Greece
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Nationwide strike brings Greece to standstill
More than 30,000 people took to the streets of Athens on Thursday as part of the second nationwide strike in Greece against the austerity measures announced by the Papandreou gover
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Two caught with artifacts
Greek police arrested two men last week for trying to sell several artifacts, including a bronze sculpture of emperor Alexander the Great from the 4th century B.C.
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“We will become their crisis”
Downtown Athens was paralysed once again on Friday when thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest against the country’s newly announced package of austerity measures.
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Third round of new austerity measures bite hard
The Papandreou government has announced a thid round of austerity measures which are designed to meet European Union demands for savings, rein in the Greek budget deficit and se
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ND leader launches attack on Greek PM
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party leader Antonis Samaras launched a strong attack on Greek Prime Minister George Papandrou in response to his earlier address to PASOK parlia
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Greek PM: tough measures to be taken on economy
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, addressed PASOK parliamentarians on Tuesday where he announced that a further round of tough austerity measures will need to be implemented.
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Nimetz sees ‘solution’
United Nations special envoy Matthew Nimetz visited Athens to continue to establish a basis on which Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) can work to solve
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Greek anger at German reports
The speaker of the Greek Parliament Filippos Petsalnikos has condemned German press reports on Greece’s financial crisis that he said “surpassed all limits” .
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Olympic Air and rival Aegean agree to merge
Greece’s two largest airlines, Olympic Air and rival Aegean, have announced that they have agreed to join forces in a bid to survive the country’s economic downturn and increased c
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Parliament probes economy for answers
The Papandreou government proposal to set up of a Parliamentary fact-finding committee into the economy was approved last week despite the strong opposition from main Opposition pa