Greece gets low mark in world graft survey
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Greece is on a par with Surinam and just above El Salvador in corruption, according to a survey of 146 states made public yesterday.
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As Greeks get a boost, it remains unclear if success will mean higher stature in Europe.
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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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Demands for bribes from police and other  public officials is a major problem across the developing world  and even EU countries like the Czech Republic and Greece are  major offenders, a corruption watchdog said on Thursday.
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Greece has admitted it joined the euro in 2001 on the basis of figures that showed its budget deficit to be much lower than it really was.
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Greece's conservatives face the tough task of tackling reforms needed to catch up with euro zone countries after winning a second mandate in an election on Sunday, but with their majority depleted.
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Red tape, corruption and a lack of public support for government policies are hampering investment in the poorest countries, a report from the World Bank revealed yesterday.
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Countries that have offered Greece firefighting help:
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The rest of the world has contributed so little to the fight against AIDS that the U.S. cannot make its full contribution this year.
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Best and worst countries in the Global Corruption Perceptions Index released Wednesday by Transparency International.
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Conducted jointly by the Iraqi government and the World Health Organization, its finding is lower than the 600,000 arrived at by John Hopkins University.
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Several long-established heart transplant centers serving the Washington region are under scrutiny by federal officials because they have done too few operations in recent years, repeatedly performing less than half of the minimum considered necessary to maintain surgical skills and patient care.
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GLOBAL graft watchdog, Transparency International, yesterday ranked Nigeria as the third most corrupt country in the world, after Haiti and Bangladesh.
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A BBC survey of 22 countries finds most people downbeat over the future of the international economy.
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More international aid arrived Monday in support of massive cleanup and reconstruction efforts in Ancient Olympia and other fire-stricken parts of southern Greece.
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The world&#039;s richest countries are  falling short on pledges made last year to provide Africa with  life-saving AIDS drugs, expanded trade and increased aid, said  rocker-activist Bono.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The world record was like graffiti on a masterpiece, a reminder of a sport&#39;s dark past.