Costas Kantouris

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7 arrested in Greece in migrant smuggling ring

Costas Kantouris · October 1, 2014 2:08 pm

Greek woman allegedly buried alive by accident

Costas Kantouris · September 25, 2014 8:44 pm

Greek PM says important tomb found in northern dig

Costas Kantouris · August 12, 2014 5:22 pm

In this Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014 Father Gervasios holds up a letter, in Arabic, copies of which are handed out to all prisoners his charity frees, in their own language, explaining why they receive the help in the northern port city of Thessaloniki. The soft-spoken 83-year-old with a long white beard and black robes has helped more than 15,000 convicts secure their freedom over nearly four decades, according to records kept by his charity. The Greek rules apply only to people convicted of offences that carry a maximum five-year sentence, such as petty fraud, bodily harm, weapons possession, illegal logging, resisting arrest and minor drugs offences. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

In Greek crisis, priest buys inmates their freedom

Costas Kantouris · August 7, 2014 1:16 pm

An urban farmer clears land to be used for planting crops to help residents hit by the country's financial crisis, in the former military camp Karatasiou, in the Northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, on Sunday, April 27, 2014. Volunteer residents are being encouraged to utilize many suburban areas left vacant amidst a drop in real estate prices, to grow crops aimed at helping people hit by the country's financial crisis. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

European volunteers help Greek ‘bailout gardens’

Costas Kantouris · April 27, 2014 3:35 pm

Dissident Greek monks complain of persecution

Costas Kantouris · March 30, 2014 4:38 pm

Convict fatally beaten after Greek guard death

Costas Kantouris · March 28, 2014 6:19 pm

Greek Jewish community seeks return of Nazi ransom

Costas Kantouris · February 24, 2014 8:14 pm

Syrian man arrested in Greece with weapons cache

Costas Kantouris · April 14, 2013 9:45 pm

Firefighters try to extinguish the fire in a burning house where 3 boys lost their lives in a fire, burning in the village of Mesoropi in northern Greece, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. Giorgos Tsimirikas, his wife and his 6 youngest children were spending the weekend at his parents' house when the fire broke out early Saturday, caused by a wooden stove. The house had central heating but the owners used a stove because of the steep rise in the price of heating oil as a result of the Greek government's recent fiscal measures. (AP Photo/Haris Iordanidis)

3 young brothers dead in Greek house fire

Costas Kantouris · December 8, 2012 7:35 pm

Former Greek gov’t official is found hanged

Costas Kantouris · October 4, 2012 7:15 pm

In this Friday, May 25, 2012 photo torn EU and Greek flags fly at the entrance of an abandoned factory in the industrial zone of Komotini about 800 kilometers (500 miles) northeast of Athens. In its heyday just over a decade ago, the industrial zone in this far-flung area of northern Greece was a hive of activity, with dozens of factories producing everything from textiles to ceramics and employing nearly 20,000 people. Now, the Komotini industrial zone is a picture of desolation, a stark illustration of the toll Greece's vicious financial crisis has taken on the country's industry. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

Greek crisis takes its toll on industry

Costas Kantouris · June 15, 2012 11:59 am