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Greeks Join Nationwide Strike Over New Round Of Bailout Reforms
The protest strike in Greece was called by the main public and private sector unions a day before parliament was due to vote on reforms that would unlock the next tranche of funds from an 86 billion euro bailout.
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Young Greek Women Selling Sex For The Price of a Sandwich, New Study Shows
Young Greek women are selling sex for the price of a sandwich as six years of painful austerity has pushed the European country to the financial brink, a new study showed Friday.
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Striking Greeks Take to Tension-Filled Streets in Austerity Protest
Striking Greeks took to the streets on Thursday to protest austerity measures, setting Alexis Tsipras' government its biggest domestic challenge since he was re-elected in September promising to cushion the impact of economic hardship.
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Greece passes new austerity deal amid protests
Greek lawmakers on Monday approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy, after riots in Athens and other cities left stores looted and burned and more than 120 people hurt. The historic vote paves the way for Greece's European partners and the International Monetary Fund to rele...
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Thousands protest austerity measures in Greece
Thousands took to the streets of Athens as unions launched a two-day general strike against planned austerity measures on Friday, a day after Greece's crucial international bailout was put in limbo by its partners in the 17-nation eurozone. Clashes broke out in Syntagma Square, outside Parliament, as dozens of hooded youths threw fire bombs and st...
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Greece clears final hurdle to get bailout funds
Greece bought itself time to deal with its crippling debt crisis on Thursday after lawmakers passed the second and final austerity bill essential for the release of crucial bailout funds and prevent the country from defaulting next month.The European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had demanded Parliament pass two bills - an au...
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Greece passes steep cuts as riots seize capital
Greece fended off a bankruptcy that threatened to roil global financial markets, approving severe spending cuts and tax increases on Wednesday in the face of violent protests by Greeks who say they have suffered enough.The package of austerity measures would keep bailout money flowing to Greece from other European countries and the International Mo...
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Greek parliament passes key austerity bill
Greece's lawmakers approved a key austerity bill Wednesday, paving the way for the country to get its next vital bailout loans that will prevent it from defaulting on its debts next month.The unpopular euro28 billion ($40 billion) five-year package of spending cuts and tax hikes was backed by a majority of the 300-member parliament Wednesday, inclu...
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Anti-austerity riots hit Central Athens
Greece's prime minister says he will reshuffle his Cabinet on Thursday and seek a vote of confidence for his new government in Parliament, after coalition talks with Opposition parties failed.The discussions came as anti-austerity riots hit Central Athens.Prime Minister George Papandreou has struggled against falling approval ratings and an interna...
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Greeks demonstrate against austerity measures
About 30,000 people protested in Athens' central Syntagma square on Sunday evening against the government's tough economic austerity policies.The demonstration, larger than many others that have taken place during Greece's economic crisis, appeared to be the first that resulted from spontaneous calls over social media sites such as Facebook. Many o...
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Greeks Join Nationwide Strike Over New Round Of Bailout Reforms
The protest strike in Greece was called by the main public and private sector unions a day before parliament was due to vote on reforms that would unlock the next tranche of funds from an 86 billion euro bailout.
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Young Greek Women Selling Sex For The Price of a Sandwich, New Study Shows
Young Greek women are selling sex for the price of a sandwich as six years of painful austerity has pushed the European country to the financial brink, a new study showed Friday.
-
Striking Greeks Take to Tension-Filled Streets in Austerity Protest
Striking Greeks took to the streets on Thursday to protest austerity measures, setting Alexis Tsipras' government its biggest domestic challenge since he was re-elected in September promising to cushion the impact of economic hardship.
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Greece passes new austerity deal amid protests
Greek lawmakers on Monday approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy, after riots in Athens and other cities left stores looted and burned and more than 120 people hurt. The historic vote paves the way for Greece's European partners and the International Monetary Fund to rele...
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Thousands protest austerity measures in Greece
Thousands took to the streets of Athens as unions launched a two-day general strike against planned austerity measures on Friday, a day after Greece's crucial international bailout was put in limbo by its partners in the 17-nation eurozone. Clashes broke out in Syntagma Square, outside Parliament, as dozens of hooded youths threw fire bombs and st...
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Greece clears final hurdle to get bailout funds
Greece bought itself time to deal with its crippling debt crisis on Thursday after lawmakers passed the second and final austerity bill essential for the release of crucial bailout funds and prevent the country from defaulting next month.The European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had demanded Parliament pass two bills - an au...
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Greece passes steep cuts as riots seize capital
Greece fended off a bankruptcy that threatened to roil global financial markets, approving severe spending cuts and tax increases on Wednesday in the face of violent protests by Greeks who say they have suffered enough.The package of austerity measures would keep bailout money flowing to Greece from other European countries and the International Mo...
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Greek parliament passes key austerity bill
Greece's lawmakers approved a key austerity bill Wednesday, paving the way for the country to get its next vital bailout loans that will prevent it from defaulting on its debts next month.The unpopular euro28 billion ($40 billion) five-year package of spending cuts and tax hikes was backed by a majority of the 300-member parliament Wednesday, inclu...
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Anti-austerity riots hit Central Athens
Greece's prime minister says he will reshuffle his Cabinet on Thursday and seek a vote of confidence for his new government in Parliament, after coalition talks with Opposition parties failed.The discussions came as anti-austerity riots hit Central Athens.Prime Minister George Papandreou has struggled against falling approval ratings and an interna...
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Greeks demonstrate against austerity measures
About 30,000 people protested in Athens' central Syntagma square on Sunday evening against the government's tough economic austerity policies.The demonstration, larger than many others that have taken place during Greece's economic crisis, appeared to be the first that resulted from spontaneous calls over social media sites such as Facebook. Many o...
