Greece
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Conditions in Greek prisons, detention centres bleak
Report finds increasing levels of mistreatment by police, chronic overcrowding in prisons and migrant detention centres and a severe staffing shortage of prison guards.
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EU pledges support for Greece as markets plunge
European Union’s executive commission will help Greece after stocks and bonds have been plunging over the week.
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Municipalities ‘can’t go bankrupt’
Marathon Mayor Ilias Psinakis has suggested his municipality was close to bankruptcy, but Interior Minister Argyris Dinopoulos says municipalities can’t go bankrupt.
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Probe into MP bribes begins
Entrepreneurs close to the government were gathering money to bribe MPs into backing the coalition’s candidate for crucial presidential elections early next year.
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Ethnic Greeks killed in southeastern Ukraine shelling attack
Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos expresses his sympathy to the victims.
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Greek PM tries to restore calm after market upheaval
This week the stock market fall 6.25 per cent and the yield on 10-year bonds rise to as high as 7.85 per cent.
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Greeks warned not to eat wild mushrooms
40 people have been poisoned by wild mushrooms in Greece over the last month.
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Ebola checks to be conducted at Piraeus cargo terminal
Any suspicious cases will be reported to the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
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Third figure in Amphipolis mosaic may be uncovered shortly
The mosaic is not fully intact, but does show the god Hermes depicted as the conductor of souls to the afterlife.
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Cyprus ponders appeal to UN
After a recent Turkish encroachment of the island’s exclusive economic zone, Cyprus is considering an appeal to the UN Security Council.