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Greek FM rejects blame game over Cyprus talks
Both Greece and Turkey have traded blows after as talks are set to continue over the divided island of Cyprus. Turkey says Greece and the Greek Cypriots are responsible for the abrupt end to negotiations between the various leaders in...
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Refugees in Greece dealing with major winter weather
Camps not designed for snowfall, freezing temperatures
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Greece pensioners receive controversial Christmas bonus payment
Queues stretched down the street outside Athens banks on Thursday, as pensioners waited to collect their Christmas bonus payments from the government. Greek MPs approved the one-off payment, which is for the lowest-earning pensioners –...
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Refugees in Greece work together for a new ‘home’
Refugees from Syria, Palestine, Afghanistan and Iraq are creating their own community centres in Athens to stay connected to their cultures.
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EU migrant relocation scheme still way off target
The EU is still struggling to meet its targets on relocation refugees and migrants from Greece and Italy. In September last year, governments agreed to move one hundred and sixty thousand from both countries to other EU nations. The deal...
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Greek parliament approves ‘final exit’ budget
It is billed as Greece’s “final exit” from its almost decade-long financial crisis. The country’s parliament has passed a budget of continued austerity, as mandated by creditors, but it also forecasts robust growth for next year. The...
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Greek pensioners Christmas bonus row threatens debt relief
The eurozone’s bailout fund has suspended Greece’s short-term debt relief. Those measures are intended to cut Athens’ public debt, but the European Stability Mechanism said it had put them on hold after the government announced plans to...
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Tsipras defiant as Greek pensioners Christmas bonus is approved
The Greek government is downplaying a row over a Christmas bonus for the country’s poorest pensioners. That unapproved spending caused eurozone lenders to suspend Athens short-term debt-relief plan, but Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in...
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Greek central bank sees 2.5 percent growth for 2017
The Greek economy is forecast to expand by 2.5 percent next year – way better than this year’s anticipated 0.1 percent. The strong growth outlook comes from Greece’s central bank, which at the same time criticised the government’s...
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Tspiras, Merkel differ over Greek Christmas giveaway
Greek PM Alexis Tspiras has met with Angela Merkel in Berlin after his government passed a planned Christmas giveaway for pensions in defiance of its international creditors. A deal on debt relief has now been suspended. “Our vision is...
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An Uninhabited Greek Island for Refugees?
Some Europeans disagree with efforts to integrate Muslim refugees. But sending them to an uninhabited Greek island in the Aegean Sea until they can return home is a controversial idea.
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Greek economists fear the financial future
Eurozone finance ministers have agreed to a modicum of debt relief for struggling Greece, but there is division on the exact reforms required to hit fiscal targets. What caused the Greek bailout crisis? https://t.co/LlNBLxWdnk #EU #IMF #...
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Violent clashes in Athens greet Obama
Thousands demonstrate against U.S. policies and Trump election
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Thessaloniki film festival discovers wealth of first films
Greek cinema featured heavily at the 57th Thessaloniki Film Festival. Fifteen local films had their premieres in Thessaloniki, although three had already been shown at other international film festivals. “Amerika Square” is Yiannis...
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How Europe helps small businesses expand internationally
Business Planet takes you to Greece this week to discuss international development with Georgia Tzenou from the European network, Enterprise Europe Network. Going global: key facts about the EEN The Enterprise Europe Network helps...
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Greece sees surprise economic growth
There was some good news from Greece on Monday when we learned the economy has expanded again. Between July and September it grew by a more than expected 0.5 percent from the previous three month period, according to the first estimate...
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Hungarian dramedy wins Best Feature in Thessaloniki
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival, one of the oldest in Europe, has come to a close. This 57th edition was the first under the leadership of general director Elise Jalladeau, a French film producer, and artistic director,...
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Greece gets economic boost from refugee aid
The challenge of dealing with tens of thousands of refugees could have a silver lining for Greece. The emergency aid money given to the Athens government is boosting the country’s economy. There are an estimated 60,000 refugees in...
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Eurozone approves bailout payment to Greece
Eurozone finance ministers say Greece will be able to receive 2.8 billion euros in bailout loans after deciding that Athens had progressed sufficiently with an agree reform programme. The payment will be made in two installments,...
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Fire sweeps through Greek refugee camp
No injuries reported as flames engulf tents, cabins
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The creme of electro dance music gathers in Greece
Born in 2005, the Reworks festival in the Greek city of Thessaloniki has grown into one of Europe’s best-known platforms for acclaimed and emerging electronic music artists alike. Extended from the usual three days to five, this 12th...
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Just 5,000 migrants moved under flagship EU relocation policy
A flagship EU policy to relocate migrants from Greece and Italy appears to have flopped. But the European Commission is sticking to its guns It agreed last September to move 160,000 migrants from those two countries within two years. But...
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Hotel housing project gives refugees in Greece a rare sense of hope
Abandoned Athens building transformed into temporary home for asylum seekers
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Eurogroup pushes Greece on reforms
EU finance ministers have been discussing whether to withhold bailout money from Greece amid signs Athens is falling short on its commitments to reform the economy. Meeting in Bratislava, the ministers in what is known as the Eurogroup...