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| Dec.31 |
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Greek ambassador killed by wife's lover |
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| May.23 |
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Greece begins moving migrants from Idomeni camp |
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Pope returns from Greece with 12 migrants 
Pope Francis has taken 12 Syrian migrants back with him to the Vatican after visiting a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos
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Deportations to resume from Greece to Turkey |
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| Apr.3 |
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Migrant crisis: Greece starts deportations to Turkey
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| Apr.2 |
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Greece challenges IMF over 'debt transcript leak' |
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| Mar.3 |
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EU's Tusk warns illegal economic migrants: Do not come here |
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| Dec.29 |
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Over one million reach Europe by sea |
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| Sep.20 |
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Alexis Tsipras hails 'victory of the people'. Athens
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| Sep.19 |
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Greece election: Voting begins in tight race |
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| Sep.7 |
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Greece acts over Lesbos 'explosion' fears |
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| Sep.1 |
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Thousands migrants arrive in mainland Greece |
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| Aug.22 |
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Macedonia migrants break through at Greek border Thousands of migrants have broken through police lines into Macedonia at the country's border with Greece
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| Aug.20 |
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PM Alexis Tsipras quits and calls early polls. Athens
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| Aug.7 |
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Migrant 'chaos' on Greek islands - UN |
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| Jul.22 |
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Greece crisis: MPs pass crucial bailout reforms. Athens
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| Jul.21 |
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MPs prepare for second vote on bailout reforms |
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| Jul.15 |
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Eurozone deal laws backed by MPs |
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| Jul.13 |
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Tsipras faces eurozone deal battle |
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Debt crisis: Eurozone summit strikes deal | Brussels: Eurozone leaders have agreed to offer Greece a third bailout, after marathon talks. The bailout is conditional on Greece passing agreed reforms | |
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| Jul.12 |
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Debt crisis: Leaders try to thrash out deal |
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Debt crisis: Athens offered 'euro time-out'. Brussels
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Debt crisis: Merkel says talks 'extremely difficult' |
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| Jul.11 |
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Debt crisis: Eurozone to resume talks on reforms |
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Eurozone 'sceptical' of reform pledge |
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Debt crisis: Eurozone predicts tough talks |
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| Jul.10 |
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MPs back bailout reform plan |
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| Jul.9 |
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Eurozone receives economic reform plan. Athens
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Debt crisis: Deadline day for new proposals |
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| Jul.7 |
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Eurozone sets 'final deadline' for new debt plan |
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| Jul.6 |
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PM Tsipras to present new plan at eurozone summit |
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Greece finance minister quits |
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| Jul.5 |
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Debt crisis: Tsipras says voters made 'brave choice' |
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Debt crisis: Greek voters reject bailout offer With almost all the ballots counted, results from the Greek referendum show voters decisively rejecting the terms of an international bailout
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Polls close in bailout referendum |
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| Jul.4 |
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Greece debt: Greeks vote in bailout referendum |
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| Jul.3 |
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Greece crisis: Mass rival rallies over bailout vote. Athens
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Greece crisis: Tsipras urges 'No' to 'blackmail' |
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| Jul.2 |
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Greek crisis: Major rallies due ahead of vote |
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Greek debt crisis: 'No' vote 'won't lead to better deal' |
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| Jul.1 |
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Eurozone rules out talks until after referendum |
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| Jun.30 |
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IMF payment missed as bailout expires Athens: Greece has missed the deadline for £1.1bn payment to the International Monetary Fund, hours after eurozone ministers refused to extend its bailout
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| Jun.29 |
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Defiant Tsipras seeks referendum backing |
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No vote would mean euro exit, leaders warn. European Union
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| Jun.28 |
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Greek debt crisis: ECB not raising funding limit |
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| Jun.27 |
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MPs back referendum on bailout |
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Greece crisis: Eurozone refuses bailout extension. European Union
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Greece debt: Crisis meeting over bailout referendum |
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| Jun.25 |
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EU leaders agree to speed up relocation |
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| Jun.24 |
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Greece debt crisis: Talks to resume |
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Tsipras in intensive talks with creditors |
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| Jun.22 |
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Eurozone leaders echo hopes for Greek deal |
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| Jun.21 |
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Greece crisis: EU leaders gather for critical summit |
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| Jun.20 |
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Greek debt: New proposals |
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| Jun.17 |
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Greece says deal on debt crisis unlikely at talks |
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| Jun.5 |
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Tsipras tells lenders not to humiliate Greece over debt |
