Toll at 74 in Greek Fires; More Deaths Feared

The Associated Press Jul 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 )

Trump Talks With Allies: They Agree Attack Was ‘Successful’

The Associated Press Apr 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 )

Greece Debt Crisis: Massive Stock Plunge After Five-Week Shutdown

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 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 )

Why the Greek Victory Inspires Us

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jul 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 )

Greek Voters Send Decisive Message to European Leaders: No Deal (Updated)

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jul 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 )

Greeks Respond to Syriza’s Election Victory

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 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 )

Hell on Earth for Greeks

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 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 )

Suicide Sparks New Protests in Athens

Staff / Truthdig Apr 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 )

Greek Unrest the Result of Suppressed Democracy

William Pfaff / Truthdig Feb 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 )

Greeks ‘Cannot Take Any More’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 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 )

All Hades Breaks Loose in Greece

Staff / Truthdig Feb 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 )

Greek Parliament Passes Austerity Package

Staff / Truthdig Oct 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 )