Greece
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Greece faces time pressures after vote
Parliament’s approval early Monday of the terms of a new bailout for Greece appeared to have paved the way for Athens to receive more loans from the eurozone and the International
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Greek MPs ousted from parties following austerity measures vote
More than 40 MPs have been ousted from their parties following this morning’s vote to approve the EU-IMF deal.
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Greek MPs vote in austerity measures, amid protests
Greek MPs have voted in favour of a joint European Union/IMF bailout deal this morning.
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Ephraim’s bid for release rejected
Appeals magistrate Eirini Kalou on Thursday rejected a bid by Ephraim to be released from custody on bail.
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Funds found to help Greece’s homeless
Greece is going to spend 800,000 euros on housing and feeding homeless people amid concern about the growing number of people living on the streets.
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Storms kill 3 in Greece
Serious flooding caused by heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the Peloponnese and northern Greece has caused massive damage as well as claiming the lives of three people.
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Debt surge daunts country
Surging national debt levels in Greece and other vulnerable eurozone countries is piling pressure on negotiators in Athens to push through rescue deals.
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Germans want Greece to return to the drachma
The majority of Germans feel the euro currency bloc would be better off if debt-crippled Greece left it, a poll published in mass-selling newspaper Bild am Sonntag showed on Sunday
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Prescription happy doctors targeted
Greece’s Health Minister Andreas Loverdos vowed to clamp down on doctors who issue suspiciously high amounts of medicine prescriptions, for which the taxpayer has to foot the bill,