Olympic gold off to a good start with an 8-6 win over Greece in Monday's group match in Beijing.[MORE]
World champ Spain crushes Greece in basketball opener
Spanish coach Aito Garcia is already worried about the reigning world basketball champions getting ahead of themselves after an emotional opening victory over Greece on Sunday in the Beijing Olympic tournament.[MORE]
Australia shoots past Greece in water polo opener
The Australian men's water polo team got off to a winning start at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday afternoon.[MORE]
Thanou excluded from Olympics
Greek sprinter Ekaterina Thanou has been excluded from the Olympic Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refused to accredit her.[MORE]
