Athens - Tourists trying visit the Acropolis, Greece's premier cultural site, were again turned away on Tuesday as guards continued a week-long strike.
Culture ministry employees launched the strike on February 26, blocking access to the 2,500-year-old site, demanding better working conditions for personnel, of whom nearly 70 per cent are temporary contract workers.
The full affect of the strike had not been felt until Tuesday, as Greece had also been on a three-day public holiday to mark the start of Lent.
Athens - In the latest of a series of attacks, rioters set fire to a local train in a posh Athens suburb, destroying three of six carriages, Greek news reports said Tuesday.
The protestors, who wore carnival masks and shouted anarchist slogans, threw firebombs into the ISAP local train when it arrived at its terminal station at Kifisia, a wealthy suburb of Athens, late Monday, Greek television said.
The few remaining passengers fled the station in panic. No one was injured, the reports said.
Athens - Athens on Monday condemned an attack on a group of Greek tourists in neighbouring Macedonia, saying such acts did not serve to improve already tense relations between the two countries.
The tourists were travelling in five buses in the city of Ohrid when they were reportedly attacked by about 30 Macedonian nationalists who threw stones and sticks at them. Two of the tourists were injured.
Athens - Tourists planning to visit the Acropolis will find its ancient doors closed during a three-day strike by workers starting Thursday.
Cultural ministry employees launched the three-day strike, which will block access to the 2,500-year-old site, to demand better working conditions for personnel.
Workers for the archaeological site also want temporatry personal to be given permanent positions.
The strike will not affect operations at other ancient sites and museums around the country.
Athens/Nicosia - Rival leaders seeking a solution to reunify the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus focused talks Wednesday on the complex issue of seized property.
Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Taye-Brook Zerihoun told reporters that Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Tatat will continue talks on March 5 and after that they will move on to discuss European Union matters.
Athens - Tourists trying visit the Acropolis, Greece's premier cultural site, were again turned away on Tuesday as guards continued a week-long strike. 
Athens - In the latest of a series of attacks, rioters set fire to a local train in a posh Athens suburb, destroying three of six carriages, Greek news reports said Tuesday.
Athens - Athens on Monday condemned an attack on a group of Greek tourists in neighbouring Macedonia, saying such acts did not serve to improve already tense relations between the two countries.
Athens - A Greek court handed down a suspended sentence to a priso
Athens - Tourists planning to visit the Acropolis will find its ancient doors closed during a three-day strike by workers starting Thursday.
Athens/Nicosia - Rival leaders seeking a solution to reunify the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus focused talks Wednesday on the complex issue of seized property.
