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7,000 Greek Police To Crack Down Before Merkel Visit

AP | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS | Posted 12.08.2012 | World
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ATHENS, Greece — Greek police have increased security and are preparing to close down large sections of the capital Athens to contain protests a...

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Greece Continues Debt Relief Talks As Vital Deadline Looms

AP | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 03.28.2012 | Business
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ATHENS, Greece — Greece was locked in a twin effort Friday to placate its creditors, seeking to secure a crucial debt relief deal with private i...

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New Greek Prime Minister To Present Policy Platform

AP | By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS | Posted 01.14.2012 | Business
Read More: Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, Lucas Papademos, Video, International Bailout, New Democracy, Greece Debt Crisis, Public Sector, Antonis Samaras, Greece Prime Minister, Salary Cuts, Austerity, Business News

ATHENS, Greece — Greece's new prime minister says he is determined to keep the country in the eurozone, and urged political leaders to back a wr...

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Greek Prime Minister Scraps Referendum, Rejects Pressure To Resign

AP | ELENA BECATOROS and DEMETRIS NELLAS | Posted 01.03.2012 | Business
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ATHENS, Greece — Greece was in turmoil and the world economy in limbo Thursday as a high-stakes game of political brinkmanship in Athens led Pri...

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Greek Prime Minister To Shortly Offer Resignation: Report

Posted 01.03.2012 | Business
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George Papandreou will shortly "offer to resign" as prime minister of Greece, BBC reports. Greece currently denies that Papandreou has resigned, accor...

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Postcard From Greece: This Should Not Be About Austerity, It's About The Future Of Democracy

Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.28.2011 | World
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Arianna Huffington

Given that the Greeks invented democracy, it's only fitting that they're now being given the chance to reinvent it. As I found out during my trip to Greece last week, those really are the stakes.

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Greek Prime Minister Survives Confidence Vote In Parliament

AP | DEREK GATOPOULOS and ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 08.21.2011 | World
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ATHENS, Greece — The Greek prime minister survived a crucial confidence vote early Wednesday, keeping alive a government dedicated to averting a...

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George Papandreou, Greek Prime Minister, To Outline Needed Budget Cuts

AP | NICHOLAS PAPHITIS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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ATHENS, Greece — Facing a dire choice of additional pain or bankruptcy, Greece on Friday heralded drastic new cuts and tax increases to win resc...

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Cash-Strapped Greece Should Sell Islands, German MPs Say

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Two German MPs have recommended Greece sell off some of its islands to counter the country's notorious debt problem. Josef Schlarmann and Frank Schae...

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George Papandreou, Greek Prime Minister, Fights "Credibility Deficit"

GlobalPost | Nicole Itano | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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ATHENS, Greece -- Government jobs in Greece have long been seen as the spoils of power, handed out by whatever party was in control to reward supporte...

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Greek Prime Minister Calls For An End To 'Acts Of Blind Violence'

Athens News Agency | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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BRUSSELS (ANA-MPA - M. Spinthourakis) Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, on Friday, said he was satisfied with the decisions reached by European leader...

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Riots In Greece Out Of Control, Worst Destruction In Decades

Ekathimerini.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Destruction in central Athens reached levels not seen for decades as rioting that followed the shooting of a 15-year-old boy by a police officer conti...

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