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Greece

# greece - Friday 17 May, 2013

Lorry driver jailed for driving cannabis truck from Greece ‘destined for NI’

The 38-year-old lorry driver from Tyrone was sentenced to 14 years in jail today after being caught with a large amount of cannabis in his truck.

# greece - Thursday 16 May, 2013

Man arrested after young boy stabbed over 20 times on Greek vacation

The boy’s mother told police her son had gone to retrieve a stolen iPad and phone from the accused when he disappeared on Tuesday.

# greece - Saturday 11 May, 2013

Aaron McKenna: To combat youth unemployment, Ireland’s skills gap needs to be tackled

Despite soaring youth unemployment rates, there are two million job vacancies across Europe due to a lack of skilled individuals in specific sectors. It’s time to think strategically about how to fill the gaps, writes Aaron McKenna.

# greece - Tuesday 30 April, 2013

From Business ETC Unemployment

Record breaker: Eurozone unemployment now at 12.1 per cent

Over 19 million people are unemployed in the eurozone but Ireland has recorded one of the largest year-on-year decreases in unemployment rates.

Ireland abstained from vote to ban bee-harming pesticides

A ban on three pesticides, which some argue are threatening bees, will come into effect from December following a European Commission vote yesterday.

# greece - Monday 29 April, 2013

From Business ETC Croke Park It Ain't

Greece forced to sack 15,500 public workers to keep EU funds

MPs have signed off on laws which enforce the first mandatory public layoffs in Greece for over a century.

# greece - Thursday 18 April, 2013

Suicides, murders rise as Greek austerity takes health toll

Anecdotal evidence in Ireland shows a link between the economic crisis growing suicide rates but a study in Greece has proved it. In fact, research results were worse than expected.

# greece - Tuesday 9 April, 2013

International students flock to Greece to study crisis

The country has become a case study for those studying economics, political science and journalism.

# greece - Wednesday 27 March, 2013

Police: Bomb explodes near Acropolis in central Athens

The explosion followed a warning call to a Greek newspaper.

# greece - Sunday 24 March, 2013

From The Score Grab The Popcorn

# greece - Friday 15 March, 2013

From Business ETC European Union

Eurozone finance ministers consider Cyprus bailout

The meeting of finance ministers will follow day two of a summit by EU leaders which will focus on the Syrian crisis.

# greece - Friday 1 March, 2013

Over 26 million people unemployed across the EU

Meanwhile, eurozone unemployment hit a record 11.9 per cent in January with just under 19 million now out of work in the 17-member bloc.

# greece - Friday 15 February, 2013

Greece arrests three neo-Nazis for attacks, arms posession

Greek police have arrested two neo-Nazi sympathisers for illegal arms possession and a third person suspected of involvement in an attack that left three Pakistani migrants hospitalised,

# greece - Thursday 14 February, 2013

From Business ETC Greece

# greece - Wednesday 13 February, 2013

Promissory Note This post contains videos

Video: Noonan accuses Donnelly of ‘lying’, quickly withdraws remark

A debate on the promissory note arrangement saw sharp exchanges between the independent TD and the Finance Minister last night.

# greece - Friday 25 January, 2013

Greece: Riot police storm metro depot to end strike

The strikers barricaded themselves in the depot yesterday after the government issued a civil mobilisation order.

# greece - Wednesday 23 January, 2013

From Business ETC Financial Transaction Tax

11 EU nations get go-ahead for ‘Robin Hood tax’, Ireland not among them

Concerns about jobs at the IFSC are among the reasons that Ireland has not signed up to implementing a levy on financial transactions despite Greece, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Germany and France all doing so.

Taoiseach: Youth employment will be priority for EU Presidency

His comments came in light of a report today that showed a rise in suicide in Ireland clashed with both the economic downturn and an increase in unemployment.

# greece - Monday 14 January, 2013

Greek court rules that illegal immigrants were right to escape from police lockup

The court concluded that the poor conditions in their overcrowded cell left them with no choice.

The 9 at 9: Monday

Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.

Shots fired at Greek ruling party headquarters

One bullet smashed through the window of the office of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.

# greece - Thursday 27 December, 2012

Worst of the euro crisis is ‘behind us’, says German finance minister

HURRAH! Break out the champagne and foie gras…

# greece - Tuesday 18 December, 2012

Greece to receive full EU-IMF bailout funds by Wednesday after long delay

Greece will receive €16 billion to recapitalise its banks as part of the deal.

# greece - Wednesday 12 December, 2012

From Business ETC Greece

Greek buy-back deal would wipe €20 billion off national debt

The deal will see some people get only a third of their money back – but others will get three times their investment.

# greece - Tuesday 4 December, 2012

Neo-Nazi office near Athens bombed

A bomb exploded outside an office of the Greek neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn, which has been blamed for recent violent attacks on migrants.

# greece - Monday 3 December, 2012

From Business ETC Greece

Greece asks creditors to sell their bonds back to the government

Athens will buy back its bonds, for between 30 and 40 per cent of their face value, in order to clear its debts.

# greece - Friday 30 November, 2012

From Business ETC Unemployment

Euro area unemployment rate at new high

Spain is ranked as the country with the highest rate of unemployment with Greece as a close second.

# greece - Tuesday 27 November, 2012

From Business ETC Promissory Note

Taoiseach rejects Greek-style Anglo promissory deal

But Kenny said the Government is seeking a new deal that is like “a replacement of a bank overdraft with a very long term mortgage”.

The 9 at 9: Tuesday

Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.

From Business ETC Finally

Eurozone leaders reach a deal on Greek debt

The agreement came after 13 hours of talks in Brussels.

# greece - Monday 26 November, 2012

Eurozone finance ministers meet (yet again) to try to fix Greece

This will be the third time in two weeks that finance ministers from across the EU will meet to deal with the the threat of bankruptcy for Greece.

The 9 at 9: Monday

The nine stories you need to know as you start your day.

# greece - Thursday 15 November, 2012

From The Score Blue Boy

Trapattoni on Seamus Coleman: ‘He’s fantastic’

The Italian was also very impressed by Wes Hoolahan who earned his second international cap at Lansdowne Road.

From The Score Analysis

5 things we learned from last night’s Ireland-Greece game

We assess some of the conclusions that can be derived from the 1-0 friendly loss.

From The Score Iregre

Green shoots: Trap takes positives from promising Irish performance

It may be another defeat but the Italian reckons the young Irish stars showed what they can do against the Greeks.

From The Score Greece

# greece - Wednesday 14 November, 2012

From The Score Conjecture

Player ratings: Ireland v Greece, International friendly

We rated the Ireland players out of ten. Let us know if you agree with our assessment.

From The Score COYBIG

As it happened: Ireland v Greece, international friendly

Please leave all your ‘group of debt’ jokes at the door.

From The Score COYBIG

Injury update: Westwood out, Forde in

The first choice goalkeeper misses out with a groin injury and has been replaced by his No.2 for tonight’s match with Greece.

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Would you like to see more anti-austerity protests in Ireland?

The Greeks and Spanish are striking, the Germans and Portuguese are protesting but the Irish have, in the most part, been relatively quiet.

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