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Fear grows over Greek banks as withdrawals accelerate

With the country’s debt talks deadlocked, there is fear on the streets of Greece. Euronews correspondent Symela Touchtidou has spent the day talking

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The coordinator of the greek negotiating team on the deadlock and the next steps

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Closer to a deal? Greece to re-start stalled debt talks

As the clock ticks for Greece to strike a debt deal to avoid a default, Athens says it will restart stalled negotiations in Brussels on Saturday

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Greek debt talks to intensify as June deadline looms

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras emerged after the latest sleep-defying talks with his French and German counterparts in confident mood despite

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Greece offers new proposals to creditors to unlock bailout funds

Greece has handed its creditors new proposals in the hope that they’ll agree to unlock funds to avoid bankruptcy. In a further attempt to compromise

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'Conclusive solution needed' for Greece and Europe, says Tsipras

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told parliament in no uncertain terms that a cash-for-reforms plan outlined by the European Commission is both

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Mixed reaction in Athens to debt repayment delay

With no deal on Greece’s debt in sight and the government’s decision to postpone an IMF repayment along with three other debt instalments until the

Sport

Athens street pole vault event reaches new heights

For a 3rd consecutive year, the Greek capital Athens has organized the Athens Street Pole Vault event. Piotr Lisek from Poland and Kostas Filippidis

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Greek troops serve up a roast on Easter Sunday

Hundreds of austerity-hit Greeks join soldiers at an army camp near Athens to eat a traditional roast lamb dinner at a holiday feast organised by the Ministry of Defence.

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Greece threatens to seize German state-owned property in compensation for Nazi massacre

Greek court ruling allows for seizure of German state-owned property to compensate victims of Nazi massacre in Greek village of Distomo

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Scorn greets Greek plan to use undercover amateur tax sleuths to lead fight against fraud

Ridicule and scorn have greeted a proposal by Greece’s finance minister to engage non-professional tax inspectors to fight fraud. He intends to hire

Musica

Gatti and the Vienna Philharmonic triumph with Brahms' symphonies in Athens

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Many Greeks still going hungry and can't pay for electricity

For two years, Giorgos and Evgenia Kouzilos and their three children have been living without electricity. Athens says 300,000 households in Greece

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Greece confident about loan extension ahead of eurogroup talks

Greece’s prime minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday he was certain that eurozone finance ministers would accept Athens’ loan extension. request

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Conservative to preside over leftist-governed Greece

A conservative former minister head of state of a Greece governed by the radical left led by anti-austerity Alexis Tsipras. Prokopis Pavlopoulos

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Greeks optimistic of new credit deal ahead of eurogroup talks

The Greek government remains firmly opposed to implementing more stringent austerity measures but Athens’ stance has renewed optimism that a deal is

Economy

Greeks come out in support of further debt negotiations

With an agreement on Greece's debt crisis yet to be reached, Greeks take to the streets in support of further negotiations.

Economy

Demonstrators in Athens and Brussels tell EU finance ministers - no more austerity!

While Europe’s finance ministers were discussing Greece’s future, only a few metres away demonstrators were sending their own message. It was one of

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Greek PM easily wins parliamentary backing to take on Brussels over bailout revision plans

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras easily won the confidence of parliament in a late night sitting on Tuesday with 162 votes. It means he has the

Germany

Germany rejects Greek government calls for Second World War reparations

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias get a 'nein' from Berlin to his government’s claim for World War Two reparations