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 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
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• 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

Will the financial plan to help Greece work?

Friday, March 26th 2010, 10:38

All 16 eurozone countries have backed a deal to help Greece. Is it the right strategy?
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Deal reached over Greece's debts

Friday, March 26th 2010, 3:04
related countries: Germany

Eurozone states agree on a safety net involving IMF help for debt-laden Greece - a move that may bolster the euro.
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Merkel stands firm on IMF rescue

Thursday, March 25th 2010, 12:26
related countries: Germany

Chancellor Angela Merkel tells German MPs she will insist the IMF is involved if debt-ridden Greece needs to be bailed out.
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Money row

Thursday, March 25th 2010, 0:50
related countries: France, Germany
related places: Eu

Greek crisis reveals French-German rift over EU economy
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Hewitt on Europe

Wednesday, March 24th 2010, 10:01
related countries: Germany

Greek crisis strains Franco-German alliance
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Cyprus bishops' tombs vandalised

Sunday, March 21st 2010, 19:17
related countries: Cyprus
related places: Nicosia

Cyprus police arrest a Romanian man suspected of vandalising the tombs of three archbishops in a cemetery in the capital.
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Second blast hits Greek capital

Saturday, March 20th 2010, 4:34
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Athens

A bomb explodes outside the home of a Pakistani community leader in Athens - the second blast in the Greek capital in 24 hours.
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Europe 'must act' on Greek debt

Friday, March 19th 2010, 21:43

The European Commission urges eurozone governments to agree a package of loans to help Greece resolve its debt crisis.
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Bomb hits Greek far-right group

Friday, March 19th 2010, 13:26
related places: Athens

A makeshift bomb damages the fifth floor office of a Greek far-right group in Athens, but causes no injuries.
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Georgian 'mafia boss' slips net

Tuesday, March 16th 2010, 18:38
related countries: Georgia

The main target of a trans-European operation against a Georgian mafia group has escaped in Greece, Spain says.
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Hewitt on Europe

Tuesday, March 16th 2010, 11:07

Merry Greek dance? EU tiptoes around euro bail-out
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Europe ministers agree Greek plan

Tuesday, March 16th 2010, 0:00

European finance ministers say they have agreed how they would help Greece in its financial crisis, but reveal few details.
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Europe ministers agree Greek plan

Tuesday, March 16th 2010, 0:00

European finance ministers say they have agreed how they would help Greece in its financial crisis, but reveal few details.
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EU 'nearing' Greece bail-out deal

Saturday, March 13th 2010, 12:07

The EU is putting the finishing touches to a multi-billion euro bail-out for Greece after weeks of crisis, senior officials tell the BBC.
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Greeks stage fresh general strike

Thursday, March 11th 2010, 15:32

Greek public and transport services grind to a halt and clashes break out during a third strike over austerity measures.
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Obama backs Greece on speculators

Tuesday, March 9th 2010, 21:27

The US president has 'responded positively' to calls to clamp down on market speculators, says the Greek PM after talks.
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Greece asks US for its assistance

Tuesday, March 9th 2010, 12:37
related countries: United States

Greece's prime minister asks the US to crack down on speculators he blames for worsening his country's debt woes.
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Portugal unveils austerity plans

Monday, March 8th 2010, 15:25

Portugal announces a series of new austerity measures as it seeks to avoid a debt crisis like the one in Greece.
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France offers support to Greece

Sunday, March 7th 2010, 22:42

France's President Sarkozy says his country will stand "resolute" with Greece as it imposes economic austerity measures.
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Greece 'not seeking finance aid'

Friday, March 5th 2010, 18:56
related countries: Germany

German leader Angela Merkel says eurozone stability is 'assured', as Athens sees its most violent protests over spending cuts.
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North-south rift

Friday, March 5th 2010, 9:00
related countries: Germany

Germany wary of footing bill for bailing out Greece
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Sell your islands, Germans tell hard-up Greece

Thursday, March 4th 2010, 14:32
related countries: Germany

Greece should sell some uninhabited islands to cut its huge debt, political allies of the German chancellor say.
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Greece backs new austerity plan

Wednesday, March 3rd 2010, 18:03

Greece announces a controversial package of tax rises and spending cuts to save 4.8bn euros and ease its budget crisis.
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Singer Mouskouri offers Greece her EU pension

Wednesday, March 3rd 2010, 16:26

Greek singer Nana Mouskouri says debt-laden Greece can have her European Parliament pension to help ease budget pressures.
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Greece 'must do more on deficit'

Monday, March 1st 2010, 11:43

Greece must carry out more measures to tackle its budget deficit, says the visiting EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs.
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Hewitt on Europe

Monday, March 1st 2010, 9:37

Momentum builds for eurozone to rescue Greece
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Somalia pirates free Greek vessel

Sunday, February 28th 2010, 15:32
related countries: Somalia

Pirates in Somalia free a Greek-owned cargo ship and its crew of 19 after a ransom is paid, officials say.
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Wall Street's Greece role probed

Thursday, February 25th 2010, 18:15
related countries: United States
related places: Wall Street

US regulators are investigating the role of Wall Street firms in deals that may have allowed Greece to mask its debt woes.
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Clashes in Greek austerity strike

Wednesday, February 24th 2010, 18:41

Scuffles break out as hundreds of thousands of Greeks strike to protest at austerity measures imposed to save the economy.
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Greece 'needs European support'

Friday, February 19th 2010, 17:03

Greece's Prime Minister says his country needs European support to cut debt levels effectively, but adds it does not need a bail-out.
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Greece told to make further cuts

Tuesday, February 16th 2010, 15:30

Greece is warned by European finance ministers that it must make further spending cuts or face more sanctions.
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Greece 'may cut spending further'

Monday, February 15th 2010, 23:16

Greece could unveil more cost-cutting plans if its current efforts do not work fast enough, the eurozone chief says.
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Greece calls for aid plan details

Monday, February 15th 2010, 21:53

Greece's finance minister wants other eurozone nations to release a detailed plan of how they intend to bail-out his country.
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Greece calls EU rescue plan timid

Friday, February 12th 2010, 18:29

Greek PM George Papandreou criticises the European Union's response to Greece's financial crisis as timid and too slow.
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Euro angst

Friday, February 12th 2010, 10:11

European readers fear Greek debt contagion
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