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Greek PM vows to eradicate far-right Golden Dawn

YoopyaSep 30, 2013June 19, 20230

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister pledged Monday to do “whatever it takes” to eradicate the extreme right-wing Golden Dawn party, whose leadership was

Greek far-right leader, others arrested

YoopyaSep 28, 2013April 3, 20240

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police arrested the leader and other top officials of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party on Saturday on charges of forming a

EU’s Barroso warns Europe not to derail fragile recovery

YoopyaSep 11, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso called on the EU on Wednesday to cement its fragile economic recovery even as an emergence from

Greece could return to debt market in late 2014, Stournaras says

YoopyaAug 26, 2013June 15, 20230

(Reuters) – Greece could return to debt markets to test the water in the second half of 2014 if his country returns to growth in the first

Greeks stage 24-hour anti-austerity general strike

YoopyaMay 1, 2013September 5, 20240

A general strike against tough austerity measures is under way in Greece, with trade unions calling for “mass mobilisation” of protesters. The 24-hour action is

Greece farm shooting: 30 injured in pay dispute

YoopyaApr 18, 2013November 10, 20240

About 30 migrant workers have been injured in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Greece after requesting salaries that had not been paid. The

Greek villagers block Golden Dawn food handout on Thassos

YoopyaApr 1, 20130

Villagers on the Greek island of Thassos have prevented the nationalist Golden Dawn party from handing out free food and other basic goods. To Vima

Athens under water after several hours of rainfall

YoopyaFeb 22, 20130

Several hours of heavy rain and a thunderstorm in the Greek capital Athens have flooded roads and homes, caused traffic jams and disrupted the train

Greek protesters storm Athens office of labour minister

YoopyaJan 31, 2013January 31, 20130

Protesters in Greece have stormed the Athens offices of a government minister in the latest demonstration against austerity measures. More than 30 demonstrators reached a

Greece crisis: Athens 10-day metro strike ends

YoopyaJan 25, 20130

A 10-day strike by metro workers in the Greek capital, Athens, has ended after the government threatened them with arrest unless they returned to work.