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Greece to sell Postbank, Proton in July, stress-test big banks

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's bank rescue fund will aim to sell Hellenic Postbank and Proton by mid-July with big banks continuing to absorb small lenders as part of plans to revive the battered sector, the country's foreign lenders said in an inspection review. Full story

Greece faces slow, jobless recovery next year

Greece's deep, six-year recession is likely to end in 2014, but growth will be weak and unemployment will remain above 20 percent for another three years, the country's international debt inspectors said. Full story

Greek PM hails "Greekovery" replacing "Grexit"

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has hailed kinder words from lenders and revived interest in the country's deeply-discounted bonds and stocks as a "Greekovery" to replace last year's "Grexit" catchphrase. Full story

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Greek economy shrinks 5.3 percent in first quarter, pace of slump eases

Greek workers walk out to protest ban on teachers' strike

Greece plans bond market return first half of next year, PM says

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  Free food handout part of Greek protest

Street vendors in Greece gave out free produce as a means of protesting new government measures. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  Author: Greek is in a ‘bad marriage with the European Union’

Gianna Angelopoulos, who was credited with rescuing the 2004 Olympic Games for her home country of Greece, talks about her latest book, “My Greek Drama.” She comments on the unemployment rate in Greece and its impact on the economy.

  Author says women are tougher than men

Author Gianna argues in her new book for more women in the workplace. She sits down with the Cycle team to discuss Greece, women, and how she saved the Athens Olympics.

  Greeks fume over plan to cut civil servant jobs

Greece's parliament passed into law for first time in the country's history mass civil service job cuts as part of efforts to resolve the Greek debt crisis. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  Former Greek prime minister: The US is like Greece

Both President Obama and Former Prime Minister George Papandreou inherited tattered economies. Chris Hayes discusses Greek austerity with former Greek prime minister George Papandreou.

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