Early Greek vote count shows big rejection of more austerity
Greek voters are overwhelmingly rejecting a demand by the country’s lenders to impose more austerity measures on them in exchange
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Greeks vote no in July 5 referendum – initial results
More than 60 per cent of Greece’s electorate have voted no in the country’s July 5 referendum, Greek and international
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Bulgaria tells holidaymakers heading for Greece to take cash, have full petrol tanks
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has made seven recommendations to the country’s holidaymakers heading to Greece, including to fill their tanks with
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Russians get glimpse of internet ‘troll factory’
A secretive Russian agency designed to flood the Internet with pro-Kremlin and anti-U.S. comments and posts has been brought into
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War in the age of social media
Many don’t think twice about their posts on social media, but for Ukrainian soldiers in the Donbas war zone, what
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Greeks divided on Sunday’s bailout referendum
A poll of Greeks likely to vote in Sunday’s referendum on a European bailout proposal indicated they are nearly evenly
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IMF: Greece’s financial condition getting worse
The International Monetary Fund said Thursday that debt-ridden Greece’s financial plight is even worse than it first thought as the
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Greece: The money’s gone but the refugees are still coming
Greece has overtaken Italy: Around 69 000 refugees have arrived in the crisis-ridden country this year, yet it has no
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Heads roll as Ukraine’s reforms falter
The recent spate of dismissals or resignations of high-ranking officials in Ukraine is a sign that the country’s reform drive
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