Greece News

Joann N. Pimpas, 79, died at 10:10 p.m. July 29, 2010, at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center, Van Wert.

A LITTLE boy whose parents were once told he would never even be able to crawl, let alone walk, is looking ahead to a much brighter future - with an operation in America holding the potential to dramatically change his life.

Bill to boost transparency before elections gets the OK Parliament approved a bill yesterday that requires all donations to political parties ahead of NovemberA's local elections to be made public.

Foto: The central palace complex from a 3,200-year-old settlement on the island of Salamis, near Athens, Greece, is shown in an undated handout picture provided by excavator Yiannis Lolos.

USA international Freddy Adu 's career continues to drift after Sion decided not to retain his services, the AP reports.

ATHENS, Greece -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Grigoris Delavekouras announced on Thursday that the government is closing almost a dozen consulates in Europe and South Africa in an effort to cut costs, amid the financial crisis.

ATHENS, Greece -- State-run television reports that two people have died in a helicopter crash at a military base Friday .

Defying an emergency government order, Greek truck drivers vowed Friday to press ahead with a strike that has halted fuel supplies across the country and is hurting tourism during the peak summer season.

Two military officers were killed Friday when an Apache attack helicopter crashed at a base west of Athens, military officials said.

ROY HODGSON might think he was wrong to be so negative after watching his young Liverpool side earn victory over Rabotnicki.

ARCHBISHOP IAKOVOS AND HIS LAST TWO BOOKS The last two volumes of writings of Iakovos, the late Archbishop of North and South America, were recently published.

Liverpool's Europa League opponents FK Rabotnicki could face action if UEFA authorities are alerted to an incident of racist crowd behaviour on Thursday night.

Striking Greek truck drivers clash with riot police in front of the transport ministry in Athens.

The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed down 0.1 percent, Germany's DAX fell 0.7 percent and the CAC-40 shed 0.5 percent.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, July 27, 2010 - Resolve Marine Group and Five Oceans Salvage presented the new United States' OPA-90 regulations governing all tank vessels entering U.S. waters, on July 14, 2010 in Athens, Greece.

Trucks are lined-up at the side of the national highway outside Athens, Greece, 27 July 2010.

The government on Wednesday decided to order a civil mobilisation to end a strike by truck owners that has starved Greece of fuel.

Liverpool FC get set for Europa League match LIVERPOOL FC got ready for their Europa League match with FC Rabotnicki tonight with a training session in Skopje, Macedonia.

Fredericksburg is fortunate to be able to share cultural exchanges with sister cities Frejus, Prince's Town and Athens.

University of Delaware graduate student LeeAnn Barnes Gordon presents at a conservation workshop in the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos where the conservators work at the Agora excavation in Athens.