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Greece reopens banks, boosts taxes, repays loans

July 21, 2015July 22, 2015 VOANews Greece

Debt-wracked Greece reopened its banks Monday for the first time in three weeks, while also increasing taxes and making critical

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Banks finally open in Greece

July 20, 2015July 20, 2015 VOANews euro zone, Greece

Banks in cash-strapped Greece opened Monday for the first time in three weeks.  Bank customers will be allowed to make

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Poland to hold parliamentary elections on October 25

July 20, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland will hold parliamentary elections on Sunday, October 25, President Bronislaw Komorowski has announced, a date that leaves the ruling

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The new Greek government

July 19, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

PM Alexis Tsipras announced a Greek government reshuffle on Friday afternoon, expected since an earlier vote in Parliament this week,

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Greek banks to open next week

July 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The European Central Bank opened the way for the opening of Greek banks next week with Wednesday’s raising of emergency liquidity

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Turkey courts deal successive blows to AK Party

July 17, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Following the AK Party losing its majority in Turkey’s parliament in June elections, the country’s courts have dealt it a

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Greek parliament OKs austerity plan

July 16, 2015 VOANews euro zone, Greece

The Greek parliament approved a package of tough reforms demanded by the country’s creditors in return for a bailout. The

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Street protests erupt as Greek lawmakers debate austerity plan

July 15, 2015 VOANews euro zone, Greece

Greek anti-austerity demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails at police in front of the country’s parliament building Wednesday, just as lawmakers began

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Greek state receives three bids for hydrocarbons in the Ionian Sea and Cretan Sea

July 15, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Three bids were submitted for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the Ionian Sea and the southern Cretan Sea,

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