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| Greece news live: Civil unrest on the streets of Athens as Greek parliament votes through crippling austerity reforms | |
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| ●Greece accepts eurozone bailout after night of violence on the streets●Syriza spokesperson accuses lenders of lying about Greek debt sustainability ahead of vote on bailout●Leaked IMF report heaps fresh pressure on creditors to grant massive relief ahead of key vote●Greece debt crisis Q&A: What next in the battle to secure a bailout?●The three most important paragraphs of the Greece deal●Twitter denounces bailout agreement using #ThisIsACoup hashtag●The Greece debt crisis explained in less than 100 words●Greece travel advice Q&A: Tourists urged to bring cash not cards on holiday●What are capital controls and how do they work? | ●Greece accepts eurozone bailout after night of violence on the streets●Syriza spokesperson accuses lenders of lying about Greek debt sustainability ahead of vote on bailout●Leaked IMF report heaps fresh pressure on creditors to grant massive relief ahead of key vote●Greece debt crisis Q&A: What next in the battle to secure a bailout?●The three most important paragraphs of the Greece deal●Twitter denounces bailout agreement using #ThisIsACoup hashtag●The Greece debt crisis explained in less than 100 words●Greece travel advice Q&A: Tourists urged to bring cash not cards on holiday●What are capital controls and how do they work? |
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| Greece was last night bracing itself for serious civil unrest as MPs passed a bill to implement major economic reforms demanded by creditors in return for a bailout. | Greece was last night bracing itself for serious civil unrest as MPs passed a bill to implement major economic reforms demanded by creditors in return for a bailout. |
| The International Monetary Fund’s shock admission that Greece could not hope to repay its debts fuelled public anger, and earlier in the day strikes and protests closed metro stations and brought city centre traffic to a standstill. | The International Monetary Fund’s shock admission that Greece could not hope to repay its debts fuelled public anger, and earlier in the day strikes and protests closed metro stations and brought city centre traffic to a standstill. |
| But as MPs prepared to vote, anarchist protesters outside the parliament building hurled rocks and petrol bombs at riot police who responded with teargas. | But as MPs prepared to vote, anarchist protesters outside the parliament building hurled rocks and petrol bombs at riot police who responded with teargas. |
| The sense of crisis had been heightened by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras claiming the bailout he negotiated on Greece’s behalf was a deal he did “not believe in”. | The sense of crisis had been heightened by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras claiming the bailout he negotiated on Greece’s behalf was a deal he did “not believe in”. |
| Once news emerged around 2am local time that Mr Tsipras had succeeded in gaining parliamentary approval for austerity measures he’d condemned only weeks earlier, following a debate, tensions rose again among the thousands outside in Syntagma Square. (Michael Day and Doug Bolton) | Once news emerged around 2am local time that Mr Tsipras had succeeded in gaining parliamentary approval for austerity measures he’d condemned only weeks earlier, following a debate, tensions rose again among the thousands outside in Syntagma Square. (Michael Day and Doug Bolton) |