Samaras: ‘Parliamentary elections in Greece in 2016’
Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras, in a speech to the parliamentary group of the governing party New Democracy, set the
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State of emergency on Greece’s Cephalonia island after 5.8 Richter scale quake
Greek interior minister Giannis Mihelakis declared a state of emergency for the island of Cephalonia in Greece on January 27
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Crucial Eurogroup meeting to determine troika negotiation process
A difficult Eurogroup meeting for Greece is set to take place on January 27 2014, at which finance minister Yannis
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Greek government announces 603 million euro primary surplus for 2013
The Greek government will try to use the final budget implementation data of 2013 that show a primary surplus of
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Early election talk sends Athens Stock Market crashing
Talk of an early general election in Greece has sent the Athens Stock Exchange crashing down for a fourth consecutive
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Oil giant BP agrees to buy Greece’s entire Prinos oil output
Oil giant British Petroleum (BP) signed a deal on January 13 2014 with the Greek Environment, Energy and Climate Change
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More Golden Dawn MPs imprisoned
Three MPs of Greece’s neo-Nazi party “Golden Dawn” were remanded in custody on January 11 2014 pending trial on charges
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Suspect Hellenic Postbank loans probed; arrest warrants issued
Arrest warrants for more than twenty people were issued on the night of January 8 2014 in connection with loans
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Central and Eastern Europe in 2013: Emerging and submerging
There were record floods, changes of government, protests – lots of those – and the European Union got larger by
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