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| May.11 |
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Greece two weeks from cash crisis - Yanis Varoufakis |
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| Feb.23 |
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Greece unveils eurozone reforms |
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| Feb.21 |
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PM Alexis Tsipras warns of 'difficulties' |
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| Feb.20 |
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Greece agrees deal with eurozone Brussels: Greece and eurozone nations have agreed a deal to extend financial aid after bailout talks in Brussels
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| Feb.16 |
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Greek debt deal hangs in balance |
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| Feb.8 |
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Greek PM defiant over economic plans |
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| Jan.26 |
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Alexis Tsipras was sworn in as new prime minister |
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| Jan.25 |
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Greek poll winner vows to end 'pain'. Athens
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Greek exit polls suggest Syriza win| Athens: Two exit polls show anti-austerity Syriza party with a 12.5 percentage point lead over nearest party, New Demoracy, in Greece's general election. Far-right Golden Dawn and centrist The River came joint 3rd. Syriza... | |
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| Jan.24 |
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Anti-austerity Syriza battles New Democracy |
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| Jun.11 |
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Greece suspends state broadcaster The Greek government has shut down the public broadcaster ERT, calling it a 'haven of waste'
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| Nov.26 |
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Eurozone deal on Greece bailout |
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| Nov.11 |
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Greece MPs approve new austerity budget Greek lawmakers have approved a 2013 budget involving fresh spending cuts, despite mass public street protests
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| Sep.26 |
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Athens clashes as Greek police fire tear gas
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| Aug.22 |
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Greece stalls on making tough cuts |
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| Jun.18 |
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Greeks in race to form coalition |
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| Jun.17 |
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Greek pro-bailout poll win hailed The narrow election victory of Greece's New Democracy party has been welcomed by world leaders, who urged Athens to form a cabinet quickly
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| Jun.16 |
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Polls open in crucial Greece election |
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| May.27 |
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Lagarde tax jibe angers Greeks |
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| May.15 |
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Greece to hold new elections after stalemate
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| May.12 |
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Greece faces final coalition push |
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| May.8 |
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Greek leftist leader lays out radical agenda
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| Apr.4 |
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Greek clashes over man's suicide |
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| Mar.8 |
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Greece confirms debt deal success The Greek government has indicated that it has secured sufficient backing for a debt swap deal that will enable it to avoid defaulting on its...
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| Feb.20 |
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Fresh bailout for Greece 'agreed' |
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| Feb.12 |
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Amid clashes Parliament approves austerity Lawmakers voted to approve another round of austerity measures, sought in return for a new eurozone bailout of the debt-stricken country
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| Feb.9 |
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Greece leaders agree bailout cuts
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| Nov.11 |
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Greece swears in unity coalition |
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| Nov.10 |
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Papademos named as new prime minister Lucas Papademos, a former banker and European Central Bank vice president, has been named interim prime minister of Greece
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| Nov.6 |
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Greeks agree coalition government |
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| Nov.4 |
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Greece's PM wins confidence vote
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| Nov.3 |
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Greek PM backs off plans for referendum George Papandreou said that a controversial proposal to hold a referendum on an international bailout for his country would not be necessary
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Calls for Greek leader to resign |
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| Nov.2 |
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Bailout loan withheld from Greece. France
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| Nov.1 |
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Greek vote casts shadow on debt deal |
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| Oct.31 |
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Greece to hold bailout referendum
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| Oct.19 |
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Greece MPs back austerity plans Athens: The Greek parliament has given initial approval to new austerity measures, as clashes broke out between protesters and police in Athens
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Greek clashes amid general strike |
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| Oct.2 |
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Greece to miss targets on deficit
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| Sep.14 |
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Eurozone leaders reassure Greece |
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| Jul.21 |
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Eurozone agrees new Greek bailout. European Union
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| Jun.29 |
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Parliament's vote in favour of austerity The European Union has welcomed the Greek parliament's vote in favour of a severe austerity package that has sparked strikes and protests
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| Jun.28 |
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Greek protests turn ugly as strike begins. Athens
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| Jun.27 |
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Greek unions stage general strike |
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| Jun.21 |
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Greek PM survives confidence vote |
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| Jun.19 |
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European ministers: Greece to get loans. European Union
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| May.5 |
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Three dead as Greek strike grows violent Athens: Police sirens and tear gas filled the streets around parliament building after protests against government. 3 people dying in a fire inside a...
