News: Greece

We have started to collect the most important news related to Greece in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Greece – overview

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• May 18th 2013 – February 5th 2013
• February 4th 2013 – December 5th 2012
• December 4th 2012 – November 4th 2012
• November 2nd 2012 – September 21st 2012
• September 16th 2012 – July 24th 2012
• July 22nd 2012 – June 17th 2012
• June 17th 2012 – June 6th 2012
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• May 16th 2012 – May 9th 2012
• May 9th 2012 – April 5th 2012
• April 5th 2012 – February 27th 2012
• February 27th 2012 – February 12th 2012
• February 12th 2012 – January 24th 2012
• January 24th 2012 – November 11th 2011
• November 11th 2011 – November 3rd 2011
• November 3rd 2011 – October 4th 2011
• October 4th 2011 – September 14th 2011
• September 13th 2011 – July 17th 2011
• July 15th 2011 – June 27th 2011
• June 27th 2011 – June 17th 2011
• June 17th 2011 – May 17th 2011
• May 16th 2011 – February 24th 2011
• February 15th 2011 – November 8th 2010
• November 5th 2010 – August 12th 2010
• August 5th 2010 – May 27th 2010
• May 21st 2010 – May 1st 2010
• April 30th 2010 – March 26th 2010
• March 26th 2010 – February 12th 2010
• February 12th 2010 – December 7th 2009
• December 7th 2009 – April 7th 2009
• April 2nd 2009 – December 8th 2008
• December 8th 2008 – April 4th 2008
• April 3rd 2008 – August 29th 2007
• August 28th 2007 – March 30th 2007
• March 29th 2007 – June 1st 2006
• May 30th 2006 – December 4th 2005

Greece: news

Pro-drachma party launches in Greece

Saturday, May 18th 2013, 18:01

Greece sees the launch of a new political party, Plan B, which supports leaving the euro and returning to the drachma.
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Fitch upgrades Greece credit rating

Tuesday, May 14th 2013, 18:25

Ratings agency Fitch upgrades Greece's credit rating, citing progress in cutting its budget deficit.
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Cyprus receives EU-IMF bailout funds

Monday, May 13th 2013, 15:39
related countries: Belgium, Cyprus, Slovenia
related places: Brussels

Cyprus receives the first tranche of a 10bn-euro bailout package from international creditors agreed earlier this year, with Greece also due to receive further funds.
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The war claims dividing Greece and Germany

Monday, May 13th 2013, 0:26
related countries: Germany

The WWII claims dividing Greece and Germany
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Greece making 'progress' on economy

Monday, May 6th 2013, 14:42

Debt-laden Greece makes progress to improve its finances, but must do more to fight the "notorious" tax evasion, the International Monetary Fund says.
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Athens police stop far right handout

Thursday, May 2nd 2013, 14:28
related places: Athens

Police in Athens stop the far-right Golden Dawn party from handing out free food only to Greeks on the city's main square.
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Greeks stage anti-austerity strike

Wednesday, May 1st 2013, 17:13

A general strike against tough austerity measures is held in Greece amid a series of May Day demonstrations around the world.
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Greece sells gambling monopoly stake

Wednesday, May 1st 2013, 15:17
related countries: Czech Republic

Greek-Czech investment fund Emma Delta snaps up 33% of Greek gambling monopoly Opap in Greece's first big privatisation.
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VIDEO: Greece to cut 'bloated' public sector

Monday, April 29th 2013, 7:18

Greek lawmakers have agreed to cut thousands of jobs in the civil service to secure another 8.8bn euros (£7.4bn; $11.4bn) in bailout funds.
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Greek MPs vote through mass job cuts

Sunday, April 28th 2013, 21:50
related places: Athens

The Greek parliament approves 15,000 civil service layoffs in return for more EU/IMF bailout money, as hundreds protest in the streets outside.
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Greek asset bidder given more time

Thursday, April 25th 2013, 11:29
related countries: Czech Republic

Greek-Czech investment fund Emma Delta is given more time to submit an improved bid for Greek gambling monopoly OPAP.
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VIDEO: Greece's 'unflinching' presidential guard

Sunday, April 21st 2013, 8:07

Members of the Greek Presidential Guard perform an important and highly respected function
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Greece farm shooting: 30 injured

Thursday, April 18th 2013, 10:09

About 30 migrant workers are injured in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Greece after requesting withheld salaries.
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Greece closer to next bailout funds

Monday, April 15th 2013, 16:49

Greece moves a step closer to receiving its next tranche of bailout funds after agreeing to the latest austerity measures demanded by the troika of international creditors.
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'Gold smuggler' arrested in Greece

Friday, April 12th 2013, 16:34
related countries: Germany

A German man has been arrested at Athens International Airport after allegedly trying to smuggle nearly half a ton of gold and silver out of Greece.
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Greek bank shares plunge up to 30%

Monday, April 8th 2013, 10:45

Shares in Greek banks fall up to 30% after plans to merge two of them were called off on fears the new entity would be too big to manage.
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Greeks block Golden Dawn handout

Monday, April 1st 2013, 12:17

Villagers on the Greek island of Thassos prevent the nationalist Golden Dawn party from handing out free food and other basic goods.
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VIDEO: Can bank crisis solve Cyprus division?

