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Greek New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras
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Greek party leaders hopeful as coalition talks continue

June 19, 2012May 27, 2013 VOANews Greece

Greek party leaders are holding a second day of talks aimed at forming a coalition government. The country’s president has

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the parliament of Greece in capital city Athens
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Greek elections: Centre-right New Democracy’s slim lead ‘vote to keep euro’

June 17, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, Greece

Greece’s centre-right New Democracy party took a narrow lead in June 17 2012 elections in what party leader Antonis Samaras

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Carrefour exits Greek joint venture

June 15, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

French retail chain Carrefour said on June 15 that it was selling its stake in a joint venture with Greek

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view of housing in athens greece
Europe News 

Greece ponders second election in six weeks

June 15, 2012May 27, 2013 Dominic Laurie of VOANews Greece

Greeks vote for a government for the second time in six weeks on Sunday. The last election, in May, gave

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euro notes in a shopping trolley
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Greek SMEs heading to Bulgaria ‘in droves’ – report

June 12, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments Greece

Thousands of Greek small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are looking for the road to financial recovery in Bulgaria, and about

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Business Europe News 

CEE plan fails to quell Greece fears

June 8, 2012May 27, 2013 Emily Thompson of The Prague Post Greece

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is himself no favorite in Brussels these days, says he has a contingency plan

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Business Europe News 

S&P rates Greek euro zone exit odds at one-in-three

June 5, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Credit ratings agency Standard&Poor’s has described the odds that Greece will exit the euro zone following the June 17 parliamentary

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Europe News 

Greeks divided as election stalemate looms again

June 5, 2012May 22, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Greece

The final day of polling before the repeat election in Greece on June 17 showed the two main contenders neck

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Nikola Gruevski, prime minister of former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, FYROM
Europe News 

The Macedonia muddle

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Greece, Macedonia

Ahead of the May 2012 Nato summit in Chicago, Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski sent from Skopje a plea for

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