GREECE popularity and GREECE trends

EXPERTS say UK economy would be slashed by 2% & plunged deeper into recession

SIMON HEFFER: The Labour Party is doing an excellent job of creating an illusion of electability. In the small world of Westminster, it seems to have the advantage.

Take responsibility and stop trying to avoid taxes, International Monetary Fund chief tells AthensThe International Monetary Fund has ratcheted up the pressure on crisis-hit Greece after its managing director, Christine Lagarde, said she has more sympathy for children deprived of decent schooling in sub-Saharan Africa than for many of those facing poverty in Athens.In an uncompromising intervie...

The incoming co-chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank today described Greece as a "corrupt" and "failed" state.

Although there is only "a slight" chance that Greece will leave the eurozone, China should take steps to guard against the possible effects.

In just over three weeks time Greeks will head to the polls again for another shot at electing a government after the last ballot failed to produce a clear winner.

The European Union plays on fears to keep countries such as Greece from leaving the single currency, writes Seumas Milne.

In this exclusive sneak preview of the new National Geographic Channel show, The Link, we see the history of the humble chain drive, which was invented in ancient Greece, yet didn’t find widespread use until the 20th century when the bicycle-repairing Wright Brothers used it to help build the first powered airplane.

LONDON (Reuters) - Voters from Germany to Greece would vote to keep the euro if their countries held a referendum tomorrow, according to a poll centered on the key national players in the euro zone debt crisis.

More than 83 per cent of British beaches received the top 'excellent' rating, with Cyprus, Croatia, Malta and Greece also praised, but the Netherlands was among the worst performers.

European leaders met last night in Brussels. Linda Yueh, Bloomberg's economics editor, and Stefanie Bolzen of German paper Die Welt, debate what comes next for Greece and the eurozone.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders, advised by senior officials to prepare contingency plans in case Greece decides to quit the single currency, urged the country to stay the course on austerity and complete the reforms demanded under its bailout program.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders, at odds over how to resolve the deepening crisis in the euro zone on Wednesday, have been advised by senior officials to prepare contingency plans in case Greece quits the single currency area.

Holidaymakers warned over possible food and fuel shortages, but Greek tourism official says there's never been a better time" to visit.

The Facebook IPO, its woes and consequent downgrading by the underwriters, reminded me of exactly how the financial markets have treated Greece. When the financial crisis broke out at the end of 2009, those at Goldman Sachs quickly turned around and speculated against the very country they helped ascend the Eurozone in 2000. The bank [...]

British PM David Cameron has issued his bluntest warning yet to Greece that voters need to “meet their commitments” as a member of the eurozone in elections next month or leave the currency union.

German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Greece's exit from the euro zone could definitely be prevented but that it was up to Greece to abide by its agreements.

CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) -- The United States and other members of the Group of Eight industrial nations expressed hope Saturday that Greece will remain in the Eurozone, anxious to keep its economic troubles from spreading around the world. The leaders said all of the nations have an interest in the success of efforts to strengthen the eurozone and help Europe's economy grow....

Spyros Gianniotis, not just a world champion swimmer, but an athlete whose allegiances can be divided neatly between Greece and Great Britain.

Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 20 - 26 in PDF format TV listings for the week of May 20 - 26 in PDF format are also available here This week's TV Movies SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC  McLaughlin Group (N) 6:30 p.m. KCET  SUNDAY The Chris Matthews Show (N) 5:30 a.m. KNBC  ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- David Beckham wants two things: the flame to burn right and a spot on Britain's Olympic team....

EU LEADERS will tell their global peers in the Group of Eight industrialised countries that they will do all in their power to ensure Greece stays in the euro zone.

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said she was committed to keeping Greece in the euro zone, signaling a softer approach toward the struggling country.

Greece appointed a senior judge Wednesday to head a caretaker government for a month as it lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the euro.

A London 2012 delegation headed by Seb Coe prepares to receive the Olympic flame in Greece.

While I was on the road last week, I see that Greek elections managed to accomplish two things: 1)  A requirement for yet more Greek elections; and 2)  A recognition among European banking officials that this time, Greece might actually be leaving the eurozone.  Sooo ... what happens then? The Financial Times has a useful article that asks the appropriate big questions while pr...

