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Greeks fear bailout deal could threaten tourism lifeblood

July 11, 2015July 11, 2015 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews euro zone, Greece

Amid the sounds of buskers playing Greek folk music, thousands of tourists wander among the ruins of the Acropolis that

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Greek parliament approves economic reform plans

July 11, 2015July 11, 2015 VOANews euro zone, Greece

The Greek parliament has approved the government’s new economic reform plans aimed at getting another badly-needed bailout from the European

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Greece meets deadline for proposals in new bailout bid

July 10, 2015July 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, Greece

Greece’s government met the July 9 midnight deadline it had faced to submit proposals in a bid to get a

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Greece promises reforms in bid for debt relief

July 9, 2015July 10, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

The Greek government submitted on Wednesday its formal request for a new aid package in an attempt to avoid exiting

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Greece’s poor more worried about survival than euro’s future

July 8, 2015 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews euro zone, Greece

As Europe’s politicians debate the future of Greece in the eurozone, the economic arguments seem distant for many Greeks living

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Tsipras ‘confident’ of meeting deadline for reform proposals

July 8, 2015July 9, 2015 VOANews euro zone, Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Wednesday he is confident of meeting an end of the week “final deadline” European

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Greece given until July 12 to make debt proposals at full EU summit

July 8, 2015 Deutsche Welle euro zone, Greece

A special EU summit has been convened for Sunday July 12, after an emergency eurozone leaders’ meeting finished without a

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Greece offers bailout ‘improvements,’ angers European leaders

July 7, 2015 Lisa Bryant of VOANews euro zone, Greece

Debt-wracked Greece said Tuesday that it had made “improvements” in its financial plan in hopes of collecting more bailout money,

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Opinion: Varoufakis’ resignation comes too late

July 6, 2015 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle euro zone, Greece

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has probably done his country the best service he can by stepping down. His move

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