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Greek financial crisis tests EU stability

February 5, 2015 VOANews euro zone, Greece

With the left-wing Syriza political party now leading a ruling coalition in Greece, there are concerns about whether Athens will

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Bulgaria sends urgent note to Turkey and Greece on river levels

February 4, 2015February 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Turkey

Bulgaria is sending Turkey and Greece an urgent note on the levels of three rivers as well as of dams

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Greek PM set for crucial meeting with European Commission President

February 4, 2015February 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi in Rome on February 3 before meetings with European Commission

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Tsipras: EU mutilated without Greece and Cyprus

February 3, 2015February 3, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus, Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, speaking in Nicosia on Monday during his first foreign trip as prime minister, said that he

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Germany’s Merkel rejects demands to cancel more Greek debt

February 1, 2015 VOANews Greece

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who presides over Europe’s largest and strongest economy, has again ruled out debt forgiveness for Greece’s

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Greece says it will not negotiate with bailout creditors

January 31, 2015 VOANews Greece

reece’s new left-wing government was in open dispute Friday with its European bailout creditors, saying it would not negotiate with

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Greek stocks collapse as Greek government trashes Troika agreements

January 29, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

As Greece’s new cabinet convened for the first time and handover ceremonies were held in ministries, Greek bank stocks plunged

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Bulgaria 

Ultra-nationalist first among Bulgarian political leaders to congratulate Tsipras

January 28, 2015January 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Volen Siderov of far-right ultra-nationalist minority party Ataka was the first Bulgarian political leader to congratulate Alexis Tsipras on his

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EU offers mixed reaction to Syriza victory

January 27, 2015January 27, 2015 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Greece

European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels have suggested they are open to giving Greece more time to pay back

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