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Angela Merkel Named TIME's 'Person of the Year 2015', Baghdadi Second
Time magazine today named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its "Person of the Year 2015," hailing her leadership for navigating debt and refugee crises that threatened to tear the European Union apart.
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Greek Bailout to Total 'Around' 85 Billion Euros: Athens
Greece's third bailout, whose technical details were agreed to with international creditors on Tuesday, will total "around 85 billion" euros over three years, the Greek government said.
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Greece, Creditors 'Close' to Deal on Third Bailout
Greece and its creditors were to continue talks today after marathon discussions late into the night, with both sides indicating that the terms of a third bailout were close to being finalised.
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Greece Says Cannot Handle Migrants; UNHCR Calls Crisis 'Shameful'
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asked Europe to help in handling tens of thousands of refugees coming in from Syria, Afghanistan and other war zones, saying on Friday his cash-strapped country could not deal with them alone.
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Greek Prime Minister Sees Bailout Deal After August 15
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and French President Francois Hollande agreed on Thursday that Athens and its international creditors "can and must" reach a bailout deal after August 15.
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Greece in 'Final Stretch' for Deal With Creditors: Alexis Tsipras
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday said his government is nearing a deal with international creditors on a mammoth bailout, as his spokeswoman raised the prospect of early elections in the fall.
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Greece's Tsipras Asserts Control Over Party With Congress Vote
Greece's ruling Syriza movement backed a call on Thursday from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to hold an emergency party congress as he seeks to assert his control over rebel lawmakers balking at new bailout talks.
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Banks Reopen, Taxes Hiked as Greece Seeks to Reboot Economy
Greek banks reopened today after a shutdown lasting three weeks imposed by the government to avert a crash in the banking system over the country's debt crisis.
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More Than Half of Germans Think Planned Greek Deal Is Bad: Poll
More than half of Germans think the planned deal with Greece is bad and many would have preferred that the crisis-stricken country left the euro zone rather than getting the chance for further aid, according to an opinion poll.
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Greek Parliament to Vote on Controversial Bailout
Greece today geared up for a parliamentary vote on draconian reforms demanded by eurozone creditors in exchange for a huge new bailout, in what could be Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's toughest political test yet.
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Some in German Government Preferred Temporary Grexit, Says German Finance Minister
Some in the German government would have preferred a temporary Greek exit from the euro zone, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said today, without saying if he was among that number.
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Impact of Greek Developments Will Be Indirect: Finance Secretary
Ongoing developments in Greece have only indirect implications for India and their impact, if any, is difficult to quantify, Finance Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi said today.
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Anti-German Backlash as Social Media Tweets Denounce Greece 'Coup'
A list of demands handed to the Greek government in order to secure a European bailout inspired a social media backlash against Germany and its hawkish finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble.
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Luxembourg Warns Germany of Catastrophe If It Pushes for Grexit
Luxembourg's foreign minister has made an impassioned plea for Germany to avoid a Greek exit from the euro, warning Berlin of a catastrophic schism with France if it pushes for Athens to leave the currency union.
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Euro Zone Summit Aims to Save Greece in Euro Zone
Euro zone leaders will fight to the finish to keep near-bankrupt Greece in the euro zone today after the European Union's chairman cancelled a planned summit of all 28 EU leaders that would have been needed in case of a "Grexit".
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Angela Merkel Named TIME's 'Person of the Year 2015', Baghdadi Second
Time magazine today named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its "Person of the Year 2015," hailing her leadership for navigating debt and refugee crises that threatened to tear the European Union apart.
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Greek Bailout to Total 'Around' 85 Billion Euros: Athens
Greece's third bailout, whose technical details were agreed to with international creditors on Tuesday, will total "around 85 billion" euros over three years, the Greek government said.
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Greece, Creditors 'Close' to Deal on Third Bailout
Greece and its creditors were to continue talks today after marathon discussions late into the night, with both sides indicating that the terms of a third bailout were close to being finalised.
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Greece Says Cannot Handle Migrants; UNHCR Calls Crisis 'Shameful'
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asked Europe to help in handling tens of thousands of refugees coming in from Syria, Afghanistan and other war zones, saying on Friday his cash-strapped country could not deal with them alone.
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Greek Prime Minister Sees Bailout Deal After August 15
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and French President Francois Hollande agreed on Thursday that Athens and its international creditors "can and must" reach a bailout deal after August 15.
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Greece in 'Final Stretch' for Deal With Creditors: Alexis Tsipras
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday said his government is nearing a deal with international creditors on a mammoth bailout, as his spokeswoman raised the prospect of early elections in the fall.
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Greece's Tsipras Asserts Control Over Party With Congress Vote
Greece's ruling Syriza movement backed a call on Thursday from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to hold an emergency party congress as he seeks to assert his control over rebel lawmakers balking at new bailout talks.
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Banks Reopen, Taxes Hiked as Greece Seeks to Reboot Economy
Greek banks reopened today after a shutdown lasting three weeks imposed by the government to avert a crash in the banking system over the country's debt crisis.
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More Than Half of Germans Think Planned Greek Deal Is Bad: Poll
More than half of Germans think the planned deal with Greece is bad and many would have preferred that the crisis-stricken country left the euro zone rather than getting the chance for further aid, according to an opinion poll.
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Greek Parliament to Vote on Controversial Bailout
Greece today geared up for a parliamentary vote on draconian reforms demanded by eurozone creditors in exchange for a huge new bailout, in what could be Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's toughest political test yet.
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Some in German Government Preferred Temporary Grexit, Says German Finance Minister
Some in the German government would have preferred a temporary Greek exit from the euro zone, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said today, without saying if he was among that number.
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Impact of Greek Developments Will Be Indirect: Finance Secretary
Ongoing developments in Greece have only indirect implications for India and their impact, if any, is difficult to quantify, Finance Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi said today.
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Anti-German Backlash as Social Media Tweets Denounce Greece 'Coup'
A list of demands handed to the Greek government in order to secure a European bailout inspired a social media backlash against Germany and its hawkish finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble.
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Luxembourg Warns Germany of Catastrophe If It Pushes for Grexit
Luxembourg's foreign minister has made an impassioned plea for Germany to avoid a Greek exit from the euro, warning Berlin of a catastrophic schism with France if it pushes for Athens to leave the currency union.
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Euro Zone Summit Aims to Save Greece in Euro Zone
Euro zone leaders will fight to the finish to keep near-bankrupt Greece in the euro zone today after the European Union's chairman cancelled a planned summit of all 28 EU leaders that would have been needed in case of a "Grexit".
