Greece
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Suicide rate up more than 22 per cent
Suicides in Greece shot up by more than 22 per cent from 2009 to 2011.
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Venizelos to try forming a govt
Socialist leader to take the baton after SYRIZA chief fails to get other parties on board a leftist coalition
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Marika Mitsotakis, wife of former Greek PM, dies
Wife of former Greek prime minister Constantine Mitsotakis passed away in Athens last week at the age of 81.
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Olympic flame for Parthenon Marbles
Parthenon Marbles campaigners fired up by flame handover.
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Total of HIV+ prostitutes rises in Greece
Another prostitute has tested positive for HIV, taking the total number found to be carrying the virus to 25, authorities said on Tuesday.
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New elections looming for Greece
SYRIZA leader Tsipras fails to make headway as Samaras accuses him of putting euro membership at risk.
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Tsipras picks up baton after Samaras fails to form unity govt
The leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) is to get a shot at forming a coalition government after an attempt by Antonis Samaras, leader of New Democracy which came
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EU expresses concern about Chrysi Avgi
European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele expressed his concern about any potential involvement of the far-right Chrysi Avgi in a new Greek government
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Greek far-right leader savors electoral success
Greece’s extreme-right Golden Dawn party savored unprecedented success in Sunday’s general election by promising to rid Greece of illegal immigrants, branding journalists “liars” a
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ND’s Samaras to have first go forming govt
New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras is due to meet President Karolos Papoulias on Monday afternoon before beginning an attempt to form a coalition government in the wake of an ele