A Greek prosecutor pressed criminal charges against five coast guard members accused of smuggling hundreds of illegal refugees to Italy.

Somali pirates have released a Greek-owned tanker that was hijacked in September, Greece’s Merchant Marine Ministry said Saturday.

Two government officials have already resigned over the dealings, in which a wealthy monastery traded cheap tracts of property for prime public real estate.

Two men were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their role in a toxic dumping scandal that sickened tens of thousands of people in 2006.

One of the Greek prime minister’s closest aides resigned over a land scandal that has brought the government to the brink of collapse.

Major transportation disruptions were expected after the country’s biggest labor union called for a strike over plans by the government to privatize Olympic Airlines.

Greece’s governing conservative party teetered on the brink of collapse after the country’s beleaguered prime minister dismissed one of his deputies.

The nation’s highest court approved a government petition to legalize cremation.

The Mediterranean diet, which has been associated with longer life spans and lower rates of heart disease and cancer, is in retreat in its home region.