The Olympic flame lit on Thursday for London Olympics continued its trip across Greece, sending the world the messages of peace and hope.

THE PROSPECT of an unexpected breakthrough to salvage the EU/IMF rescue deal for Greece is emerging after the smallest party in the country’s parliament signalled it was ready to join a pro-bailout coalition.

The lighting of the Olympic torch ceremony took place in Greece on Thursday, May 10, 2012, sparking the flame's journey to the London 2012 Summer Games.

The Nazis in Greece, who over the weekend gained some seats in Parliament, are likely to continue to be a factor in a new election experts say will likely be held in about a month or so. These are the real deal ... apparently they self identify as Nazis but the party name is "Golden Dawn" and they have a record of violence and nastiness. They even do the Nazi salute and everything. Here's t...

(Phys.org) -- If international lenders refuse to renegotiate substantial reductions in Greek public debt, chances are that whatever government emerges in Greece in the next few weeks will run out of cash by the end of June, says an economist at Washington University in St. Louis.

Arianna continues last week's trend of relating more than Ten Things About Me.

Or so her reps say! After we speculated on Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux’s summer wedding plans on the isle of Crete, it seems that Jen’s people are adamantly denying a visit to the island’s Ellunda Beach Hotel, and are using their supreme reasoning skills to convince you! Her management says: "How is it that one [...]

Francois has had the nightmare that all website owners dread. His site went down. While we all look forward to getting Domaining.com back up and running, here are 10 things that happen so consistently that we don’t need Domaining.com to know what’s going on. 1. I am going to talk about how busy I am, running, the nursery, and make some stupid daily list of half good, half bad names along with a...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece reopened on Wednesday the Bronze Age site of Akrotiri on the tourist island of Santorini, seven years after its roof collapsed, killing a British visitor.

ATHENS  - A Pakistani youth was starved to death in Greece after being held for ransom by kidnappers for months, the semi-state Athens News Agency reported on Thursday, citing police sources.The 17-year-old had been found dead by relatives in January on a street bench in west Athens following a tip-off from the kidnappers who had helped bring him to Greece in the first place. Police said ...

Pana pulls off 78-69 conquest at Nokia to set up winner-take-all rubber-match next week.

All economists' eyes and many of those with a mortgage, a pension, savings, stocks and even a job are on Greece, wondering whether it will default on its sovereign debt.

ARSENE WENGER has blasted Belgium for playing injured ace Thomas Vermaelen in Greece

Today's topics: GM, profit and bailout; Caterpillar tales; Canadian history; spirit of Greece; maple syrup sans Quebec; Pierre Juneau; Rob Ford's farce ... and more

Jonathan Golsdstein: I interview my friend Tony about the summer he was 13 and discovered love on a trip to Greece. With a little goat named Galazios

A pair of orphaned bear cubs are released back into the wild in Greece after nine months of rehabilitation.

ATHENS (Reuters) - A famous singer and a retired basketball star were on a list of 4,000 top tax dodgers released by the Greek government as part of a name-and-shame policy to get evaders to pay up.

BRUSSELS  - Two weeks before a new summit, European leaders are under pressure to deliver a credible solution to the debt crisis after Standard & Poor's punished their policies with stinging credit downgrades. Eurozone governments face an uphill battle as they scramble to avoid a messy debt default in Greece, boost a bailout fund considered too small to save bigger countries and seal a ... ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden joked during a visit to debt-choked Athens on Monday about bringing money to help Greece out of its deepest financial crisis in decades.

Ich will keine Tradition aus dem freitäglichen Foreign-Affairs-Lesetipp machen, aber der Artikel Why Only Germany Can Fix the Euro über die Euro-Krise ist wieder mal lesenswert (womit ich nur meine: wert, dass man ihn liest - das ist nicht automatisch eine Zustimmung zu den Inhalten). Im Kern dreht er sich darum, dass Deutschland durch seine auf Währungsstabilität fixierte Politik die aktuelle ...

In the middle of the Ionian Sea, off the coast of Greece, sits a quaint little island that thinks it’s Italian