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| May.2 |
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Bailout worth $146 billion |
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| Mar.15 |
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EU ministers agree Greek plan. Belgium
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| Mar.3 |
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Greece backs new round of tax rises
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| Mar.2 |
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Budget crisis is like wartime situation - PM Prime Minister George Papandreou has likened the country's budget crisis to a 'wartime situation' and said Greece was at risk of bankruptcy
| The government has approved a package of tax increases and spending cuts to save 4.8bn euros and ease its budget crisis, including rises in sales taxes, a cut in holiday bonuses paid to civil servants, and a pensions freeze.
The EU had called for austerity measures
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| Feb.10 |
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PM vows to slash huge government deficit
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| Oct.4 |
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Socialist Papandreou declared winner
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| Dec.10 |
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Strike adds to unrest |
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| Dec.9 |
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Protests as Athens funeral held
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| Mar.24 |
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Protest as Olympic torch is lit A protester managed to breach the tight security during the torch lighting ceremony. He unfurled a banner, but was apprehended
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| Sep.16 |
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PM claims election victory
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| Mar.7 |
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Conservatives sweep to power |
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| Apr.16 |
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Violence erupts near EU summit |
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| May.4 |
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Pope moves to heal ancient rift |
before year 2000
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| Jun. 10, 1921 |
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Prince Philip born Map of Mon Repos Corfu Greece The husband of Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-serving consort of a reigning British monarch and the oldest-ever male member of the British royal family
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| Mar. 12, 1880 |
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Kemal Ataturk born Map of Thessaloniki Greece| Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, an army officer, revolutionary, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey | |
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| Feb. 3, 1830 |
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Greece declared independence| London: The Greek War of Independence was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between 1821 and 1832 | |
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| 2011 |
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| Jun.19 |
European ministers: Greece to get loans. European Union
| 2010 |
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| May.2 |
Bailout worth $146 billion |
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| 2015 |
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| Sep.20 |
Alexis Tsipras hails 'victory of the people'. Athens
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| Sep.19 |
Greece election: Voting begins in tight race |
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| Jul.5 |
Debt crisis: Tsipras says voters made 'brave choice' |
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| Jul.5 |
Debt crisis: Greek voters reject bailout offer With almost all the ballots counted, results from the Greek referendum show voters decisively rejecting the terms of an international bailout
|
| Jul.5 |
Polls close in bailout referendum |
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| Jul.4 |
Greece debt: Greeks vote in bailout referendum |
|
| Jul.3 |
Greece crisis: Tsipras urges 'No' to 'blackmail' |
|
| Jul.2 |
Greek debt crisis: 'No' vote 'won't lead to better deal' |
|
| Jun.29 |
Defiant Tsipras seeks referendum backing |
|
| Jun.29 |
No vote would mean euro exit, leaders warn. European Union
|
| Jan.25 |
Greek exit polls suggest Syriza win| Athens: Two exit polls show anti-austerity Syriza party with a 12.5 percentage point lead over nearest party, New Demoracy, in Greece's general election. Far-right Golden Dawn and centrist The River came joint 3rd. Syriza... | |
