Greece
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Belgium requests extradition of Greek suspect after attacks foiled
Greek police detained four people on Saturday over alleged links to an Islamist cell in Belgium, where two suspected terrorists were shot by officers on Thursday.
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Grexit the only way out of ‘valley of tears,’ says Hans-Werner Sinn
Head of the Institute for Economic Research argues eurozone should allow Greece orderly temporary departure.
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No extension will entail a ‘dirty’ exit from the bailout
FinMin warns of cash crunch in March, as ‘the money isn’t there’
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Report argues 2004 Games boosted GDP
IOBE stressed however that had the Olympic installations been better utilized after the Games, the benefit would have been even greater.
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To Potami determined to prevent second round of elections
Theodorakis’s message was clearly aimed at SYRIZA.
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Samaras casts conservatives as guarantors of country’s European course
The conservatives hope to capitalize on the fact that cadres of leftist SYRIZA, have been inconsistent on key issues including taxation and potential alliances.
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Spanish PM backs Samaras, stresses risk of anti-austerity sirens
The Spanish premier, who must compete with the increasingly popular anti-austerity party Podemos in Spanish general elections in November, also made an apparent dig at SYRIZA.
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Venizelos, Papandreou take aim at each other
Papandreou also accused Venizelos of changing his stance on the ex-premier’s proposal for a referendum on Greece’s euro membership.
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Former police officer held as terrorist accomplice
The 54-year-old was arrested late on Tuesday in a police operation in Kalamata in the Peloponnese, along with a 37-year-old Albanian national and former convict.
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More layoffs than new jobs last month
December was the fourth consecutive month when layoffs outnumbered hirings, to the tune of 834.