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Greek MPs pass new spending cuts, tax hikes

May 23, 2016 VOANews euro zone, Greece

Greek lawmakers on Sunday approved fresh spending cuts and tax hikes demanded by European creditors in exchange for a new

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Europe 

EU ministers back emergency system to suspend visa-free travel

May 22, 2016 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

European Union ministers meeting in Brussels have agreed on a mechanism aimed at suspending visa-free travel for foreign nationals abusing

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Bulgaria 

Forecast bright for Greek tourism, despite refugee crisis

May 16, 2016 Margaret Besheer of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Despite the ongoing migrant and refugee crisis, Greece expects to welcome a record 27 million tourists this year. “I think

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Alexis Tsipras says Greece will return to bond market next year

May 16, 2016May 16, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras expressed optimism that the automatic spending cuts mechanism his government will legislate this week will

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Europe 

Greeks, Albanians held in large-scale drug trafficking bust

May 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, Greece

Seventeen people, including 11 Greeks and six Albanians, from an organised crime network involved in large-scale drug trafficking have been

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Migrants are avoiding Greece in effort to reach Europe

May 13, 2016May 13, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

The rescue of over 800 migrants off the coast of Sicily over the past two days is emblematic of a

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Europe 

Greek MPs approve controversial pension, tax reforms

May 9, 2016 VOANews euro zone, Greece

Greek lawmakers have approved a controversial package of pension and tax reforms demanded by the country’s European creditors in exchange

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Bulgaria 

Strike strands Bulgarian tourists on Greek islands

May 8, 2016May 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Crisis staffs have been set up at Bulgaria’s embassy in Athens and the consulate in Thessaloniki because a general strike

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Europe 

Greek workers embark on weekend strike over austerity measures

May 6, 2016 VOANews Greece

Workers in Greece walked off their jobs Friday in protest of new tax and pension reforms being considered by the

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