Greece
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Athens counts its wounds
Unemployment, part-time employment, reduced salaries and wages and unpaid work characterise the lives of many crisis hit Athenians.
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MPs threaten to vote against troika amendments
Interior Minister Argyris Dinopoulos, emphasised that Greece would honour its pledges to the troika to lay off civil servants.
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Golden Dawn chief’s wife and MP arrested
Eleni Zaroulia, the wife of detained party leader Nikos Michaloliakos is under house arrest.
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Stournaras vows to protect public interest
New Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras says he will not be swayed by politics.
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Golden Dawn probe to resume after appeal rejected
Magistrates to hear MPs’ testimonies after leader’s objection rebuffed.
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Government makes headway with prior troika actions
A plan to provide free healthcare and medicines to citizens without health insurance is to be finalised by the end of this week.
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EU sets Albania on road to membership
Albania joins the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Montenegro and Serbia as official candidates for membership
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Debtors owing emergency property tax to face fines
Debtors’ names will be forwarded to the Finance Ministry.