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Greece approves more austerity

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Kevin Cote
May 19, 2017

The Greek government has received parliamentary approval for a new round of austerity measures. They include further pension cuts, and more income tax, but they are needed before Greece's creditors release a new bailout installment. But as the vote was going on, a battle between protestors and police took place on the steps of the parliament.

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