Top 10 Most Googled News Stories in 2015

7. Greece

Greece has been a hot topic in recent years. The political changes that took place in the country have brought on changes when it comes to dealing with the country’s debt to the European Union. On the verge of economic collapse, the country was lent money over and over and over with the condition of applying some austerity measures.

Sick of these measures, the government decided to defy the European Union and refused to make certain pay cuts that would have allowed it to pay back some of the money. On several occasions the world awaited with baited breath to see whether Greece would officially enter default or not, but the country was saved as the European Union countries feared what this would mean to the area’s economy, as well as for the Euro, which was already affected.

Greece was also in the news due to the flux of immigrants coming from Syria and other conflict areas, as their small ships ended up on some of the country’s many islands.