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
Greeks confront crime wave amid austerity
Thursday, August 16th 2012, 8:42Rise in violent crime adds to misery of ailing Greece
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VIDEO: Reviving the Olympic fire in Greece
Tuesday, August 14th 2012, 6:09related countries:
United Kingdomrelated places: London
Greece was the birthplace of the Olympics, but the country's performance in London fell far short of expectations.
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Greek economy continues to shrink
Monday, August 13th 2012, 14:11Greece's economy contracted at an annual pace of 6.2% in the second quarter, figures show, although the pace of contraction eased slightly.
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Liverpool draw Hearts in Europe
Friday, August 10th 2012, 12:23Liverpool are drawn against Hearts, while Newcastle will face Greek side Atromitos in the Europa League play-off round.
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Row after Greek MP hires daughter
Thursday, August 9th 2012, 17:25A Greek MP who hired his daughter for a permanent job while serving as parliamentary speaker for a day faces calls for his resignation.
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Europe split over waste disposal
Wednesday, August 8th 2012, 14:08related countries:
BulgariaSome countries in southern and eastern Europe are falling well below EU targets for waste management, with Bulgaria, Cyprus and Greece among the worst offenders, an EU report says.
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Greece to deport 1,600 immigrants
Monday, August 6th 2012, 11:54related places: Athens
Greek police plan to deport 1,600 illegal immigrants rounded up in Athens, as a minister defends the crackdown.
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VIDEO: Greek police arrest illegal immigrants
Monday, August 6th 2012, 4:12related countries:
SyriaGreek police have arrested nearly 5,000 people in an operation against illegal immigration, amid fears that the fighting in Syria could lead to a new influx of refugees.
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Athens police target immigrants
Sunday, August 5th 2012, 19:27related countries:
Syriarelated places: Athens
Police in the Greek capital Athens round up 5,000 suspected illegal immigrants, amid fears fighting in Syria could lead to a new refugee influx.
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Monti warns of psychological rift
Sunday, August 5th 2012, 18:19related countries:
ItalyItaly's Prime Minister Mario Monti warns of a "psychological break-up" of Europe, while talks over Greek reforms make progress.
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Greece agrees new bailout cuts
Wednesday, August 1st 2012, 21:25Greek coalition leaders agree a further 11.5bn euros in cuts needed to qualify for the next instalment of its international bailout
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Party delivers 'Greeks only' food
Wednesday, August 1st 2012, 15:54related places: Athens
Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party hands out free food to hundreds of struggling people in central Athens - but only Greek nationals can have it.
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Greek PM in tough bailout talks
Friday, July 27th 2012, 14:26related places: Athens
Greek PM Antonis Samaras meets international creditors to try to persuade them that Athens deserves its final bailout instalment.
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EU's Barroso urges Greek action
Thursday, July 26th 2012, 17:57related places: Athens
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso tells the Greek government to "deliver, deliver, deliver" key structural reforms.
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'Racist tweet' Olympian barred
Wednesday, July 25th 2012, 17:09Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou is expelled from her national team after posting comments on Twitter which were deemed racist.
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Greek recession 'will be deeper'
Tuesday, July 24th 2012, 16:06Greece will suffer a much deeper recession than thought this year, its prime minister says, as international lenders arrive in Athens to assess its progress.
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Greece's Olympic legacy crumbles
Sunday, July 22nd 2012, 23:18Economic hardship hits Greece's Olympic dreams
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VIDEO: Wildfires burn across southern Europe
Friday, July 20th 2012, 2:27related countries:
PortugalWildfires have struck in Greece, Spain and Portugal, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes.
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Greek coalition passes vote test
Monday, July 9th 2012, 3:56Greece's new coalition wins a confidence vote in parliament, as eurozone ministers gather for talks amid new concern over the debt crisis.
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VIDEO: Greek PM makes first major speech
Saturday, July 7th 2012, 2:21Prime Minister Antonis Samaras speaking in his first major speech to parliament said he will focus on reforms and measures to restore economic growth in Greece.
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Greek PM promises focus on growth
Friday, July 6th 2012, 18:12Prime Minister Antonis Samaras promises to focus on reforms and measures to restore economic growth in Greece, in his first major speech to parliament.
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VIDEO: Racing on an ancient Olympic track
Thursday, June 28th 2012, 23:50Matthew Stadlen travelled to Olympia to find out about the original games held in ancient Greece.
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Man falls from hill of Acropolis
Thursday, June 28th 2012, 9:39related places: Athens
A man is badly injured after falling from the hill of the Acropolis overlooking Athens in what may have been a suicide attempt.
