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Protests as Greece shuts public broadcaster ERT
Large crowds gather overnight outside the Greek state broadcaster after the government announced it would be shut down to save money.
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Reprise: the return of the protest song
The music that was the backdrop to Portugal’s transition to democracy almost 40 years ago is making a comeback on the streets of Europe, as 20-year-old Portuguese student Joao Lima writes.
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Youth unemployment at record levels across Europe
Youth unemployment rises to 23.5 per cent in the European Union (EU), according to official figures released today.
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Standing up to Golden Dawn in Greece
The economic crisis in Greece has led to a rise in support for the far-right Golden Dawn and an increase in racist attacks. Jamal Osman talks to one man who is fighting back.
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Golden Dawn MP expelled from Greek parliament
Uproar erupts in the Greek parliament as an MP from the far-right Golden Dawn party is expelled amid shouts of “Heil Hitler”.
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Greece: the ‘messy’ reality for young people
As Greece faces yet another strike, Channel 4 News kicks off its Austerity Kids series by hearing from Athens student Tony Rigopoulos about what it’s really like growing up amid the eurozone crisis.
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Greece: Migrant strawberry pickers shot in ‘shameful’ attack
The Greek government promises “swift” punishment for an attack in which twenty-nine Bangladeshi strawberry pickers were shot and injured by foremen at the farm where they worked.
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Golden Dawn film: Greek party defiant as police investigate
As the Athens prosecutor announces that she is ordering a police inquiry into offensive comments from a member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, the party’s spokesman remains defiant.
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Golden Dawn film: Greek police probe neo-Nazi hate speech
A Greek criminal prosecutor has launched an investigation after a report on Channel 4 News showed a member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party threatening to turn immigrants into soap.
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Filming with the neo-Nazis of Golden Dawn
After spending a month filming members of the far-right Golden Dawn party on the streets of Athens, Konstantinos Georgousis writes about Greece’s “prime outlet for public anger”.
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Racist, anti-semitic, violent – the true face of Golden Dawn
Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn is increasingly influential among members of the country’s political mainstream. Student Konstantinos Georgousis filmed party members on the streets of Athens.
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Strike deadlock puts Athens at public transport standstill
The decision of Greece’s government to invoke emergency powers to order public transport workers back to work is met by a “transportation blackout” from the unions.
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EU, Greece agree debt deal
European finance ministers agree to provide 40bn euros to ease Greek’s debt crisis after three years of false starts.
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Greek editor in court for publishing ‘Lagarde list’
A journalist who published the names of more than 2,000 wealthy Greeks with Swiss bank accounts has appeared in court charged with violating data privacy laws.
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Police to dig up mound in search for Ben Needham
British police have travelled to Greece with a specialist team to help search land close to the area where Ben Needham went missing 21 years ago.