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ATHENS, Greece (AP) – A nationwide general strike disrupted services across Greece Wednesday, as lawmakers were set to approve another batch of reforms that will impose years more hardship on austerity-weary Greeks. Unions called the strike to protest new belt-tightening

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) – A Greek court has convicted two Swedish nationals of belonging to the Islamic State group, and sentenced them to 15 years imprisonment. The men’s lawyer says they were also found guilty of arms possession – a pair

Contents: European officials worry that Macedonia’s chaos could destabilize the Balkans; Macedonia comments reveal acrimonious divisions in the Western Balkans

British taxpayers will be billed over a million pounds for a European Union scheme to pay migrants around 1,000 euros each to leave the Greek islands, according to reports.

Contents: Protesters storm Macedonia’s parliament fearing calls for ‘Greater Albania’; Brief generational history of Macedonia; Heidelberg Conflict Barometer

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) – Greek officials say an 86-year-old man died in a single-home fire in the northern city of Thessaloniki and his body was then left on the street for two hours because undertakers refused to transport the destitute

Contents: Sharply divided Turkey approves referendum giving Erdogan near-dictatorial powers; Turkey’s referendum results will be closely scrutinized by Europe

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The eurozone’s top official said “fatigue may have played a role” for comments he made last month that unleashed a storm of criticism across southern Europe. In an interview with Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant, published

ATHENS (AFP) – A steady stream of EU fines and two decades of trying have failed to get recycling off the ground in Greece, where eco-awareness is only half-heartedly promoted by authorities. According the European environment agency, only 16 percent of household

ATHENS (AFP) – Greece is close to a long-delayed deal with its creditors after months of tough talks, a senior official has said. “We are close to an agreement in coming days,” Greek parliament chief Nikos Voutsis told a European Left meeting

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police in Greece have discovered and neutralized eight parcel bombs, addressed to European Union finance officials and businesses in various European countries, at a postal sorting office near Athens.

The migrant deal between the European Union (EU) and Turkey may be failing over 350 migrants have arrived in Greece in three days, up considerably from previous weeks.

ATHENS (AFP) – Greek authorities on Friday were trying to determine how a near-defunct militant group was able to sneak at least two parcel bombs through airport security, one of which exploded at the IMF offices in Paris. The investigation so far

(AFP) – An “explosive” package found at the office of the German finance minister was sent from Greece, a police source in Athens said on Thursday.

Contents: Netherlands provokes growing crisis with Turkey by blocking ministers’ entry; Turkey’s crisis with Germany, Austria, Netherlands has been escalating; The escalating crisis once again throws EU-Turkey migrant deal into doubt

Contents: European leaders debate how the European Union can survive after Brexit; European nations split on the future of Europe

Greek authorities say an overnight arson attack against the French Institute and French archaeological school in Athens caused minor damage but no injuries.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government has called on Germany to drop what it described as “irrational” budget demands in the country’s bailout program, a day after Greece and its European creditors agreed to resume talks on new reforms.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The eurozone’s 19 finance ministers will try to defuse the risk of another Greek crisis when they meet later in Brussels. Greece remains dependent on bailout loans from its partners in the eurozone to pay its debts.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Union’s financial affairs chief is in Greece for talks on the bailout-dependent country’s slow-moving negotiations with its international creditors.

BRUSSELS (AFP) – Top EU economic affairs official Pierre Moscovici heads to Athens for talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday in an effort to unblock bailout negotiations.

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Authorities in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki evacuated an estimated 75,000 people Sunday so army experts could defuse a 500-pound (227-kilogram) unexploded World War II bomb found under a gas station. Bomb disposal experts started

Contents: Grexit risk: Greece may refuse a new round of austerity; Greece will evacuate 75,000 people in Thessaloniki to defuse WW II bomb

THESSALONIKI (GREECE) (AFP) – Greek authorities on Saturday began evacuating some 70,000 people in the city of Thessaloniki ahead of an operation to defuse a bomb from World War II. The bomb, containing nearly 250 kilograms (550 pounds) of explosives, was

Greek and refugee protesters have confronted the country’s migration minister at the entrance of a sprawling migrant camp in the south of Athens, trying to stop him from entering the site.

ISTANBUL (AFP) – Turkey is once again facing off against historic foe-turned-ally Greece in one of their fiercest rows in years, though the war of words is unlikely to spill over into military confrontation.

The leaders of the Israeli, Greek and Cypriot parliaments signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday to increase cooperation and enhance ties between the three Mediterranean allies.

Contents: Furious Turkey threatens migrant deal over Greece’s failure to extradite; Desperate EU officials still try to shut down Mediterranean migration route

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An independent Greek parliamentary report has warned that Greece faces an increased risk of a fourth bailout – or even a default – if delays in negotiations with bailout lenders are not overcome in the next few weeks.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an extradition request for eight Turkish servicemen who fled their country by helicopter after a coup attempt. The ruling drew a furious response from Turkey’s Foreign Ministry which accused Athens of “protecting coup plotters.”

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 has jolted the island of Crete, but there no reports by authorities of injuries or serious damage.

Contents: Peace conference to reunite Cyprus adjourns without a deal; History of Cyprus suggests that there is little hope for permanent reunification

Greek company Energean Oil & Gas plans to build its own production system in the eastern Mediterranean at a cost of up to $1.5 billion to tap two Israeli offshore gas fields, the group’s chief executive said on Wednesday.

Contents: Thousands of migrants risk freezing to death as deep freeze spreads across Europe; Migrants in eastern Europe trapped in deep freeze temperatures; European Commission resettlement plan appears to be a disaster

A Greek government official is conceding that negotiations on new bailout measures could be delayed for weeks following disagreement on proposed labor reforms and other issues.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres believes there is “a historic opportunity” for a breakthrough in upcoming negotiations that would reunite the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus after more than four decades, the United Nations said Friday. The new