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Dozens of passengers and crew members were on board of the Euroferry Olympia have been evacuated from the burning ship and are reportedly on lifeboats and coast guard vessels sailing to the island of Corfu short after 10 o’ clock Friday morning. There are currently reports of some 11 missing …

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Thousands of Greeks have flocked to downtown Athens to join their voices against the use of term “Macedonia” in the new name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), as Athens and Skopje negotiate to end the 26-year-old name dispute. Protesters started to arrive at Syntagma Square in front …

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Kos earthquake: Two dead, more than 120 injured, among them 5 in critical condition. Majority of the injured are tourists. Serious damages in the port of the island of Kos after a powerful earthquake stroke with 6.4 R short after midnight. One third of the island is without electricity. No …

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Ballot boxes close at 7 pm.  Exit Polls will be published one minute after the voting concludes. First official results are expected around 9-9:30 pm   19:00 pm First Exit Polls – via state ERT TV error margin +/- 2% SYRIZA  30-34.8% New Democracy 28-32% Golden Dawn 6.5-8% PASOK , …

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Greece sent the famous Reforms List to its creditors in Brussels on Tuesday morning, a couple of hours later than as originally demanded by the Eurogroup on February 20th. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told CNN, that the list was ready Monday evening but that the lenders had requested a delay. …

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Under immense pressure but his Euro-zone partners, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to reveal the policy program of the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition government. Greek media have been reporting earlier Sunday, that the Greek coalition does not intend to bow to EZ-pressure to stick to strict austerity and the commitments …

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Almost ten million Greeks cast their vote on Sunday to elect a what it seems to be a new and furthermore an anti-austerity government. The snap elections take place 31 months months after conservative and pro-austerity Nea Dimokratia won the elections in June 2012 and formed a coalition initially with …

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The second round of voting for Greece’s next President starts today, 12 o’ clock noon time sharp. The coalition government of Nea Dimokratia and PASOK lowers the cubit of its expectations in order to avoid the repeat of the unpleasant surprise of the first round. On December 17th, Presidential candidate …

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Amid tension in Greek universities and strong anti-austerity public sentiment the march to commemorate the dead and the Students’ Uprising of 1973 against the military dictatorship started at 3 pm. Seven thousand policemen in full equipment are said to be on alert, as thousands of students, workers, unemployed, young and …

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