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Athens, June 25 - Greece's public order minister escaped injury after a bomb went off next to his office Thursday, killing a close aide, police said.
The bomb, a booby-trapped package disguised as a gift, exploded in the seventh-floor office of civil protection minister Michalis Chrysohoidis' chief of staff, causing extensive damage.
Athens/Brussels, June 15 : Greece Tuesday rejected as unjustified a decision by Moody's rating agency to downgrade the country's sovereign rating to "junk" status.
Athens, May 23 - Greece Prime Minister George Papandreou has sent a letter of condolence to his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, expressing the Greek government's and the peoples' sorrow over the plane crash that happened Saturday in India's Mangalore city.
Athens, May 18 : Greece received a vital 14.5-billion-euro ($17.9-billion) bailout loan from the European Union Tuesday, officials said, just hours before the country is scheduled to pay a 9-billion-euro bond which matures Wednesday.
Athens, May 14 - One woman was wounded when a powerful bomb exploded Thursday outside Greece's top-security prison.
Athens, May 14 - One woman was wounded when a powerful bomb exploded Thursday outside Greece's top-security prison.
An anonymous caller to the Greek daily Etheftherotypia and a private television station warned that a large explosion would go off at Greece's top-security prison of Korydallos, west of Athens.
Athens, May 5 : Clashes were reported to have broken out in Greece Wednesday as tens of thousands of people joined marches in cities across the country to protest the government's bailout for austerity deal.
Athens, May 3 - Greece has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union (EU) on a $159 billion rescue package for the debt-laden country.
The agreement includes harsh spending cuts through 2012.
Athens, May 2 : Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou announced Sunday that Athens has reached an agreement with the European Union and the IMF for a multi-billion euro rescue package - but warned ordinary citizens would have to make "great sacrifices".