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Greek Parliament OK's 2013 Austerity Budget

By a vote of 167-128, the Greek Parliament shortly after midnight on Nov. 12 easily approved an austerity-packed budget for 2013 that includes big pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions as part of a $17.45 billion package that...

Venizelos Tries to Quash PASOK Mutiny

PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos is struggling to keep his party from breaking apart after 17 of his Members of Parliament defied him and voted against a privatization plan demanded by international lenders. PASOK has 33 Members of Parliament, including...

Greeks Giving Up on Cities, Heading Back to Villages

ATHENS – Worn out by a drawn-out economic crisis that has cut deeply into the standard of living of many working class Greeks, more than 1.5 million of the country’s population of 11 million people are thinking about leaving...