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Greek parliament evicts far-right lawmaker for volley of insults

ATHENS - Greece's parliament evicted a far-right lawmaker for insulting rivals in a tumultuous debate on Friday that prompted jeers of "Heil Hitler" from a leftist deputy and bolstered calls to crack down on the nationalist Golden Dawn party.

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Greek PM hails "Greekovery" replacing "Grexit"

ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has hailed kinder words from lenders and revived interest in the country's deeply-discounted bonds and stocks as a "Greekovery" to replace last year's "Grexit" catchphrase.

World, 17 May 2013

Greek economy shrinks 5.3 percent in first quarter, pace of slump eases

ATHENS - Greece's economy shrank 5.3 percent in the first quarter as expected, data showed on Wednesday, as austerity measures demanded by the country's foreign lenders continued to pummel consumption and investment.

World, 15 May 2013

EU commissioner criticizes Greece for refusing Syrians asylum

ATHENS - The European Union's top immigration official criticized Greece on Tuesday for refusing asylum to Syrian refugees and detaining other migrants that flock to its borders under "unacceptable" conditions.

Syria, World, 14 May 2013

Greek workers walk out to protest ban on teachers' strike

ATHENS - Greek public sector workers walked off the job on Tuesday to protest against a government decision to ban a strike by high-school teachers, shutting down several schools and reducing staff at hospitals to a minimum. | Video

World, 14 May 2013

Greek state workers to strike against teachers' walkout ban

ATHENS - Greek public sector workers will walk off the job on Tuesday to protest against a government decision to ban a strike by high-school teachers that would disrupt university entrance exams.

World, 13 May 2013

Greece invokes emergency powers to block teachers' strike

ATHENS - Greece has threatened high school teachers with arrest if they go ahead with a nationwide strike that would disrupt university entrance exams that start this week, the official government gazette said.

World, 12 May 2013

Two decades after escape, Greek man sentenced for U.S. murder

LITTLETON, New Hampshire - A 45-year-old Greek citizen who fled the United States more than two decades ago, the day before he was convicted of murdering his 2-year-old stepson, has been retried in his home country and sentenced to 18 years in a Greek jail, U.S. law enforcement officials said on Friday.

World, U.S., 10 May 2013

Greek youth unemployment over 60 percent in February

ATHENS - Greek youth unemployment rose above 60 percent for the first time in February, reflecting the pain caused by the country's crippling recession after years of austerity under its international bailout.

09 May 2013

Germany sees surge in immigration from crisis-hit Europe

FRANKFURT - An influx of people from crisis-hit southern European countries like Spain, Italy and Greece has led to the biggest surge in German immigration in nearly 20 years.

World, Italy, Spain 07 May 2013

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Thousands of Greek teachers protest

Thousands of Greek teachers protest

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