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

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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Somali pirates free Greek tanker

Monday, January 18th 2010, 10:18
related countries: Somalia

Somali pirates free a Greek-owned oil tanker, a day after one of the largest ransoms ever paid was dropped on board, the pirates and officials say.
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Somali pirates battle over ransom

Monday, January 18th 2010, 4:48
related countries: Somalia

Somali pirates have been fighting over a huge ransom paid to free a Greek-flagged oil tanker, pirates and a maritime official say.
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Greece to outline plans on debt

Friday, January 15th 2010, 10:48

Greece is to submit a three-year plan to cut its huge budget deficit to the European Commission later on Friday.
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EU casts doubt on Greek figures

Wednesday, January 13th 2010, 10:49

An EU report condemns "severe irregularities" in Greek accounting procedures, as the country struggles with a huge deficit.
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Bomb explodes in central Athens

Saturday, January 9th 2010, 22:08
related places: Athens

A small bomb explodes outside the Greek parliament in the centre of the capital, Athens, an attack blamed on left-wing militants.
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Greece pledges deep cuts in debt

Tuesday, January 5th 2010, 23:14

Greece says it will have its budget deficit back under control in just two years, earlier than previously planned.
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Greece prepares 2010 economy plan

Monday, January 4th 2010, 14:46

Greece is to tell the European Commission how it plans to control its public finances and turn round its economy.
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Greece votes for big budget cuts

Thursday, December 24th 2009, 0:20

The Greek parliament votes in favour of adopting big public spending cuts that aim to lower the country's high levels of debt.
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Third downgrade for Greece debt

Tuesday, December 22nd 2009, 10:04

A third credit ratings agency downgrades Greek government bonds on worries about the country's high debt levels.
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Greek tragedy

Monday, December 21st 2009, 13:58

Why Athens has incurred wrath of credit rating gods
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Greek unions protest against cuts

Thursday, December 17th 2009, 11:32

Unions protest across Greece against cuts aimed at restoring international confidence in the country's economy.
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Second agency downgrades Greece

Wednesday, December 16th 2009, 19:50

A second agency downgrades Greece's credit rating, saying the government's spending cuts will not be enough to trim its debts.
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Greece PM seeks support for cuts

Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 10:05

Greece's prime minister tries to rally opposition backing for austerity measures aimed at tackling its economic crisis.
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Greece's debt at highest ever level

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 16:25

Greece's debt reaches the highest level in its modern history, as the country faces difficult economic straits.
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Somali pirates free Greek vessel

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 16:04
related countries: Somalia, Ukraine

A Greek ship with a Ukrainian crew that was held by Somali pirates for seven months is freed, officials say.
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'Already too late'

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 10:47

Fear and tension in Greece as economic clouds gather
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Greek stocks fall 6% on debt fear

Tuesday, December 8th 2009, 19:16

Continuing worries over Greece's high public debt levels cause Greek shares to fall 6% as the country's credit rating is cut.
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Athens braced for more protests

Monday, December 7th 2009, 10:21
related places: Athens

Athens is braced for more protests as Greece marks the first anniversary of the fatal police shooting of a teenager.
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In pictures

Monday, December 7th 2009, 5:09

Violence in Greece on the anniversary of a boy's killing
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Protest clashes continue in Athens

Monday, December 7th 2009, 3:43
related places: Athens

Clashes continue overnight in Athens as it marks the first anniversary of the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy.
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Live - Wednesday football

Wednesday, December 2nd 2009, 17:30

Blackburn beat Chelsea on penalties in the Carling Cup after Man City beat Arsenal 3-0, and there are wins for Celtic and Everton in the Europa League.
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Portugal, Slovenia & Greece reach World Cup

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 21:55
related countries: South Africa, Ukraine

Portugal, Slovenia and Greece win their respective play-off ties to book their places at the 2010 World Cup.
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Tear gas fired at Athens protest

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 22:16
related places: Athens

Greek police use tear gas to disperse hundreds of youths at a march to commemorate a student uprising 36 years ago.
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Greek Church acts on crucifix ban

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 23:17
related countries: Italy

The Greek Orthodox Church urges Christians across Europe to unite against a ban on crucifixes in classrooms in Italy.
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Tourists hit by Greek island fire

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 17:27

Authorities on the Greek island of Evia evacuate hundreds of tourists from their hotel as a forest fire rages nearby.
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Papandreou sworn in as Greek PM

Tuesday, October 6th 2009, 9:19

George Papandreou is sworn in as Greece's prime minister after his Panhellenic Socialist Movement won an emphatic election victory.
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