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VIDEO: A closer look at Angela Merkel
Thursday, June 28th 2012, 8:50Angela Merkel is vilified in Greece, largely approved of in her homeland, and admired from much further afield, but what is she like?
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Nadir tells of letter to Thatcher
Wednesday, June 27th 2012, 17:05related countries:
Cyprus, 
TurkeyThe president of Turkey wrote to Margaret Thatcher in September 1990 hinting Polly Peck International might be a victim of a Greek Cypriot conspiracy, the Old Bailey hears.
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Attack on Greek Microsoft office
Wednesday, June 27th 2012, 8:50related places: Athens
Armed men ram a van full of gas canisters into a Microsoft office in the Greek capital Athens, setting it alight, but nobody is hurt.
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Greece names new finance minister
Tuesday, June 26th 2012, 12:51The Greek government appoints a new finance minister after its first choice resigned due to ill health less than a week after being appointed.
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New Greek finance chief resigns
Monday, June 25th 2012, 18:22Greece's newly nominated finance minister, Vassilis Rapanos, resigns due to ill health less than a week after being appointed to the post.
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Cyprus to ask for bailout help
Monday, June 25th 2012, 17:55related countries:
CyprusCyprus confirms that it will ask eurozone partners for a bailout to try to help shore up its banks, which are heavily exposed to Greece.
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Greek PM cannot attend EU summit
Sunday, June 24th 2012, 11:26Greece's new Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will miss this week's EU summit while he recovers from eye surgery.
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VIDEO: What are the Greek government's aims?
Sunday, June 24th 2012, 2:18The new government in Greece says it needs more concessions over the austerity measures demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
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Viewpoint: Election leaves Greece deeply split
Saturday, June 23rd 2012, 23:58Greece deeply split after knife-edge election
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Greece seeks austerity slowdown
Saturday, June 23rd 2012, 15:17Greece's coalition proposes a two-year extension to the period allocated to it to meet bailout targets, without further cuts to salaries and pensions.
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Germany 4-2 Greece
Friday, June 22nd 2012, 21:16Germany produce a dominant display to sweep past a limited Greece side and set up a possible Euro 2012 semi-final with England.
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Greek minister taken to hospital
Friday, June 22nd 2012, 14:51Greece's finance minister collapses on his first day in the role, just after the new PM announces he needs an emergency eye operation.
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Euro talks on Spain and Greece
Thursday, June 21st 2012, 16:34related countries:
LuxembourgEurozone finance ministers are meeting to discuss a bailout for Spain's banks, and the future of Greece's two rescue packages.
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Greek PM announces new cabinet
Thursday, June 21st 2012, 15:52Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras unveils his new cabinet, naming the current chairman of the national bank as finance minister.
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New Greece leader offers 'hope'
Wednesday, June 20th 2012, 21:53Antonis Samaras is sworn in as Greece's new PM, vowing to "give hope" to Greek people after political turmoil threatened to spill over to the eurozone.
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Can Greece's new government survive?
Wednesday, June 20th 2012, 21:37Greece's government must regain trust of austerity-weary public
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VIDEO: 'Samaras is Greece's last hope'
Wednesday, June 20th 2012, 20:51Greeks express fears and support for the new prime-minister Antonis Samaras and his coalition government.
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Greece strikes deal on coalition
Wednesday, June 20th 2012, 13:49A deal has been struck to form a new coalition government in Greece, including New Democracy, Pasok and the smaller Democratic Left.
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Greek coalition deal 'Wednesday'
Tuesday, June 19th 2012, 17:23A new government for Greece could be formed by midday on Wednesday, Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos says.
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VIDEO: Samaras seeks pro-euro Greece coalition
Tuesday, June 19th 2012, 1:55The leader of the party that narrowly won Greece's election has begun urgent talks to form a coalition, saying he wants to forge a "national consensus".
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Banking stocks fall on Greek vote
Monday, June 18th 2012, 21:52European banking stocks fall sharply despite voters in Greece backing the pro-bailout New Democracy party in Sunday's elections.
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PM warns of Greece delay 'danger'
Monday, June 18th 2012, 16:45David Cameron urges Greece's politicians as quickly as possible to help stabilise the euro.
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Greeks in race to form coalition
Monday, June 18th 2012, 16:44The leader of Greece's election-winning party begins talks to form a national coalition, as markets falter and European bank stocks plummet.
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Greek pro-bailout poll win hailed
Monday, June 18th 2012, 9:05related places: Athens
World leaders hail a narrow poll win for Greece's pro-bailout New Democracy and call for a speedy new government.
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VIDEO: Greek victors vow to stay with Euro
Monday, June 18th 2012, 6:39Greece's New Democracy party vows to keep the country "anchored" to the Euro after a slim election victory, as Mark Lowen reports.
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