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Cash-strapped Greece struggles to meet education challenge

How is education in Greece surviving the country’s tough austerity measures? What are the new government’s plans? And how can Greece tackle the issue

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EU offers 'unspent' aid to Greece in return for reform

EU officials said on Friday that Greece must unveil a list of reforms before getting any more bailout cash. The country’s international creditors

Belgium

Greece PM commits to providing list of reforms 'within days'

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has committed to providing a list of specific reforms within the coming days. European leaders have been

Economy

Greece's Tspiras set for showdown talks with Germany's Merkel

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras is set for showdown talks with Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel. The 40-year-old former Communist will meet

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Germany

#Varoufake: When satire acts as media watchdog

Greece

Greek parliament passes poverty bill

The Greek parliament has passed a poverty bill much to the annoyance of its international lenders Under the new law the poor will be given free

Europe News

EU's Juncker warns Greece again

European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker has again warned Greece to do more on reform. The head of the EU executive was speaking at a joint

Greece

Hooded anarchists clash with Greek riot police in Athens

Dozens of self-proclaimed anarchists have clashed with Greek riot police in Athens. About 60 hooded protesters held the rally in a show of solidarity

Greece

Varoufakis says video of him giving Germany 'the finger' is faked

Video footage has emerged that purports to show Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis giving Germany a rude gesture known as the ‘Stinkefinger.’

Greece

EU's Juncker fires warning to Greece on debt talks

Brussels has warned the Greek government that it needs to make more progress in tough negotiations on financial aid with its creditors. European

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Europe Weekly: Creditors despair as Greek drama drags on

Greece

Greece's problems are Europe's problems, says optimistic Tsipras

Greece's problems are the eurozone's problems and the single currency area should send Greece a message of solidarity as Athens stands ready to deliver on promises

Greece

Tsipras strikes deal to help Greece reform as war of words grows with Germany

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has agreed a cooperation deal with the OECD group of industrialised nations in Paris. The Organisation for

Greece

Greece threatens to seize German state-owned property in compensation for Nazi massacre

Greek court ruling allows for seizure of German state-owned property to compensate victims of Nazi massacre in Greek village of Distomo

Greece

Appeals for flexibility on Greek reforms but war of words with Europe continues

There is both hope that progress can be made, and tension spilling over into angry exchanges, ahead of planned negotiations on Wednesday between the Syriza government and EU creditors.

Belgium

'Stop wasting time and get down to some real reforms' - Eurogroup chief tells Greece

Eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels have warned Greece to stop wasting time and to get down to some serious work on economic reforms. The

Greece

Scorn greets Greek plan to use undercover amateur tax sleuths to lead fight against fraud

Ridicule and scorn have greeted a proposal by Greece’s finance minister to engage non-professional tax inspectors to fight fraud. He intends to hire

Europe News

Greece told to 'stop wasting time' over negotiating reforms

Greek Finance Minister Vanis Varoufakis has been told to stop wasting time in negotiating reforms with his country’s international creditors. That

Greece

Greece could call referendum if debt plan rejected, warns finance minister

Greece could call a referendum or hold early elections, if eurozone partners reject its debt and growth plans. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has

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Germany's Merkel rebuffs talk of new Greek bailout

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday downplayed talk of a third Greek bailout. Speaking