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Greek lawmakers prepare bailout bill for Thursday vote

August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 VOANews Greece

Greek lawmakers are finishing a draft bill for the country’s third government bailout package in five years, aiming for a

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Europe 

Officials: Greece, creditors reach bailout agreement

August 11, 2015 VOANews Greece

Greek officials said Tuesday the government reached an agreement with international creditors on terms for a new bailout. Several details

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Bulgaria 

Motorway from Sofia to Kulata border checkpoint with Greece may be completed earlier than 2023 – minister

August 5, 2015August 5, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The Struma Motorway that will link Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia to the Kulata checkpoint at the Greek border will be

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Living with Greece’s new tax increase

August 2, 2015 Deutsche Welle Greece

How are Greeks dealing with the country’s new value-added tax? Where are they cutting corners? As Marinathi Milona reports from

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Europe 

Political, financial temperature rising in Athens

July 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The Greek government is in a race against time to seal a deal with creditors on the new bailout program

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Europe 

Europe’s twin crises collide in Greece as migrant numbers soar

July 26, 2015July 26, 2015 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Greece

The Turkish coastline is clearly visible from the beaches of Lesbos island in Greece. And it is from those shores that

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Bulgaria 

EC approves 6.3M euro in disaster relief for Bulgaria

July 23, 2015July 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Greece

The European Commission said on July 23 that it has approved a grant of 6.3 million euro for Bulgaria to

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Europe 

Greek parliament approves second set of reforms demanded by creditors

July 23, 2015July 23, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

Greece’s parliament approved in the early hours of Thursday the second set of prior actions, on judicial and banking reforms,

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Europe 

ECB provides 900 million euro cash injection to Greek banks

July 23, 2015 VOANews euro zone, Greece

Greece’s banks received a new cash injection from the European Central Bank on Wednesday, ahead of a key vote in

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