Thousands of residents, tourists evacuated as nations like Spain, Greece, Portugal, Albania at 'extreme, very high risk of fire'

ATHENS/BERLIN, Dec 12 — Najem al-Moussa was delighted when news of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's overthrow first beamed from the television in his tiny Athens apartment.

ATHENS, June 19 — A 55-year-old American has been found dead on the Greek island of Mathraki, the police said on Monday, the third tourist death in a week following a period of unusually hot weather.

ATHENS, May 21 — Greece went to the polls on Sunday in a general election unlikely to produce a clear winner, with a second vote expected by July if the country's fractious political parties fail to agree to a coalition.