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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his Deputy PM Evangelos Venizelos will sit down on Dec. 2 to put their heads together and plan strategy over how to deal with disagreements with international lenders over a gap in the...

The taxi drivers in Brussels are protesting because they are being obliged by the government to install a new metre in their vehicles. The taxi drivers were gathered in the centre of the city, blocking the inner Brussels orbital...

A series of demonstrations concerning the anti-fascist hip-hop artist, Pavlos Fyssas’ murder by Giorgos Roupakias, supporter of the Greek political neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, are organized in European capitals by Greek immigrants and local left-winged organizations and students. A protest...

Representatives of the Troika told Financial Times that there will be new austerity measures under the new bailout despite Samaras’ statements in Brussels. Meanwhile, on his return from Brussels, Samaras stressed that,''We cannot take any other measures." The Troika representatives underlined...

One of the most historic Greek companies, Viohalco Hellenic Copper and Aluminum Industry, is moving its headquarters to Belgium. According to what the company in Greece announced, Viohalco will be absorbed by its subsidiary in Belgium, aiming at a more...

On September 17 the Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras will visit the capital of the European Union, Brussels, where he will hold meetings with the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, the President of the European...

In an ominous foreboding, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said if she wins re-election on Sept. 22 that she won't ease the pressure on Greece to keep imposing reforms if the Greek government wants her backing for continued rescue loans. Merkel,...

An alarm has been raised in Brussels after the dramatic news came from Athens. According to EU sources, at the time of the Eurogroup meeting the rupture in the Greek government was not yet known. The EU officials, the Finance...

Former prime minister, George Papandreou, gave a speech on the pressure  exerted on him by his European partners in April 2010 to impose severe austerity cuts, at an event held in Edinburgh, Scotland. Papandreou even revealed the dialogues he had...

By VOA / Lisa Bryant - Hopes that the 17-member eurozone will finally emerge from its economic doldrums this year have faded, with new data Friday showing the recession in the euro area deepening even more than originally expected. There...