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Earthquake rattles Greece, Turkey
An earthquake beneath the sea shook northern Greece and western Turkey Saturday, with more than 100 people reportedly injured in Turkey.
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SS songs and antisemitism: the week Golden Dawn turned openly Nazi
Supporters of the far-right party gave Hitler salutes and sang the Horst Wessel song outside parliament last week. Helena Smith reports from Athens on how Golden Dawn has taken on a sinister new tone
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2,500-year-old erotic graffiti found in unlikely setting on Aegean island
Racy inscriptions and phalluses carved into Astypalaia's rocky peninsula shed light on very private lives of ancient Greece
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Ancient Greek Wine-Cup Belonging to Pericles Discovered
A wine-cup believed to belong to ancient Greek politician Pericles was discovered on Wednesday in an ancient tomb, in Kifisia, northern Athens, Greece. The ancient tomb came to light during excavations for the foundations of a new building. The wine-cup, measuring 8 centimeters in height, was found shattered into 12 pieces.
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Tomb unearthed from era of Alexander
Greece tomb unearthed: Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who visited the tightly-guarded site Tuesday, said the discovery 'is clearly extremely important' and dates between 325-300 B.C.
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The (Almost) Uncatchable Robin Hood Of Greece
He's spent decades dodging the law. He's escaped from jail twice by helicopter. He's given millions to the poor. This is the story of how Greece’s most wanted man became a folk hero.
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Greek grave dug up after ‘cries for help’
Officials order tests on body of 49-year-old woman who relatives believe came out of a coma after being buried
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Turkish-Greek cooperation in Aegean helps stem flow of migrants
Closer cooperation between Greek and Turkish coast guard authorities has led to 11,000 undocumented migrants being prevented from entering Greek borders and returned to the neighboring country since the start of the year, data presented by the Merchant Marine Ministry Friday showed.
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Amazing Greece : From The Sky
Few Phantom aerial shoots from our latest mototrip from Croatia to peninsula Peloponnese/Greece.
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Greece’s stock market just suffered its worst collapse ever
Now this is Greek tragedy. Greece’s Athex Composite GD, -12.78% tanked almost 13% Tuesday — the biggest drop for the index on record, according to FactSet. The renewed jitters came after the government, in a surprise move late Monday, said it would bring forward presidential elections to Dec. 17, potentially, setting the scene for snap elections in early 2015.
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Greece headed for elections as lawmakers fail to approve president
Greek voters are set to go to the polls after lawmakers failed to elect a new president. This has triggered a snap election, raising fears that the country's financial bailout could be placed in jeopardy.
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Anti-austerity party wins Greek poll
Anti-austerity Syriza party has won Greece's general election, putting the country on a possible collision course with the EU over its massive bailout. With nearly 75% of the votes counted, Syriza is projected to win 149 seats, just two short of an absolute majority, though that number could change. Left-wing party leader Alexis Tsipras, who wants to renegotiate Greece's debt, said "the Greeks wrote history".
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Greece could exit EU if fails to end bankruptcy
IT IS crunch time for Greece on Tuesday, when the cash-strapped country must repay €750million (£544million) to the eurozone or teeter on the brink of bankruptcy.
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PM: Greece will not accept 'humiliating' bailout terms
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is ready to accept a "viable and long-lasting" deal with lenders but not on "humiliating terms," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told his ruling Syriza party on Saturday. Syriza's first four months in power have been dominated by negotiations with the heavily indebted country's creditors, including the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.
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'No deal' with Greece as talks in Brussels fail
The latest round of talks between Greek and EU officials in Brussels has failed to reach an agreement. A European Commission spokesman said while that progress was made on Sunday, "significant gaps" remained. Europe wants Greece to make spending cuts worth €2bn (£1.44bn), to secure a deal that will unlock bailout funds.
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Tsipras gambles Greece
The Greek PM is offering the people a choice between bad and extremely bad. Capital controls are likely before a July 5 vote on the creditors’ terms. It’s not clear their offer will be on the table even if the people want it. If they don’t, the drachma and more misery lie ahead. By Hugo Dixon.
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Greece is doomed: 4 reasons its crisis was always bound to be painful
It's in Europe's interest to make things as hard as possible for Greece
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Emergency Cash To Continue For Greek Banks
The decision to maintain - but not increase - emergency funding for the banks still leaves Greece facing an uncertain week.
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Greek debt crisis: Banks to stay shut, capital controls imposed
Greek banks are to remain closed and capital controls will be imposed, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says. Speaking after the European Central Bank (ECB) said it was not increasing emergency funding to Greek banks, Mr Tsipras said Greek deposits were safe. Greece is due to make a €1.6bn (£1.1bn) payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday - the same day that its current bailout expires.
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How Eurocrats, Greeks, Germans, and Eastern Europeans View the Greek Crisis
The Syriza government in Greece just made the move of proposing a referendum on the creditors’ last (unacceptable) offer, so the Greek people can now choose a destiny from a set of unpleasant destinies to which history has brought them.
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