Greece’s Parliament has approved an austerity bill demanded by bailout creditors, despite a significant level of dissent from the governing leftist Syriza party. The bill to impose sweeping tax hikes ...

ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s Parliament narrowly approved a new batch of austerity measures early Thursday, including thousands of public-sector job cuts and transfers, demanded by the country’s ...

Workers in Greece held a general strike on Wednesday hitting every sector of the economy. It was called by the two main trade union federations with demands for higher pay and a reversal of austerity ...

Antonis Samaras, a U.S.-educated economist who leads the conservative New Democracy party, was sworn in as Greece‘s new prime minister today, ending the country’s six weeks of political limbo. He will ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's deputy prime minister warned that rebel lawmakers may yet block some reforms sought by international lenders, though parliament is expected to back an overall austerity ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s left-wing government launched a frantic 24-hour effort late Tuesday to push more austerity measures through Parliament and meet demands from European creditors as it ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Hundreds of youths rioted in Athens on Saturday, throwing Molotov cocktails and stones at police who responded with tear gas at a May Day rally against austerity measures being ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek lawmakers approved drastic austerity cuts Thursday needed to secure international rescue loans worth €110 billion ($140 billion) and clashes briefly erupted in the streets ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Greek lawmakers approved the country's 2013 austerity budget early Monday, an essential step in Greece's efforts to persuade its international creditors to unblock a vital rescue ...