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

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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US museum 'must return' Greek statue

Friday, February 12th 2010, 0:12
related countries: Italy

A judge in Italy orders the Getty Museum in Los Angeles to return an ancient Greek bronze statue.
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EU ready to help Greece on debts

Thursday, February 11th 2010, 18:52
related countries: Belgium
related places: Brussels

EU leaders say they are ready to shore up Greece's finances and ensure eurozone stability - but there is no specific aid pledge.
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No tax please, we're Greek

Thursday, February 11th 2010, 11:09

Greece's efforts to tighten the nation's belt is complicated by tax evaders and a population generally suspicious of big government, Malcolm Brabant finds.
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Greek PM pledges to slash deficit

Wednesday, February 10th 2010, 18:15

Prime Minister George Papandreou vows to "take any necessary measures" to reduce Greece's government deficit.
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Greeks strike over austerity plan

Wednesday, February 10th 2010, 14:57

Greek public sector workers go on a national strike with thousands rallying against measures to tackle the deficit.
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Should the EU bail out Greece?

Wednesday, February 10th 2010, 10:05

The Greek Prime Minister has criticised the EU's economic rescue plan. What's the way forward for Greece?
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Greece 'to ban early retirement'

Tuesday, February 9th 2010, 13:28

Greece's government intends to raise the pension age and ban early retirement as it tackles its budget crisis.
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Greek officials strike over cuts

Thursday, February 4th 2010, 14:57

Customs officials and tax inspectors in Greece are holding a two-day strike to protest at government austerity measures.
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Greece to face economic scrutiny

Wednesday, February 3rd 2010, 16:46

The European Commission says it supports Greece's plans to reduce its deficit but will closely monitor its progress.
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Greece unveils austerity measures

Wednesday, February 3rd 2010, 10:08

Greece's prime minister announces tough austerity measures aimed at cutting his country's soaring public debt.
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Pirates release Greek cargo ship

Monday, February 1st 2010, 22:57
related countries: Somalia

Somali pirates release the Greek-owned cargo ship Filitsa and its crew of 22, held since November, after a ransom is paid, officials say.
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Musical pilgrims

Friday, January 29th 2010, 16:58

Turkey tolerates Greek return to clifftop monastery
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Mounting fears over Greek economy

Friday, January 29th 2010, 14:56

Mounting fears over Greece's ability to pay off its debts continue to hit the financial markets.
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Greece denies EU bail-out needed

Thursday, January 28th 2010, 16:20

Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou denies speculation that it will have to be bailed out by the European Union.
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Mother accuses Greek police

Friday, January 22nd 2010, 18:35

The mother of the Greek youth whose death sparked riots in 2008 calls the policeman who fired the fatal shot a "monster".
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Murky dealings

Wednesday, January 20th 2010, 10:27

The dark side of Greece's economic troubles
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Athens shooting police on trial

Wednesday, January 20th 2010, 9:46

The trial of two policeman charged with shooting a teenager dead in Greece, sparking major riots, opens and is adjourned.
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