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George Clooney and Bill Murray tell Britain: hand back the Elgin Marbles

 

Film Bill Murray says the Elgin Marbles have had 'a very nice stay' in Britain but it's time to send them home to Greece

11 Feb 2014

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Dutch would be 'better off' if they left the euro

 

There are big economic benefits for the Dutch in leaving the euro and the EU, finds a major study

06 Feb 2014

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Eurozone paves way for third Greek bail-out

 

Leaked German finance ministry paper estimates Greece needs a further €10-20bn to service its debts

03 Feb 2014

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Greek court reverses troika-imposed wage cuts

 

Council of State rules that pay cuts on police and armed forces workers were unconstitutional, ordering that they be reimbursed in full

22 Jan 2014

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Geneva II: Syrian government delayed after Greece firm refuses to refuel plane

 

Greek firm says refuelling envoy's plane would breach EU trade embargo

21 Jan 2014

Two more Golden Dawn MPs jailed in Greece

Three other of the 18 Golden Dawn members of parliament, among them the leader Nikos Michaloliakos, are already behind bars

12 Jan 2014

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BNP's Nick Griffin defends jailed leader of neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn

Mr Griffin admitted that he was isolated in his support of Nikolaos Michaloliakos, the Golden Dawn leader who, with two other his party's MPs, has been jailed and faces criminal charges

10 Jan 2014

Pensioner missing on Greek Island

Roger Bainbridge, 67, from Cumbria, disappeared in September after a day’s walking on Antipaxos whilst on holiday with his sister

08 Jan 2014

Can Greece repair its reputation?

Colin Freeman asks whether beleaguered Greece is fit to take over the EU presidency

02 Jan 2014

Greek parliament approves tough 2014 budget plan

A total of 153 MPs voted in favour of the 2014 budget plan in the 300-seat house

08 Dec 2013

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Five dead as immigrant boat sinks off Turkey

At least five people believed to be Syrians drowned trying to reach Greece as their boat capsized

29 Nov 2013

Greece floods leave one dead on tourist island of Rhodes

One body recovered from river bank and two people still missing after heavy rains caused flooding and damage to infrastructure

23 Nov 2013

Greek riot police clear protesters from shuttered state broadcaster ERT

Security forces mount pre-dawn raid on offices where sacked workers have been holed up for nearly five months in protest at government closure

07 Nov 2013

Golden Dawn killings 'could be act of revenge by far left group'

Greek authorities raise concerns over tit-for-tat violence following fatal shooting of two members of extreme right group

02 Nov 2013

Golden Dawn members killed outside party office

Members of Greece's Golden Dawn party shot at close range from motorcycle carrying two men, in attack denounced as "terrorism"

01 Nov 2013

Maria's parents 'abandoned another child 15 years ago'

Sasha and Atanas Ruseva reportedly abandoned child 11 years before they did same thing with Maria, social services claim

30 Oct 2013

Mother of Maria has five children taken into care

Sasha Ruseva, Maria's mother, has five children taken into care by social services, as Bulgaria insists they want Greece to hand four-year-old over

29 Oct 2013

Police talk to 'missing British man'

Cyprus police interview man thought to be missing British man Ben Needham after he appeared in video

28 Oct 2013

Ben Needham case: Cyprus police take DNA sample from 22-year-old man

Cyprus police have interviewed a man captured on video during a church service, as Ben's mother says 'my head is all over the place'

28 Oct 2013

Footage of man 'identified' as missing British boy

Police in Cyprus have found a man who they think could possibly be Ben Needham - the British boy who went missing in 1991 from the island of Kos.

28 Oct 2013

Cypriot police investigating claims of Ben Needham sighting

Police in Cyprus are looking for a man in Limassol who could be the missing Briton Ben Needham, who disappeared as a toddler 22 years ago

28 Oct 2013

Maria's mother tearfully denies selling child

Sasha Ruseva claims she gave up her daughter to woman she met in the street in hope she would have a better life

27 Oct 2013

Maria case brings new lead in Ben Needham disappearance

Maria mystery prompts person to hand in video of young man filmed in Cyprus who bears "striking resemblance" to computer image of how Ben Needham might look now

26 Oct 2013

'A mother could have given them her baby. It happens in Romani culture'

Amid the flak that Romanis currently face, Maggie Smith-Bendell recalls the traditional life she knew

26 Oct 2013

Bulgarian couple are parents of Maria

DNA tests prove a Bulgarian Roma couple are the biological parents of mystery girl Maria, found in Greece last week

25 Oct 2013

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