After a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer says that "generally speaking, I have no optimism I can take from this meeting", whilst stressing that he...

HEADLINE: Olympic torch given to Chinese amid protests

CAPTION: Greek officials handed over the Olympic flame to organizers of the Beijing Games on Sunday amid small protests by a pro-Tibetan group. The ceremony was held at...

Commonwealth Secretary Duncan Sandys talks about the meetings he is holding over the Cyprus crisis.

1. vs of Sandys seated and speaking to reporters (
mute)
2. ws exterior o
f building
3. SOUNDBITE (English): vs of...

Melina Mercouri, the former movie actress who became Greece's

national heroine and culture minister was buried in an emot
ional
ceremony on Thursday (10/2) in Athens. As the coffin w
as...

Athens, Greece - 26 March 2010

1. Wide of Athens seen through street decora
tions
2. Greek an
d EU flags
3
. Wide of kiosk/>4. Medium of kiosk
5. Tilt-down of tourist...

US State Department spokesman James Rubin on Thursday (30/7) said that the United States believes Greek and Turkish soldiers traded gunfire at a border crossing point in Cyprus on Wednesday evening but has no details.

SOT US state...

United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim meets with the Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanilis and George Mavros, the Foreign Minister, in Athens.

1. vs of the Greek delegation and Wladheim arriving by car and...

Kissinger news conference talking about US aid to Turkey and the Cyprus situation.

1. ms Kissinger SOUNDBITE 'United States gives aid to Turkey, not as a favour to Turkey, but in the interest of Western security. Ayyone analysing...

Report from the Cypriot town of Famagusta, about an 80 year old lady, left alone in the town for 13 days, since being taken over by Turkish forces

VOICED PIECE (Anthony Cart
hew)
1) gv deserted street of...

Princess' Birth Hailed In Monaco

Joyous Monegasques hail the birth of an heir to the throne of Monaco, Princess Caroline, made official by a notice in Prince Rainier's own hand. Scenes include the Prince's home movie of the...

An ornate mosaic floor from a Byzantine monastery was unveiled on Tuesday in the Israeli Northern Negev Desert.

Colourful birds, leaves and floral motifs adorn the Byzantine mosaic and inscriptions in both Greek...

Greece's ousted king Constantine said on Sunday (22/12) in Istanbul that he hoped to return to his country as an ordinary citizen.

Constantine was toppled by a Greek military coup in 1967 and has been living in...

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLISTAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYBrussels, Belgium - 7 May 20151. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis arriving, getting out of car, shaking hands with officials surrounded by media 2. Cutaway...

On June 1st 1973, Greece, which had lived for six

years under the regime of the Colonels, was procla
imed
a republic, and the exiled King C
onstantine
was deposed. The move came...

Archbishop Makarios is dead. The political and

religious leader of the Greek community in C
yprus
was a controversial figure throughout the 1
7 years he
was President of the Cyprus Republi
c. ...

In 1974, Turkish forces invaded Cyprus to forestall the

Greek take-over of the island they felt sure would f
ollow
a coup d'etat led by Nicos Samson. Greek Cyp
riots fled
south and their...

CLEAN : Eurogroup chief warns Greece on reversing deal

Republican notables huddled Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the nation's biggest annual gathering of the political right wing, seen as a forum for presidential hopefuls. Washington, District of Columbia, United...

LEADIN: Hidden in a remote village in the Southern mountains of Spain, a centuries-old leather manufacturing hub is defying conventional wisdom about how to survive in a global, competitive world.Made in Ubrique is a secret success story...

LEADIN: Hidden in a remote village in the Southern mountains of Spain, a centuries-old leather manufacturing hub is defying conventional wisdom about how to survive in a global, competitive world.Made in Ubrique is a secret success story...

Ananya Vinay sat down with the Associated Press to show off her tremendous spelling skills after winning this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 12-year-old championship speller won $40,000 for winning this year's...

Dramatic footage as Greek firefighters struggle to control blazes for a third successive day

Clashes broke out Thursday between migrants and Greek police outside a camp in northern Greece, where hundreds gathered in the hope of reviving a route that saw hundreds of thousands enter more prosperous countries in Europe.

A senior policy analyst says that sanctions approved by the European Union against Turkey over its drilling for gas in the Mediterranean will do nothing to halt its efforts and will only add to the already troubled relationship between...