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Brothel sponsors Greek soccer team
Mark Lowen Dec 21, 2012
As local and national funding is slashed, two soccer teams in Greece are turning to some unusual sponsors to make ends meet.
Greece gets an upgrade but protests continue
Mark Lowen Dec 19, 2012
Greece's credit rating just got an upgrade by Standard & Poor's. The ratings agency bumped Greece up to a solid B-. And it says that rating is stable -- meaning it won't change in the next several months.
ECB keeps Greek debt secrets under wraps
Stephen Beard Nov 30, 2012
The European Central Bank has won a legal battle against Bloomberg News to keep some of the ECB’s internal documents about Greece's debt private.
More $100 bills in circulation than ever before
Kai Ryssdal Nov 23, 2012
About 80 percent of U.S. currency is now printed in the $100 denomination. Surprised? Quartz reporter Matt Phillips explains how this came to be.
Questions remain about the future of Greece
Mark Lowen Nov 21, 2012
A meeting to agree Greece’s next round of bailout money has ended after almost 12 hours with no decision. Athens won't get vital bailout funds without an agreement.
Man arrested for ID theft of most of Greek population
Kai Ryssdal Nov 21, 2012
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for the Greeks.
German economy begins to feel recession pressure
Jeff Horwich Nov 15, 2012
Europe has officially slipped back into recession. Growth in Germany -- widely considered to have a relatively healthy economy -- has slowed as well.
Strikes signal greater unity problems in eurozone
Kai Ryssdal Nov 14, 2012
Europeans in Spain, Portugal and Greece protest austerity measures with a general strike today, but the real problem could be a greater lack of unity across the eurozone.
Across Europe, workers synchronize strikes against austerity
Stephen Beard Nov 14, 2012
Millions of workers went on strike across Europe today in protest against public spending cuts. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled, car factories and ports have been shut, and rail services disrupted.
Workers push back on austerity across Europe
Steve Evans Nov 14, 2012
There are strikes going on this morning in Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Belgium. Workers are protesting all across Europe against rising unemployment and austerity.
