Since the last eruption of Greece’s long-running crisis in 2015, banks in Europe’s most troubled economy have shored up capital, staunched losses and set up a plan to reduce their mountains of bad debt. Now, fresh tensions over the country’s bailout are putting that progress at risk.
Category: Central Greece and Evvoia, Greece
Strike closes Acropolis, ancient sites in Greece
Tourists stand on a hill under ancient Acropolis hill during a 24-hour strike by archaeological guards demanding unpaid wages and the recruitment of additional employees in Athens, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Greece has been struggling for months to conclude negotiations with its creditors on spending cuts and reforms demanded by European creditors and the International Monetary Fund as part of its third bailout program.
Look Again: The week’s most compelling images from around the globe
A novice Indian Sadhu smokes in a tent with other Sadhus during the Magh Mela festival Allahabad, India Sanjay Kanojia/Getty At this year’s Kumbh Mela religious festival in Allahabad, Sadhus sit and smoke. Magh Mela is a mass Hindu sacred pilgrimage, where Hindus bathe in a holy river to cleanse themselves of all sins.
Huge bomb find sparks Greek city’s mass evacuation
A huge bomb has been found in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, and authorities are scrambling to move about 75,000 people so it can be defused. Bomb disposal experts are to tackle the 500-pound unexploded World War II shell, found buried beneath a gas station, in an operation expected to last about six hours.
Greek authorities probing 3 migrant deaths on island camp
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Turkish servicemen in Greece seek release from custody
Two of eight Turkish military officers, center, come out of a police van after their arrival at an Administrative Court in Athens, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017.
Judge Grants Refugees Stay From Trump’s Executive Order
Stranded Syrian refugees carry their children through a snow storm at a refugee camp north of Athens, Greece January 10, 2017.REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis A federal judge in Brooklyn, N.Y., ordered a stay for those in U.S. airports affected by President Donald Trump’s order halting immigration from certain Middle Eastern countries. The Saturday order comes one day after Trump signed a new order halting visas and immigration from seven Middle Eastern countries and suspending admission of all refugees for 120 days, except Syrians, who are suspended indefinitely.
A winter visit to Athens offers a pleasant alternative
In this Dec. 11, 2016 photo, the Parthenon is shown, a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena. For travelers with more than beaches on their minds, there’s plenty of upside to a brief winter visit to Athens that avoids the crowds and heat of summer.