Costas Simitis, the reformist prime minister whose governments oversaw Greece's eurozone entry, helped Cyprus join the EU and ...

Greek former prime minister Costas Simitis, the architect of the country's eurozone entry, was laid to rest Thursday in a ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running. Jumping. Throwing. Wrestling. Boxing. Horse racing. We’ve got it all going on! Welcome to Olympia ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Mourners lined the street outside Athens' central cathedral Thursday ahead of the state funeral for ...

Mr. Simitis imposed financial measures to prepare for Greece’s entry into the eurozone and laid the groundwork for the Olympic Games’ return to Athens. By Alan Cowell Costas Simitis ...

Dr Judith Swaddling is an Assistant Keeper in the Greek and Roman Department at the British Museum. She is author of The Ancient Olympic Games, a guide to both the games and the site of ancient ...

Costas Simitis, former prime minister of Greece and the architect of the country’s joining the common European currency, the ...

According to tradition the first Olympics took place in 776 BC ... hero Pelops (from which the name of the Peloponnese region of Greece originates) establish the festival after defeating King ...

Simitis was taken to a hospital in the city of Corinth early Sunday morning from his holiday home west of Athens, unconscious ...

The loss of former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis marked an eight-year period of a  major political transformation and ...

Mourners lined the streets outside Athens’ central cathedral for the state funeral for former Prime Minister Costas Simitis, ...