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Greece: 2 trapped in burning ferry, 11 others missing

Officials said two truck drivers were stranded on the burning vessel awaiting a helicopter rescue that required assistance from Fire…

February 18, 2022 21:13 IST

As UAE, Greece open safe travel corridor, flydubai announces summer routes to Santorini, Mykonos; Check details

Apart from these two locations in Greek islands, the carrier will be operating flights to Turkey’s Bodrum and Trabzon, Tivat…

May 25, 2021 18:30 IST

In Greece, left government’s opponents copy protest tactics

Critics of Greece’s leftwing government reckon they have the ingredients to copy their opponents’ tactics: An angry electorate, a trending…

June 16, 2016 11:52 IST

Greece, debt, international creditors, loans

Greece to avoid default this summer, eyes debt relief

Greece will avoid a default this summer after international creditors reached a milestone decision early Wednesday to unfreeze a batch…

May 25, 2016 21:11 IST

Greek Bond Crises, New Greek bond, Greek Bond Rating

Greek bonds shine after parliament passes unpopular reforms

Borrowing costs in Greece fell sharply on Monday, with 10-year government bond yields hitting four-month lows after lawmakers in Athens…

May 9, 2016 16:21 IST

Greece Parliament passes 2016 budget

Greece’s Parliament has approved the 2016 budget that includes deep spending cuts and tax hikes amid economic recession.

December 6, 2015 08:30 IST

Alexis Tsipras insists he can lead Greece out of crisis by 2019

Greece’s left-wing prime minister easily won a confidence vote early Thursday, and pledged to usher the bailout-reliant country out of…

October 8, 2015 11:56 IST

Alexis Tsipras’ leftist party comfortably wins Greece election again

Jubilant supporters of Alexis Tsipras’ left-wing Syriza party cheered, waved party flags and danced today after the party comfortably won…

September 21, 2015 09:37 IST

Greece polls suggest Alexis Tsipras may squeak home in election

Polls have suggested that Greece’s Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras might squeak home in Sunday’s snap election as the exhausted Greeks…

September 20, 2015 12:08 IST

‘We will win’ says Alexis Tsipras as Greece vote goes down to wire

Alexis Tsipras wound up his campaign to be re-elected Greek prime minister by declaring his victory would strike a blow…

September 19, 2015 07:55 IST

Drowned Syrian toddlers and their mother buried in Kobani

Two Syrian toddlers who drowned with their mother as they were trying to reach Greece were laid to rest in…

September 4, 2015 17:11 IST

Father of drowned Syrian toddlers prepares to take bodies home

The distraught father of two Syrian toddlers who drowned with their mother and several other migrants as they tried to…

September 4, 2015 13:13 IST

Opinion polls predict tight race, fractured Parliament

Several opinion polls released over the weekend, 3 weeks ahead of Greece’s snap election, show a tight race and no…

August 31, 2015 10:18 IST

Greece opinion polls show Syriza leads by narrow margin

Former Greek premier Alexis Tsipras’s leftwing Syriza party is leading the conservative opposition ahead of a national election next month…

August 30, 2015 08:43 IST

Greek opinion polls show Syriza leads by narrow margin

Former Greek premier Alexis Tsipras’s leftwing Syriza party is leading the conservative opposition ahead of a national election next month…

August 29, 2015 22:11 IST

Former PM Alexis Tsipras’ popularity tanks ahead of Greece elections

Greece’s former governing radical-left party is unlikely to win an outright majority in a crucial national election next month, and…

August 29, 2015 08:48 IST

Poll sees Alexis Tsipras in lead as Greece gears up for elections

Greece geared up for its fifth election in six years with a poll today showing leftist leader Alexis Tsipras in…

August 28, 2015 15:23 IST

Greece elections: Newly formed party receives mandate to form gov’t

A new anti-austerity party formed by rebel lawmakers who quit the governing left-wing Syriza was given its chance Monday to…

August 24, 2015 22:46 IST

Greece opposition leaders weigh coalition despite crises, poll pressure

Greece opposition politicians embarked on Saturday on the laborious and apparently futile exercise of trying to form a new government,…

August 23, 2015 08:33 IST

Greece election looms as parties struggle to form government

Greece’s main opposition party launched efforts to form a new government Friday following Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ resignation, but made…

August 22, 2015 07:08 IST

Greece’s Alexis Tsipras bets on early polls to boost reform mandate

Although Alexis Tsipras is widely tipped to win the election again, if he fails to secure an outright majority he…

August 21, 2015 14:23 IST

Migrant in Greece says they begged for food, water, blankets

Thousands of migrants reached Greece’s main port near Athens on Thursday, with one telling of a perilous journey from Syria…

August 21, 2015 08:41 IST

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Five world markets themes in the coming week: From market meltdown to European risk

Stock markets are wobbling. From the economic slowdown and wild market swings in China to escalating global “currency wars”, there’s…

August 22, 2015 14:44 IST

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India’s trade with Greece, BSE Sensex, NSE Nifty, Indian Railways, more

BSE Sensex, snapping its two days of gains, settled 37.07 points lower, dragged down by profit-booking in blue-chips.

July 8, 2015 09:49 IST

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Greece debt crisis: A breakdown of country’s foreign stock

Greece, which may default on an International Monetary Fund debt repayment due on Tuesday after talks with creditors broke down,…

June 29, 2015 11:54 IST

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