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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.

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Greece: news

Greek bailout payment held back

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 21:05

The eurozone's rescue fund holds back 1bn euros ($1.3bn; £800m) of its latest instalment of its bailout to Greece.
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Greek far-left ends coalition bid

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 20:29

Greece's far-left leader abandons efforts to form a government based on rejecting the EU bailout deal, after talks with mainstream parties fail.
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Greeks in anti-bailout deal talks

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 16:54

The leader of Greece's radical left Syriza bloc, which rejects the EU/IMF bailout, is to meet the main pro-bailout parties on Wednesday.
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Greek debt swap hits Commerzbank

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 8:45

Commerzbank reports worse-than-expected three month results, hit by the Greek debt swap and weak trading.
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Asia markets join global sell-off

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 3:23
related countries: United States United States

Asian markets fall, tracking falls in Europe and the US, amid political uncertainty in Greece.
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VIDEO: World health charity targets Greece

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 23:20

Michael Portillo travels to Greece to find out how the Euro crisis has affected attitudes to the monetary union.
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Shares fall on Greece uncertainty

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 21:55
related countries: United States United States

European and US shares fall on Tuesday as investors worry about Greece's ability to form a new government.
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Greek threat to scrap EU bailout

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 18:30

The leader of Greece's left-wing Syriza bloc says he will try to form a coalition based on tearing up the terms of the EU/IMF bailout deal.
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View from a Greek village

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 14:24

Greek voters punish ruling parties
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VIDEO: Greece struggling to form government

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 5:35

The leader of Greece's far-left is to try to form a government after parties backing an international bailout deal failed to assemble a coalition.
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Samaras Greek coalition bid fails

Monday, May 7th 2012, 21:36

Greece's centre-right leader, Antonis Samaras, says he cannot form a coalition, amid warnings from the EU that austerity measures must continue.
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VIDEO: Anti-austerity votes concern EU

Monday, May 7th 2012, 19:26
related countries: France France
related places: Eu

As Greek voters punished the parties that backed EU austerity conditions, the new French President Francois Hollande has said one of his first acts will be to attempt to renegotiate the EU fiscal pact.
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Election fears prove short-lived

Monday, May 7th 2012, 16:52
related countries: France France, United States United States

European shares finish higher on Monday as investor concerns about government austerity plans following weekend election results proved short-lived.
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Greek vote risks eurozone split

Monday, May 7th 2012, 16:14

Greek conservative Antonis Samaras has three days to form a coalition in the face of strong EU warnings to keep to the terms of bailouts, as anti-austerity parties make big gains in parliamentary elections.
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Greece plunges into instability

Monday, May 7th 2012, 14:55

Election leaves Greece with uncertain future
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Crisis-hit Greece goes to polls

Sunday, May 6th 2012, 14:06

Greeks are voting in polls in which are expected to see mainstream parties punished to the benefit of anti-austerity candidates.
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VIDEO: Greeks go to the polls

Sunday, May 6th 2012, 4:29

The people of Greece, where the eurozone crisis first erupted, have begun voting in parliamentary elections.
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VIDEO: Greek Election: On the campaign trail

Saturday, May 5th 2012, 22:02

In Greece, campaigning has finished ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections. The BBC's Matthew Price has been out to see how the austerity measures, introduced by the current caretaker administration, have shaped the election.
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'Mass poverty' warning for Greeks

Saturday, May 5th 2012, 1:10

Greek socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos says his country faces a choice between austerity and "mass poverty" in elections on Sunday.
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Greek debt rating raised by S&P

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012, 10:59

Greece has its government debt rating raised out of default by the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's.
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VIDEO: Crisis pushing Greeks to countryside

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012, 5:16

A growing number of city dwellers in Greece are moving out to the countryside in search of way out of the economic crisis.
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Wind of change in Greek election

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 23:25

Greek voters look to new generation
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VIDEO: Far right party gains Greek support

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 5:50

The far right Golden Dawn Party has been delivering food to the needy and is gaining support fast.
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Greece's far right hopes for new dawn

Monday, April 30th 2012, 23:08

How economic crisis is an opportunity for Greek far right
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Warning of Greek far right surge

Monday, April 30th 2012, 13:38

The leader of the Greek Socialist Pasok party, Evangelos Venizelos, warns of the rise of the far right in up-coming elections.
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VIDEO: Greece opens migrant detention centre

Monday, April 30th 2012, 4:58

Greece has opened its first purpose-built detention centre for illegal migrants.
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Greece 'was not ready for euro'

Friday, April 27th 2012, 4:00

Greece should not have joined the euro, a former head of the Bundesbank who was closely involved in eurozone policymaking tells the BBC.
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European stocks regain composure

Tuesday, April 24th 2012, 22:08
related countries: Spain Spain

European shares recover slightly from Monday's sharp falls as investors shake off rising Spanish bond yields and worsening forecasts of Greek economic contraction.
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Dutch prince buys villa in Greece

Monday, April 16th 2012, 10:47
related countries: Netherlands Netherlands

The heir to the Dutch throne, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, buys a villa in southern Greece where Vladimir Putin is said by Dutch media to own a home.
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The truth about Greek Porsche owners

Sunday, April 15th 2012, 23:10

The truth about the number of Porsches in Greece
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Greek community's alternative currency

Wednesday, April 11th 2012, 23:44

A community in Greece ditches money for bartering
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Greek PM announces 6 May election

Wednesday, April 11th 2012, 16:24

Greece is to hold elections on 6 May, bringing an end to Lucas Papademos's technocrat-led administration.
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VIDEO: Greeks mourn pensioner who shot himself

Saturday, April 7th 2012, 21:26

Around 2,000 mourners have attended the funeral of Dimitris Christoulas, the pensioner who shot himself outside the Greek parliament over the country's economic woes.
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Greek tributes to dead pensioner

Thursday, April 5th 2012, 15:14
related places: Athens

Greeks hold a vigil at the spot in the capital, Athens, where a pensioner shot himself on Wednesday, apparently in despair over austerity cuts.
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Greece extends debt swap deadline

Thursday, April 5th 2012, 14:50

Greece extends the deadline for its latest debt swap plan for a second time.
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