|
| Jan.24 |
Anti-austerity Syriza battles New Democracy |
| 2012 |
|
| Jun.17 |
Greek pro-bailout poll win hailed The narrow election victory of Greece's New Democracy party has been welcomed by world leaders, who urged Athens to form a cabinet quickly
|
| Jun.16 |
Polls open in crucial Greece election |
|
| May.15 |
Greece to hold new elections after stalemate
| 2011 |
|
| Nov.3 |
Greek PM backs off plans for referendum George Papandreou said that a controversial proposal to hold a referendum on an international bailout for his country would not be necessary
|
| Nov.1 |
Greek vote casts shadow on debt deal |
|
| Oct.31 |
Greece to hold bailout referendum
| 2009 |
|
| Oct.4 |
Socialist Papandreou declared winner
| 2007 |
|
| Sep.16 |
PM claims election victory
| 2004 |
|
| Mar.7 |
Conservatives sweep to power |
|
|
| 2016 |
|
| Apr.2 |
Greece challenges IMF over 'debt transcript leak' |
| 2015 |
|
| Jul.7 |
Eurozone sets 'final deadline' for new debt plan |
|
| Jun.30 |
IMF payment missed as bailout expires Athens: Greece has missed the deadline for £1.1bn payment to the International Monetary Fund, hours after eurozone ministers refused to extend its bailout
|
| Jun.20 |
Greek debt: New proposals |
|
| May.11 |
Greece two weeks from cash crisis - Yanis Varoufakis |
|
| Jan.25 |
Greek poll winner vows to end 'pain'. Athens
| 2012 |
|
| Aug.22 |
Greece stalls on making tough cuts |
|
| Jun.18 |
Greeks in race to form coalition |
|
| May.12 |
Greece faces final coalition push |
| 2011 |
|
| Nov.2 |
Bailout loan withheld from Greece. France
|
| Oct.2 |
Greece to miss targets on deficit
|
| Sep.14 |
Eurozone leaders reassure Greece |
| 2010 |
|
| Mar.3 |
Greece backs new round of tax rises
|
| Mar.2 |
Budget crisis is like wartime situation - PM Prime Minister George Papandreou has likened the country's budget crisis to a 'wartime situation' and said Greece was at risk of bankruptcy
| The government has approved a package of tax increases and spending cuts to save 4.8bn euros and ease its budget crisis, including rises in sales taxes, a cut in holiday bonuses paid to civil servants, and a pensions freeze.
The EU had called for austerity measures
|
| |
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| Feb.10 |
PM vows to slash huge government deficit
|
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| 2001 |
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| May.4 |
Pope moves to heal ancient rift |
|
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| 2013 |
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| Jun.11 |
Greece suspends state broadcaster The Greek government has shut down the public broadcaster ERT, calling it a 'haven of waste'
|
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| 2012 |
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| May.8 |
Greek leftist leader lays out radical agenda
|
|
| 2015 |
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| Jul.11 |
Debt crisis: Eurozone predicts tough talks |
|
| Jun.17 |
Greece says deal on debt crisis unlikely at talks |
|
| Jun.5 |
Tsipras tells lenders not to humiliate Greece over debt |
|
| Feb.21 |
PM Alexis Tsipras warns of 'difficulties' |
|
|
| 2015 |
|
| Jun.22 |
Eurozone leaders echo hopes for Greek deal |
|
| Jun.21 |
Greece crisis: EU leaders gather for critical summit |
|
|
| 2016 |
|
| May.23 |
Greece begins moving migrants from Idomeni camp |
|
| Apr.16 |
Pope returns from Greece with 12 migrants Pope Francis has taken 12 Syrian migrants back with him to the Vatican after visiting a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos
|
| Apr.7 |
Deportations to resume from Greece to Turkey |
|
| Apr.3 |
Migrant crisis: Greece starts deportations to Turkey
|
| Mar.3 |
EU's Tusk warns illegal economic migrants: Do not come here |
| 2015 |
|
| Dec.29 |
Over one million reach Europe by sea |
|
| Sep.7 |
Greece acts over Lesbos 'explosion' fears |
|
| Sep.1 |
Thousands migrants arrive in mainland Greece |
|
| Aug.22 |
Macedonia migrants break through at Greek border Thousands of migrants have broken through police lines into Macedonia at the country's border with Greece
|
| Aug.7 |
Migrant 'chaos' on Greek islands - UN |
|
| Jun.25 |
EU leaders agree to speed up relocation |
|
|
| 2015 |
|
| Jul.13 |
Debt crisis: Eurozone summit strikes deal | Brussels: Eurozone leaders have agreed to offer Greece a third bailout, after marathon talks. The bailout is conditional on Greece passing agreed reforms | |
|
| Feb.20 |
Greece agrees deal with eurozone Brussels: Greece and eurozone nations have agreed a deal to extend financial aid after bailout talks in Brussels
| 2012 |
|
| Nov.26 |
Eurozone deal on Greece bailout |
|
| Mar.8 |
Greece confirms debt deal success The Greek government has indicated that it has secured sufficient backing for a debt swap deal that will enable it to avoid defaulting on its...
