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Obama to visit Greece?

October 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The story that US president Barack Obama will visit Greece on November 14 – 15th, a week after the US

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Europe 

35.7% of the Greek population is living in poverty

October 18, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

More than one in three people in Greece are living in poverty or social exclusion and on average one in

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Europe 

Tsipras re-elected Syriza party president with 93.5%

October 17, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was re-elected party president at the 2nd Syriza Congress with 93.5 per cent of the

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Bulgaria 

Greek air traffic controllers call off planned four-day strike

October 9, 2016October 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Greek air traffic controllers have called off a series of rolling strikes that were planned for October 9 to 13,

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Europe 

Greece to begin schooling migrant children

October 6, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Children of migrants and refugees stranded in Greece will begin attending Greek schools next week. Greek Education Minister Nikos Filis

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Greek PM Tsipras: Gloomy economic forecasts proved wrong

October 5, 2016October 5, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Tuesday that gloomy predictions about the future of the Greek economy are being proved

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Bulgaria 

Fighting migration crisis is among key points in relations between Bulgaria and Greece

October 4, 2016October 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece

The emphasis in bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Greece includes fighting the migration crisis, protection of the external borders of

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The Balkan Blog: Greece – living in the shadow of Europe

September 18, 2016 Patrick Brigham Greece

Until the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU, Greece was on its own. Since the 1920s, it had

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Europe 

Strike to halt operations at Greek ports on September 22 and 23

September 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

A 48-hour strike is to halt operations at Greece’s seaports on September 22 and 23, a time during which many

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