Athens  - Petrol pumps across Greece dried up on Monday as fuel truck drivers continued their week-long strike in an effort to press for higher distribution fees.

Athens/Nicosia  - Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias on Friday said working and technical groups from both sides of the divided Mediterranean island were having problems trying to narrow their

Athens/Nicosia  -  Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders will meet each other on a social level Wednesday, the first time since breakthrough talks took place in March.

Athens - An appeals trial for four convicted members of a Greek far-left terrorist group, Revolutionary Popular Struggle, began on Wednesday at a top security prison in Athens.

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Athens - Greek officials detained 28 illegal immigrants on Monday, raising the number to more than 1,000 caught trying to enter the country via the Aegean Sea in the past few weeks, reports said.

The Merchant Marine Ministry said the immigrants, including nine children, were discovered trying to sneak into the country overnight near the island of Evia.

Officials arrested three people-smugglers in a US-flagged ship.

Since mid-April, officials have detained a total of 1,012 illegal immigrants, including 51 children, and arrested 43 human smugglers.