In April 1967, Greece’s fragile democracy collapsed overnight. A group of middle-ranking army officers, led by Colonel ...

Conservative Antonis Samaras is stirring up opposition against Greece's rapprochement with Turkey. Pressure on Kyriakos ...

The new Greek government last week solemnly decreed that, under threat of punishment, Greek youngsters must henceforth give up their seats on buses to clergymen, pregnant women and invalids. Of such ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - When Alexis Tsipras dropped the bombshell of a popular plebiscite on the tough demands of creditors keeping Greece afloat, he cited the country's pedigree as the "birthplace of ...

A drumbeat of hard realities echoed through the halls at this year’s Athens Democracy Forum, where participants noted trends that do not portend well for the form of governance. By Serge Schmemann The ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's conservative New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed to speed up reforms following his landslide victory Sunday in the country's second election in five weeks ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) ATHENS, Greece ...

With a record number of countries holding elections in 2024—including the U.S., where Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are battling it out for the White House this week—the future of democracy feels ...