Multiple strikes hobble Greek capital
(UPI) Mar 18, 2010
Taxi drivers and gas station workers joined Athens doctors in a strike Thursday to protest the Greek government's pay and benefit cuts and new taxes....

Greek power workers threaten to resume strike
(Reuters) Mar 18, 2010
Workers at Public Power Corp (PPC), Greece's biggest electricity company, threatened on Thursday to go on a rolling 48-hour strike next week if the government refuses to withdraw wage and pension cuts....

Three jailed for Auschwitz theft
(BBC) Mar 18, 2010
A Polish court convicts three men for the theft of the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from Auschwitz last December....

Taxis, gas station owners join action
(eKathimerini) Mar 18, 2010
There will be no taxis serving the capital today and gas stations will be closed in the latest spate of strike action in protest at the government’s austerity measures....

Three identified over assault on union chief
(eKathimerini) Mar 18, 2010
Three men, aged 32, 33 and 37, are to be charged in connection with a brutal attack earlier this month on Yiannis Panagopoulos, the head of Greece’s largest private sector union GSEE, it was revealed yesterday....

Messinia drive to feed immigrants
(eKathimerini) Mar 18, 2010
Officials in the Peloponnesian prefecture of Messinia say they are struggling to feed and clothe hundreds of destitute immigrants drifting from village to village in search of work....

Illegal animal trade under fire in Middle East
(MSNBC) Mar 17, 2010
U.N. meeting on endangered species to highlight trade fueled by corruption, ineffective legislation and lax law enforcement....

Strikes hit hospitals, power
(eKathimerini) Mar 17, 2010
Doctors said yesterday that they would continue a strike that has left several state hospitals operating on emergency staff as employees of the Public Power Corporation vowed to press on with protest action expected to cause electricity shortages across...

Laundering probe hobbled
(eKathimerini) Mar 17, 2010
The head of a committee set up to crack down on the country's black market economy said yesterday that the absence of adequate staff and infrastructure were hampering its ability to operate effectively....

Georgian mafia boss ‘eludes’ Greek police
(eKathimerini) Mar 17, 2010
A Spanish prosecutor suggested yesterday that a lack of cooperation by Greek police was the reason for their failure to arrest....

Georgian 'mafia boss' slips Europe-wide police raid
(BBC) Mar 17, 2010
The main target of a trans-European operation against a Georgian-organised crime network escaped in Greece on Monday, a Spanish official has said....

Mephedrone deaths prompt debate over drug ban
(Guardian) Mar 17, 2010
Police confirm drug known as 'meow meow' contributed to deaths of two teenagers in Scunthorpe...

Irish Catholic head sorry for 'cover up'
(BBC) Mar 17, 2010
The Irish Catholic church's head apologises for an alleged cover-up of child abuse, amid growing concern at the issue in Europe....

Killing of Americans escalates Mexico drug war
(MSNBC) Mar 16, 2010
FBI joins investigation of murder as speculation mounts over motive...

Strikes to cause more disruption
(eKathimerini) Mar 16, 2010
Services at more than half the hospitals in the country face severe disruption today due to work stoppages by doctors protesting the nonpayment of remuneration for additional duty hours....