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Greece: Socialist leader says no new taxes, focus on reform

Taxes will not be raised and reforms will be the main focus in the future Greek Prime Minister, Evangelos Venizelos, said Saturday.

Anonymous hacks into Greek finance website, police say

"To them, you are just economic indicators, deficits and balance sheets - but there are no indicators for misery." 

Greek banks take record loss after debt swap deal

Greece's four largest banks posted massive losses Friday, mainly due to their participation in the recent debt swap deal.

Greece: Pro-bailout parties likely to form another coalition

Greece's two ruling parties and the only major parties that support the international bailout deal have surged in the polls in recent days, indicating that a coalition government may hold during the May 6 general election.

Greek private islands being sold off after tax hike

Sales of Greece's small, private islands is spiking due to higher land taxes recently introduced by the Greek government, according to Greece's daily Kathimerini.

Anti-immigrant parties grow in Greece amid economic woes

Greece's economic woes have not only meant financial instability but also political and societal instability.

Greek unemployment soars with one fifth out of work

The Greek jobless rate rose to 21.8 percent in January according to government statistics released Thursday, with over 1 in 5 Greeks now out of work.

Greece: Snap elections called for May 6

The national election will be the first since Greece received an International Monetary Fund and Eurozone bailout two years ago, which involved the government agreeing to severe austerity measures in order to deal with Greek debt.

Greek news anchor is pelted with yogurt and eggs on live television (VIDEO)

Protesters broke into the TV studio and threw eggs and yogurt at Greek journalist Panagiotis Bourchas. The reporter had allowed a member of Greek neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn to be on his show recently.
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A anti-riot police member stands next a graffiti during demonstrations in central Athens on May 9, 2009. Violence erupted after some 300 members of neo-Nazi group Chryssi Avghi, or Golden Dawn, gathered in Omonia square saying they wanted to liberate Athens and Greece from what they described as 'hordes of illegal immigrants'. (ARIS MESSINIS /AFP/Getty Images)

A Greek journalist was pelted with yogurt and eggs on live television, the Greek Reporter reported. Protesters broke into the television studio and threw eggs and yogurt at news presenter Panagiotis Bourchas on Friday night.

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