ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's parliament has approved a new round of austerity measures after snap general elections last month triggered by dissent over ...
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Saturday, October 17, 2015
Pavlos Xanthopoulos Wins GREECE'S Second WSOP Bracelet of the Week and All-Time
One week ago, GREECE was a country without a World Series of Poker bracelet. Now it's a country laying claim to two. GREECE'S Pavlos Xanthopoulos ...
Greece Approves First Austerity Bill
Greece’s lawmakers approved Friday the first bill containing tough austerity measures and economic overhauls agreed under its new bailout program.
Greek parliament approves reform bill ahead of bailout review
The Greek parliament approved an omnibus bill on Friday cutting pensions, raising the retirement age, increasing punishment for tax evasion and liberalising the energy market ahead of the first review of the country's new bailout later this month. Inspectors from the European Commission, European Central Bank, euro zone rescue fund and International Monetary Fund are expected in Athens at the end of October to assess progress on Greece's third rescue package.
GREEK central gov't misses primary budget surplus target by 0.5 bln euros
Greece's central government recorded a primary budget surplus of 3.1 billion euros in the first nine months of the year, missing its target due to delays ...
Remote Greek village becomes doorway to Europe
At Greece's northern border, a tiny settlement is the final stop in the country for hundreds of thousands of refugees on their way to Europe. Omaira Gill reports from Idomeni, population 154.
Anxious Migrants Abandon Belongings
LESBOS — The migrants arrive by the hundreds on the beaches of the Greek island of Lesbos. And in their eagerness to move on, they leave behind belongings they carried on their backs. The people fleeing war and poverty, mostly from Syria but also from Afghanistan, Iraq or Pakistan, turn up from the Turkish coasts after […] The post Anxious Migrants Abandon Belongings appeared first on The National Herald.