German lawmakers back Greek bail-out extension

A participant waves a rainbow flag in front of the Greek parliament during Athens' 2012 Gay Pride parade. Photo byJohn Kolesidis/Reuters Ever since Syriza was swept to power on a wave of anti-establishment feeling in January, interest has, ...

NEW ruling party Syriza used its first legislative act in parliament on Tuesday night to confront the country's humanitarian crisis by offering free food vouchers and electricity to impoverished citizens. The deep recession due to austerity ...

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In its first bill to parliament Tuesday, the government said it would spend the money on programs to distribute food stamps and provide housing and energy bill assistance. According to an opinion poll for private Star television Tuesday, support for ...

People stand in front of the Greek parliament in Athens on February

Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gestures during a state of the nation debate at the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says Spain's economy will grow by a better than expected 2.4 percent ...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrives for a government meeting at the parliament in Athens February 24, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis (Reuters) - Nearly half of Greeks would back the governing leftist party of Prime ...

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras smiles as he walks towards the stage to address MPs at the Greek parliament in Athens on February

The German parliament has voted to extend the Greek bailout for another four months. A total of 542 members of the Bundestag voted in favour of the proposal with 32 against and 13 abstentions. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble earlier ...