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  Greece's PM Alexis Tsipras quits, calls early polls

  World | August 21, 2015 6:25 IST

  Athens:  Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday announced he is resigning and has called an early election.Tsipras made the announcement in a televised state address.He said with the first tranche of the bailout arriving,

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  Greek PM Alexis Tsipras set to resign, elections set for Sept 20

  World | August 20, 2015 22:55 IST

  Athens, Greece: Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will call early elections for next month, government officials said Thursday, as he tackles a rebellion by hardliners within his governing left-wing party who oppose the terms of

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  Greece bailout talks to start on Monday

  World | July 26, 2015 17:09 IST

  Athens: Talks between the Greek government and international creditors on a third bailout package for Greece are expected to begin on Monday, a state minister said.Meetings with officials from the European Commission, European Central Bank

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  EU summit on Greece cancelled with bailout deal on knife-edge

  World | July 12, 2015 18:57 IST

  Brussels:  A summit of all European Union (EU) members planned for Sunday has been cancelled as talks over a third bailout deal for Greece would continue, said European Council President Donald Tusk."I have cancelled EUCO (European

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  Greece Debt Crisis: Voters Head to Polls on Referendum

  World | July 05, 2015 22:21 IST

  Athens, Greece:  Greeks lined up at polling stations and ATMs alike Sunday as the country voted on its financial future, choosing in a referendum whether to accept creditors' demands for more austerity in return for

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  Greece anxious pensioners swarmed closed bank branches

  June 30, 2015 8:12 IST

  Athens: Anxious pensioners swarmed closed bank branches today and long lines snaked outside ATMs as Greeks endured the first day of serious controls on their daily economic lives ahead of a July 5 referendum that

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  Germany rejects Greek demands for Nazi crime reparations

  World | March 12, 2015 8:12 IST

  Berlin:The German government has rejected Greek demands for reparations for Nazi crimes during the Second World War, according to media reports."The question of reparations and compensation is completed legally and politically," said German government spokesman