Greeks haggle over money
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ATHENS - How European champions Greece fare in the opening match of their World Cup qualifying campaign against Albania today could depend on their football association officials turning up with a chequebook.
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The total cost of the Athens Olympics may exceed &#36;14.6 billion, according to Greece's 2005 budget submitted to parliament Thursday.
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By MATT MOORE    ATHENS, Greece  -- Amid the roar of the crowd, the silence of the phones can be deafening. As thousands of athletes, spectators, journalists, officials and more descend on the Greek capital ahead of the Aug...
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Turkish Cypriots begin trading with Greek Cypriots in the south  for the first time in three decades.
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GREEK national pride, which can be sensitive at the best of times, has been doubly bruised by claims this week that the founders of Western civilisation have raised cheating to new levels.
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The total cost of the Athens Olympics may exceed $14.6 billion, according to Greece&#39;s 2005 budget submitted to parliament Thursday.
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Greece are quick out of the blocks when it comes to making money out of their Olympic medal winners.
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ATHENS, Greece  -- Olympic organizers announced that more than half of available tickets (3.1 million) to the Games have been sold, almost reaching the budget for purchases.
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Friends and money don't always mix.
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The Greek government says  this year's Olympic Games in Athens cost 8.8bn euros  -  almost double the original estimate.
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The Athens Olympics will cost a total of  almost 10 billion euros ($12.09 billion), more than double the  original target, pushing Greece's budget gap well above EU  limits, finance ministry sources said on Wednesday.
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Greece admitted yesterday that the budget figures it used to gain entry to the euro three years ago were fudged. The Finance Minister, George Alogoskoufis, said
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The grass isn't always greener, but the money always is.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Wherever they can, the Greeks seek to incorporate some customs and traditions of the original Olympics.
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ATHENS, Aug 22 (IPS) - Greece and Egypt are now making good on a  two-year-old cooperation agreement to diversify trade relations  that could reduce Greece&#39s dependence on traditional -- but  tenuous -- energy supplies from European suppliers like Russia.
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Some mutual funds invest in stocks;  others invest in bonds. Now a new breed of funds is offering  the chance to own fine art.
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The total cost of Athens Olympics was nearly 9.0 billion euros (11.5 billion US dollars), almost double the amount forecast a year before the Games, Greece&#39;s Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis said on Friday.