TEHRAN, Jan 10- Authorities have banned demonstrations in a large section of central Athens and will shut down streets and subway stations during a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who arrives in the Greek capital Thursday afternoon for meetings with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and other officials.
TEHRAN, December 12 - Greek lawmakers have voted to cancel a major round of pension cuts which were to take effect on Jan. 1, following a fast-track debate procedure in parliament.
TEHRAN, December 09 - Hundreds of demonstrators have hit the streets of Greece on the 10th anniversary of a teenager being fatally shot by an officer. Police deployed tear gas after some protesters threw stones and Molotov cocktails at officers.
TEHRAN, November 26- Police in northwestern Greece say that unknown individuals have removed more than 100 border markers over a section of the frontier between Greece and its northern neighbor of Macedonia.
TEHRAN, November 21 - Thousands of Greek pensioners have marched in the capital Athens protesting pension cuts. Protesters said the government’s claim that there will be no more reduction in pensions is an empty pre-election promise. Press TV’s Constantine Venizelos has more in this report.
TEHRAN, November 21 - Thousands of Greek pensioners have marched in the capital Athens protesting pension cuts. Protesters said the government’s claim that there will be no more reduction in pensions is an empty pre-election promise. Press TV’s Constantine Venizelos has more in this report.
TEHRAN, November 20 -Greece is likely to beat its fiscal targets, including the primary surplus, for the third year in a row, but needs to continue the reforms it promised as part of the last bailout program, the chairman of euro zone finance ministers said.
TEHRAN, October 26 - A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the island of Zakynthos in the early hours of Friday, causing significant damage across the island. There have been no immediate reports of casualties.
TEHRAN, October 26 - A powerful quake of magnitude at least 6.4 struck off western Greece early on Friday, earthquake monitors said, causing slight damage but no casualties in a tremor felt as far away as Libya.
TEHRAN, October 22 - Greek police say 11 migrants and one trafficker have been injured when the SUV that was carrying them at high speed overturned on a highway in northern Greece.
TEHRAN, October 14 - Macedonia's parliament will vote Monday on whether to ratify a deal to change the country's name, in a bid to finally settle one of Europe's longest running disputes.
TEHRAN, October 06 - Amnesty International has warned that refugees on Greek islands live in dire conditions as their camps are dangerously overcrowded, placing vulnerable female refugees "at increased risk of harrowing abuses."
TEHRAN, September 30 - A rare and powerful Mediterranean storm brought torrential rain to southern Greece Saturday, reaching the capital Athens late in the night.
TEHRAN, September 28 - Thousands of migrants packed into overcrowded camps on the Greek islands are bracing for winter in conditions that have already driven some there to attempt suicide.
TEHRAN, September 08 -Greece does not think it needs to cut pensions next year or increase tax on earnings scheduled for 2020 because it expects to exceed budget surplus targets set under a post-bailout adjustment program, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sunday.
TEHRAN, September 09 - Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras painted an optimistic vision Saturday night of a Greece that has emerged from eight years of financial austerity imposed by creditors and is on the road to economic recovery.