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Senior members of Greece?s far-right Golden Dawn party will stand trial on April 20 after spending almost 18 months in detention waiting for their case to be heard, court officials said on Monday.

In his speech on Sunday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that Greece had a "moral obligation" to claim reparations from Germany for the damages wrought by the Nazis during Worle War Two. He said that this was "a moral obligation to our people, to history, to all European people who fought and spilled their blood against Nazism."

 Agreement must be reached before the ECB stops ELA funding and capital controls are imposed

By Dimitris Kontogiannis

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The Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) cabinet focused on negotiations that Greece will have with its EU partners concerning the economic crisis and programmed talks to begin in Parliament on Sunday.

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Commenting on the debt swap proposals by Greek Finance Minister Varoufakis, ALDE Group leader Guy Verhofstadt said

"We first want to see serious and concrete structural reform plans from the Greek government before the EU can possibly enter into any negotiations on debt relief."

By Elis Kiss

While a tie-less politician was hardly breaking news in Greece this week, Costas Karamanlis?s relaxed appearance at the Parliament?s swearing-in ceremony created some buzz on Thursday. The former premier is a conservative, after all, while the no-tie credo rightfully belongs to the ruling leftist SYRIZA party.  

By Padraic Halpin & Conor Humphries

DUBLIN - Europe and the "undemocratic" European Central Bank risk fueling the growth of right-wing parties across the continent if they ignore the will of the Greek people, Gerry Adams, leader of Ireland's leftist Sinn Fein said on Thursday.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday it was time for both Greece and Europe to "turn the page" on austerity, telling members of his hard-left SYRIZA party that "fear is over."