Thursday, March 28th 2013, 6:40
related countries: Cyprus, Turkey

Turkish-Cypriot residents of northern Cyprus are closely monitoring the financial and banking crisis in the southern, Greek-Cypriot region, amid speculation as to what the situation could mean for the future of the island.
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Rehhagel in Greece 'charm offensive'

Tuesday, March 26th 2013, 22:42
related countries: Germany
related places: Athens, Berlin

Berlin enlists the help of Otto Rehhagel, a much-loved football coach in Athens, to make Germany popular again in crisis-hit Greece.
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Gunmen free prisoners at Greek jail

Saturday, March 23rd 2013, 12:47

Eleven inmates are missing and two guards injured after gunmen attack a Greek prison, less than a week after a hostage siege at a different jail.
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Greek prison siege ends peacefully

Sunday, March 17th 2013, 19:59
related countries: Albania

A hostage drama at a Greek prison ends peacefully with the surrender of an Albanian killer who previously escaped twice from a high-security jail.
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Greek player banned for Nazi salute

Sunday, March 17th 2013, 13:03

A Greek footballer is banned for life from playing for the national team after making a Nazi salute to celebrate a winning goal.
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Greece makes 'progress' on reforms

Thursday, March 14th 2013, 11:36
related places: Athens

The troika of international lenders to Greece leave Athens without a deal on more bailout aid despite the country making "progress" on economic reforms.
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Ancient dilemma for modern Greece

Thursday, March 14th 2013, 0:43

The Greeks who favour metro project over Byzantine ruins
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Greece creditor talks break off

Wednesday, March 13th 2013, 22:30

Talks between Greece and its international creditors over the release of the country's next slice of bailout cash break off for two weeks.
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PM criticised for Marbles remarks

Friday, March 1st 2013, 11:34
related countries: India

The prime minister has been criticised after he opposed calls to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece and the Koh-i-Noor diamond to India.
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Greek ex-mayor jailed for life

Wednesday, February 27th 2013, 18:56
related places: Thessaloniki

A former mayor of Greece's second city Thessaloniki and two other ex-officials are jailed for life for embezzling almost 18m euros in public funds.
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VIDEO: Woman rescued from Athens floods

Friday, February 22nd 2013, 15:02
related places: Athens

Several hours of heavy rain and a thunderstorm in the Greek capital Athens have flooded roads and homes, caused traffic jams and disrupted the train and tram network, officials say.
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Athens is hit by torrential rainfall

Friday, February 22nd 2013, 11:28
related places: Athens

Heavy rain in the Greek capital Athens floods roads and homes, causing huge traffic jams and disrupting its train and tram network, officials say.
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Greece hit by fresh strike chaos

Wednesday, February 20th 2013, 16:06

Widespread disruption hits Greece as thousands of people join the first general strike of 2013 against austerity measures.
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Man charged with Salvador Dali theft

Wednesday, February 20th 2013, 10:19

A Greek man has pleaded not guilty to stealing a painting by Salvador Dali from a gallery in New York.
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VIDEO: Greece faces fresh strike chaos

Wednesday, February 20th 2013, 6:52

Greece's two biggest labour unions will bring much of the country to a standstill on Wednesday during a 24-hour strike over austerity measures.
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VIDEO: 'We slept in the sewers with rats'

Wednesday, February 20th 2013, 0:05
related countries: Morocco

Newsnight's Paul Mason reports on one man, 26-year-old Mohamed Lamhoud from Morocco, who has spent more than a year on the road trying to claim asylum in Greece.
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Arsonists attack gold mine in Greece

Sunday, February 17th 2013, 13:23

Dozens of masked attackers raid a gold mine in the Halkidiki region in northern Greece, setting fire to machinery and vehicles, police say.
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Greece orders seamen back to work

Tuesday, February 5th 2013, 17:42

The Greek government invokes emergency powers to order maritime workers back to work after a six-day strike cuts traffic to the country's islands.
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