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Friday, Mar. 06, 2015 |
Reuters: Thursday, March 5, 2015
Greece's jobless rate rose to 26 percent in December from an upwardly revised 25.9 percent rate in the previous month as the economy shrank slightly in the last quarter of 2014, statistics agency ELSTAT said on Thursday.
Greece
Greece struggles as citizens refuse to pay tax (The Australian: Feb. 25)
Thousands rally against austerity across Greece (The San Luis Obispo Tribune: Feb. 15)
Politics
Where Greece hopes to find cash - and why the ECB says no (Economic Times: Mar. 5)
Greece To Pass Anti-Austerity Bill (Eurasia Review: Mar. 4)
Merkel seeks to dampen talk of 3rd Greek bailout (El Paso Inc: Mar. 4)
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European leaders bat away Greece questions but Spain says Athens will need third bailout (International Business Times: Mar. 4)
Kosta: Tributes to ex-Marine killed in Syria (Yorkshire Post: Mar. 4)
Obama delivers pre-emptive strike against Netanyahu over Iran (Guardian: Mar. 3)
Record-breaking cold descends on eastern US (BBC: Feb. 20)
Cyber bank robbers steal $1bn, says Kaspersky report (BBC: Feb. 17)
Business
Greek unemployment edges up to 26 percent in December (Reuters: Mar. 5)
Grexit risk rising despite cash lifeline: investor survey (Reuters: Mar. 3)
Greek bank deposits return after bailout extension (The Business Insider: Feb. 26)
US citizens in Greece and US taxes - A word to the wise (eKathimerini: Feb. 25)
Greece debt deal: Reforms will 'combat tax evasion' (BBC: Feb. 22)
Sports
Greece need to attack more, new coach Markarian says (eKathimerini: Mar. 5)
Greek league set to resume without fans for two weeks (ESPN Soccernet: Mar. 4)
Super League restarts, but behind closed doors (eKathimerini: Mar. 4)
Ten-man Olympiakos couldn't overcome Dnipro (eKathimerini: Feb. 27)
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Greek league set to resume without fans for two weeks (ESPN Soccernet: Mar. 4)
Greece To Pass Anti-Austerity Bill (Eurasia Review: Mar. 4)
Merkel seeks to dampen talk of 3rd Greek bailout (El Paso Inc: Mar. 4)
Greek officials have ruffled feathers in Brussels for not having good diplomatic manners (The Business Insider: Mar. 4)
Super League restarts, but behind closed doors (eKathimerini: Mar. 4)
Kosta: Tributes to ex-Marine killed in Syria (Yorkshire Post: Mar. 4)
European leaders bat away Greece questions but Spain says Athens will need third bailout (International Business Times: Mar. 4)
Greek unemployment edges up to 26 percent in December (Reuters: Mar. 5)
Greece runs out of funding options despite euro zone reprieve (Reuters: Feb. 27)
Greece debt: PM Alexis Tsipras rules out third bailout (BBC: Feb. 27)
Greek PM accuses Spain, Portugal of anti-Athens 'axis' (Reuters: Feb. 28)
Ten-man Olympiakos couldn't overcome Dnipro (eKathimerini: Feb. 27)
Discord in Greek ruling party (Bloomberg: Feb. 27)
On this Day
March 6
- 1821: Alexander Ypsilantis crossed the Prut River with Georgakis Olympios and others and started the Greek Revolution in Romania.
- 1863: The National Assembly elected Prince George of Denmark as the new King of Greece.
- 1910: Two farmers were shot dead by soldiers at Kileler in Thessaly, as demonstrations broke out in the area.
- 1964: Constantine II became King of Greece upon the death of his father King Paul.
- Births: Antypas, singer (1954), Giorgos Karagounis, footballer (1977)
- Deaths: King Paul of Greece (1964), Melina Mercouri, Actress, singer and political activist (1994), John Colicos, Greek-Canadian actor (2000).
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