Greek bailout review set to drag on for months
Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem dealt a blow to the hopes of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of excluding the International
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36 migrants killed in two boat disasters off Turkey
Authorities Tuesday recovered the bodies of at least 36 migrants, including several children, who drowned off Turkey after their boats
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Year in Review: The EU and Greece
As clocks ticked away the last hours of 2014, the news that the parliament in Athens was dissolved on the
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Syriza ‘flirting’ with centrist party ahead of crucial votes in parliament
Syriza seems to continue politically “flirting” with minor opposition party Enosi Kentroon (Union of Centrists), judging by the statements made
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Year in Review: Europe’s migrant crisis and Bulgaria
More than a million migrants and refugees arrived in Europe by land and sea in 2015, in a crisis that
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Athens attracts German criticism over economy, refugee crisis
A fresh war of words broke out between German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and the Greek government a few days
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Varoufakis plans new party for ‘democracy in Europe’
Greek former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has announced, in an interview with Italian magazine L’ Espresso, to be published on December 24, that he
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Greek legislators approve civil partnerships for same-sex couples
Greece’s Parliament has passed landmark legislation allowing civil partnership agreements between same-sex couples, despite strong resistance from opposition parties and
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Number of refugees and migrants arriving in Europe in 2015 passes million mark
Persecution, conflict and poverty have forced an unprecedented one million people to flee to Europe in 2015, according to estimates
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