The Associated PressJul 24, 2018
Wildfires raging through seaside resorts near the Greek capital of Athens have torched homes, cars and forests. Twenty-six of the victims were found huddled in a compound. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
The Associated PressApr 14, 2018
The president holds individual conversations with French and British leaders. The White House says the three nations agreed the assault on Syria was "successful and necessary to deter" the future use of chemical weapons. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigAug 3, 2015
Ending down 16.23 percent by the end of Monday, Athens' stock market experienced its worst daily performance since at least 1985, when modern record keeping began. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJul 10, 2015
While Greece is not the first country to defy the IMF’s prescriptions, it is uniquely poised to underscore, once and for all, capitalism's incompatibility with democracy. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJul 6, 2015
If there was any lingering question about where the majority of Greeks stood on the deal drummed up by European creditors to try to contain Greece's ongoing financial crisis, Sunday's referendum on the bailout package soundly dispelled it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 26, 2015
Voters across Athens, from Golden Dawn diehards to pragmatic communists, shared their thoughts and feelings as Greece's anti-austerity Syriza party swept to victory in Sunday's elections. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 23, 2013
Greek victims of austerity are increasingly being forced to sell their bodies for cheap in horrific squalor and to escape painful reality with a new street drug. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 5, 2012
After 77-year-old Greek retiree Dimitris Christoulas fatally shot himself in front of the parliament building in Athens on Wednesday, Greek protesters' ire again exploded over the austerity measures that the government has implemented to save the country from economic ruin while sacrificing citizens' funds along the way. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigFeb 16, 2012
Denied a referendum on crippling austerity measures, Greeks demonstrated Sunday night that if they couldn't express their opinions one way, then they would do it in another. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 15, 2012
Angry Greeks tried to torch Athens after parliament passed an austerity package Sunday While European leaders continue to press for additional cuts, the Greek minister for citizen protection says the Greek people "cannot take any more we have reached the limits of the social and economic system". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 13, 2012
On Sunday, after months of economic and political turmoil, Greek citizens fed up with paying for mistakes made by their country's power elite took to the streets by the tens of thousands to signal their disapproval of the austerity measures the government pushed through late that night. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 21, 2011
While the international media zoomed in on Libya on Thursday, another important story was unfolding in Athens, where two days of strikes and protests failed to sway parliament members from passing a bill of austerity measures the Greek government insisted was necessary to avoid an even more catastrophic economic mess. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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