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Greek PM holds key bailout talks with Hollande in Paris

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UPDATE: 25/08/2012 - EUROZONE - FINANCIAL CRISIS - FRANÇOIS HOLLANDE - GREECE

Greek PM holds key bailout talks with Hollande in Paris

François Hollande urged Europe to make a quick decision on Greece once the troika report is released, as he met for talks with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Saturday, who is hoping to secure an extension on Greece’s budget-cutting deadline.

Kethevane GORJESTANI at the Elysée Palace in Paris (video)

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Greek cuts to be deeper than trailed

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Greek cuts to be deeper than trailed

Dimitris Kontogiannis, FT.com

Updated 1:02 AM EDT,
Thu August 23, 2012

Total cuts will be higher than announced to compensate for tax-take losses and increased social security contributions

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Greek government announces higher-than-expected public expenditure cuts

Greek government aiming for primary budget surplus of at least €3.6bn in 2013 and €9.5bn in 2014

Three-party governing coalition expected to survive next month's announcement on cuts

Coalition's cohesion will be severely tested if bailout program extension not approved

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Optimism on Greece, ECB, lifts shares, euro

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Optimism on Greece, ECB, lifts shares, euro

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Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:24am EDT

(Reuters) - European shares hit fresh 13-month highs and the euro climbed on Tuesday, lifted by hopes that meetings on Greece's future this week and new crisis plans being drawn up by the European Central Bank will see the euro zone take control of its debt problems

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Budget breather for Greece would spur economic recovery: report

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Budget breather for Greece would spur economic recovery: report

(Reuters) - Finance ministry officials in Greece have calculated that the debt-stricken country's economy will recover faster and its debt be more sustainable if it is given two more years to reduce its budget deficit, a Greek newspaper reported on Saturday

ATHENS
Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:05am EDT

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Microsoft attack puts spotlight on Greek tensions

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Microsoft attack puts spotlight on Greek tensions

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1 of 5. A police investigator gathers evidence following an attack on Microsoft's Greek headquarters at Marousi suburb, north of Athens June 27, 2012.


Firebomb attack on Microsoft as Athens simmers (01:39)

ATHENS (Reuters) - Gunmen driving a van packed with gas canisters firebombed the Athens headquarters of Microsoft on Wednesday, underscoring the threat of instability as Greece asks for more time and less hardship in cutting its crippling debt.

Credit: Reuters/John Kolesidis

Harry Papachristou

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Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:49am EDT

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Greece brain drain 'wrecking my social life'

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22 June 2012 Updated at 20:28 ET

Greece brain drain 'wrecking my social life'

All square - from Aristotle to Trafalgar, for many young Greeks

In today's Magazine

Sitting opposite Anders Breivik in court

Pacquiao v Bradley: Counting punches

The world's oldest clove tree

How to get your own back on your critics

As the queues of jobless Greeks grow, more and more young people are moving abroad. It's an exodus that's particularly painful for Greek journalist Giorgos Christides.

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Greece seeks to ease bailout conditions

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Update: 23/06/2012

- Economic crisis - elections - eurozone - Greece

Greece seeks to ease bailout conditions

A policy statement issued by Greece’s new coalition government shows that Athens will seek to ease the terms of its 130 billion euro bailout by renegotiating and delaying key austerity measures.

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Greece aiming to boot Germany out of the Euros

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Update: 22/06/2012

- Euro 2012 - Germany - Greece

Greece aiming to boot Germany out of the Euros

Unheralded Greece take on the might of Germany on Friday in what represents a classic modern day grudge match. Greece’s footballers have a chance to show their beleaguered nation will not be dumped out of the Euros without a fight.

FRANCE 24

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Investors fussing too much over Greek election

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Investors fussing too much over Greek election

Edward Hadas

June 15, 2012

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Greek pro-bailout parties secure ruling majority

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Greek pro-bailout parties secure ruling majority

6:20pm EDT 1 of 10. Conservative New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras leaves the party's main election kiosk in Athens' Syntagma square June 17, 2012.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Parties supporting a bailout saving Greece from bankruptcy won a slim parliamentary majority on Sunday, beating radical leftists who rejected austerity and bringing relief to the euro zone which was braced for fresh financial turmoil

Credit: Reuters/Pascal Rossignol

Renee Maltezou and Harry Papachristou

ATHENS
Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:38pm EDT

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Foreign Policy: The Greeks Don't Want A Grexit

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Foreign Policy: The Greeks Don't Want A Grexit


LOUIS KLAREVAS

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Slovaks say Greece must meet commitments or quit

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Slovaks say Greece must meet commitments or quit

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PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia supports Greece remaining in the euro zone but it should quit if it fails to honor its commitments, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday.

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Here's What Happens If Greece Leaves the Euro

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Here's What Happens If Greece Leaves the Euro


June 14 (Bloomberg) --

Bloomberg's Mike McKee breaks down what could happen if Greece leaves the euro. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop."

Source: Bloomberg

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Manhunt for Greek lawmaker who hit female rival on live television

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Manhunt for Greek lawmaker who hit female rival on live television

A politician in Greece is wanted by police for his behavior on a live TV program where he threw a glass of water on a political rival then punched another. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.

ITV News and Reuters

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Greek ship magnates stay afloat as economy sinks

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Greek ship magnates stay afloat as economy sinks


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