|
| Feb.20 |
Fresh bailout for Greece 'agreed' |
|
| Feb.9 |
Greece leaders agree bailout cuts
| 2011 |
|
| Jul.21 |
Eurozone agrees new Greek bailout. European Union
| 2010 |
|
| Mar.15 |
EU ministers agree Greek plan. Belgium
|
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| 2016 |
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| Dec.31 |
Greek ambassador killed by wife's lover |
|
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| 2015 |
|
| Jul.12 |
Debt crisis: Leaders try to thrash out deal |
|
| Jul.12 |
Debt crisis: Merkel says talks 'extremely difficult' |
|
| Jul.11 |
Debt crisis: Eurozone to resume talks on reforms |
|
| Jul.11 |
Eurozone 'sceptical' of reform pledge |
|
| Jun.27 |
Greece debt: Crisis meeting over bailout referendum |
|
| Jun.24 |
Greece debt crisis: Talks to resume |
|
| Jun.24 |
Tsipras in intensive talks with creditors |
|
| Feb.16 |
Greek debt deal hangs in balance |
| 2011 |
|
| Nov.6 |
Greeks agree coalition government |
|
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| 1921 |
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| Jun. 10, 1921 |
Prince Philip born Map of Mon Repos Corfu Greece The husband of Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-serving consort of a reigning British monarch and the oldest-ever male member of the British royal family
|
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| 2015 |
|
| Aug.20 |
PM Alexis Tsipras quits and calls early polls. Athens
|
| Jul.6 |
PM Tsipras to present new plan at eurozone summit |
|
| Jul.6 |
Greece finance minister quits |
|
| Feb.8 |
Greek PM defiant over economic plans |
|
| Jan.26 |
Alexis Tsipras was sworn in as new prime minister |
| 2011 |
|
| Nov.11 |
Greece swears in unity coalition |
|
| Nov.10 |
Papademos named as new prime minister Lucas Papademos, a former banker and European Central Bank vice president, has been named interim prime minister of Greece
|
| Nov.3 |
Calls for Greek leader to resign |
| 1880 |
|
| Mar. 12, 1880 |
Kemal Ataturk born Map of Thessaloniki Greece| Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, an army officer, revolutionary, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey | |
|
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| 2015 |
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| Jul.9 |
Eurozone receives economic reform plan. Athens
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| Feb.23 |
Greece unveils eurozone reforms |
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| 2015 |
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| Jul.3 |
Greece crisis: Mass rival rallies over bailout vote. Athens
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| Jul.2 |
Greek crisis: Major rallies due ahead of vote |
| 2012 |
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| Sep.26 |
Athens clashes as Greek police fire tear gas
|
| Apr.4 |
Greek clashes over man's suicide |
| 2011 |
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| Oct.19 |
Greek clashes amid general strike |
|
| Jun.28 |
Greek protests turn ugly as strike begins. Athens
|
| Jun.27 |
Greek unions stage general strike |
| 2010 |
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| May.5 |
Three dead as Greek strike grows violent Athens: Police sirens and tear gas filled the streets around parliament building after protests against government. 3 people dying in a fire inside a...
| 2008 |
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| Dec.10 |
Strike adds to unrest |
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| Dec.9 |
Protests as Athens funeral held
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| Mar.24 |
Protest as Olympic torch is lit A protester managed to breach the tight security during the torch lighting ceremony. He unfurled a banner, but was apprehended
| 2003 |
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| Apr.16 |
Violence erupts near EU summit |
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| 2015 |
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| Jul.22 |
Greece crisis: MPs pass crucial bailout reforms. Athens
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| Jul.21 |
MPs prepare for second vote on bailout reforms |
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| Jul.15 |
Eurozone deal laws backed by MPs |
|
| Jul.10 |
MPs back bailout reform plan |
|
| Jun.27 |
MPs back referendum on bailout |
| 2012 |
|
| Nov.11 |
Greece MPs approve new austerity budget Greek lawmakers have approved a 2013 budget involving fresh spending cuts, despite mass public street protests
|
| Feb.12 |
Amid clashes Parliament approves austerity Lawmakers voted to approve another round of austerity measures, sought in return for a new eurozone bailout of the debt-stricken country
| 2011 |
|
| Nov.4 |
Greece's PM wins confidence vote
|
| Oct.19 |
Greece MPs back austerity plans Athens: The Greek parliament has given initial approval to new austerity measures, as clashes broke out between protesters and police in Athens
|
| Jun.29 |
Parliament's vote in favour of austerity The European Union has welcomed the Greek parliament's vote in favour of a severe austerity package that has sparked strikes and protests
|
| Jun.21 |
Greek PM survives confidence vote |
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