Articles
Greek State TV, Radio Broadcasts Go Off the Air
(ATHENS, Greece) — Greek state TV and radio were gradually pulled off the air late Tuesday, hours after the government said it would temporarily close all...
Greece’s Garbage Crisis: A Stinky Metaphor for an Economy in the Dumps
It is like a dark inversion of the tourist images of Greece. Seagulls circle not over the clear blue waters of the Aegean, but a bleak, cratered landscape,...
Amid Recession and Crisis, Greece’s Shipping Industry Steams Ahead
On December 5 last year, the Ob River, an 288-metre LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) tanker with a capacity of 84,682 deadweight tonnes chartered by Russian energy...
Modesty Concerns Prompt Qatar to Return Ancient Greek Statues of Nudes
Qatari officials were worried that the statues would upset female visitors.
Ask the Expert: When Will the Federal Debt Cause a Greece-Like Crisis in the U.S.?
Ask the expert: how long before the U.S. is forced into austerity measures by foreign creditors, as we see happening in Greece?
Photo Essays
Gathering of the Faithful: LIFE at India’s Colossal Kumbh Mela, 1953
Few spectacles on Earth can compare to the great six-week Hindu pilgrimage, the ancient Kumbh Mela, during which literally tens of millions of people make their...
Picturing Misery: David Seymour’s ‘Children of Europe,’ 1948
He was born Dawid Szymin in Warsaw in 1911, and would later anglicize his name to David Seymour, but for generations of photojournalism aficionados and history...
Time.com Specials
Southern Europe's Immigration Test
Millions of migrants have arrived in Greece, Italy and Spain over the past decade. To avoid serious social problems, those countries need to do a better job of...
Articles from Around the Web
Syrian refugees find little help in Greece
Thousands of Syrians fleeing war and misery are making their way to Europe, and many are coming through Greece, whose Mediterranean islands stretch within tantalizing reach of...
Wave of Protests Engulfs Greece
On Monday, Greece faced the most serious political crisis since Prime Minister Antonis Samaras took power exactly a year ago, and his governing coalition appeared on the verge...
Greek Unemployment Hits Record High
Greece's jobless rate rose to 27.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013 from 26 percent in the previous three-month period. ...
Greece faces strike over broadcaster closure
Most business and public-sector activity expected to come to a halt as two labour unions react to government's decision. ...
