Greece
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Poverty hits 6.3 million people in Greece
Three in every five Greeks were living in poverty or under the threat of poverty in 2013.
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Prominent businessmen among potential terror targets
A suspected terror plot had chairman of Olympiakos soccer team, Vangelis Marinakis, and the head of the Federation of Hellenic Industries, Theodoros Fessas in sight.
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The Spartans have taken over London
A group of ferocious Spartans have descended on London, confusing and entertaining metro commuters.
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Churches given more freedom
Churches in Greece will be able to administer their affairs without state involvement.
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Samaras to seek confidence vote
The vote is seeking to douse speculation about early elections and to rally coalition MPs and ministers as a crucial fifth review by the troika gets under way.
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Undocumented migrant flows to Greece ‘have tripled’
Some 30,000 migrants are expected to have entered Greece illegally by the end of 2014.
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GD influence in schools declines
After the clamp down on Golden Dawn by the Greek state, young students no longer take up its rhetoric.
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Thessaloniki NGOs ask for help to deal with influx of Syrian refugees
Charities are asking for blankets, sleeping bags, gloves, scarves, tinned milk and canned goods, as well as clothes to help them cater to growing demand.
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Avramopoulos sets out priorities on migration
EU commissioner-designate for migration and home affairs, Dimitris Avramopoulos wants to see a unified European approach on migration