Derek Gatopoulos

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Greece returns to market spotlight with nosedive

Derek Gatopoulos · October 15, 2014 5:43 pm

Immigrants from various countries queue outside Greece's Central Asylum Service in Athens on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. The United Nations refugee agency is calling on the European Union to overhaul its policy toward Syrian refugees, warning the number of fatal accidents at sea could rise further as winter approaches. Greek authorities says they expect a three-fold increase in the number of would-be immigrants and asylum seekers apprehended this year, compared with 2013, with most now coming from Syria. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

UN: EU should overhaul policy on Syrian refugees

Derek Gatopoulos · October 8, 2014 2:27 pm

Greece vows tax cuts, economic growth in 2015

Greece vows tax cuts, economic growth in 2015

Derek Gatopoulos · October 6, 2014 10:54 am

A woman walks on a sidewalk in front of the headquarters of new democracy party in Athens, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. Greek police foiled a planned weekend bomb attack by a far-left militant group against the headquarters of the country's ruling center-right New Democracy party, on the day it plans to celebrate its 40th anniversary. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Greek police foil far-left militant bomb plot

Derek Gatopoulos · October 2, 2014 7:14 pm

European Commission official Declan Costello arrives at the Finance Ministry in Athens for talks with the Greek government on Tuesday Sept. 30, 2014. Debt inspectors from the European Central Bank, European Commission and International Monetary Fund, which are closely monitoring Greece's harsh austerity program, launched a new round of meetings with Greek officials Tuesday. Talks will focus on Greece's 2015 state budget and implementation of agreed reforms. Greece has depended on bailouts from its European partners and the IMF since it nearly went bankrupt in mid-2010. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece’s govt to call confidence vote

Derek Gatopoulos · October 1, 2014 7:30 pm

Greece: New bailout ‘out of the question’

Greece: New bailout ‘out of the question’

Derek Gatopoulos · September 19, 2014 8:57 pm

Greece makes further progress on budget front

Greece makes further progress on budget front

Derek Gatopoulos · September 12, 2014 5:11 pm

A gay couple kisses during a protest outside Greece's Parliament in Athens on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. Several hundred people took part in the peaceful march to Parliament, which is debating draft legislation to outlaw Holocaust denial and expand prosecution powers against the incitement of racial violence. Gay and Lesbian rights groups complain that the proposed legislation will not adequately address attacks on homosexual people, which they say are on the rise. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece: Gay partnership delay draws protests

Derek Gatopoulos · September 5, 2014 9:12 pm

Greece to toughen penalties on hate speech

Greece to toughen penalties on hate speech

Derek Gatopoulos · September 2, 2014 2:45 pm

Jean-Claude Juncker, president-elect of the European Commission, left, waves to the media at the Maximos Mansion in Athens, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Juncker is visit Athens in his first trip since his election by the new European Parliament last month. He meets Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, a fellow conservative, to express support for the country's ongoing effort to make its public finances sustainable. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Juncker: Greece offered example to Argentina

Derek Gatopoulos · August 4, 2014 2:00 pm

Moody’s upgrades Greece’s credit rating

Moody’s upgrades Greece’s credit rating

Derek Gatopoulos · August 1, 2014 10:01 pm

Black smoke billows over the skyline as a fire at the oil depot for the airport rages out of control after being struck in the crossfire of warring militias battling for control of the airfield, in Tripoli, Libya Monday, July 28, 2014. The latest violence to plague the country has so far killed scores of people and wounded hundreds as foreigners flee the chaos. Libya's interim government said in a statement that the fire could trigger a "humanitarian and environmental disaster" in Tripoli, appealing for "international help" to extinguish the inferno. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ben Khalifa)

Greece to help ‘hundreds’ of Chinese leave Libya

Derek Gatopoulos · July 31, 2014 5:56 pm