Greece
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Environmental damage warnings for Greece
Relaxing building restrictions along the Greek coastline would damage environment and tourism, warns Spanish WWF
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Climate change boosts savings
The continuing improvement in Greece’s economic climate saw bank deposits edge 275.2 million euros higher in April, figures released by the Bank of Greece showed.
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Bill against child abuse updated
A bill updating Greece’s laws against child pornography and sexual abuse that will include offenses such as grooming via social media was approved.
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Greece eyes tax cuts
The Greek PM is looking at tax cuts to meet the countries financial burdens, whilst SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras approaches industrialists.
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Migrants elected as MEP and mayor
Konstantina Kuneva, a Bulgarian migrant worker and trade union leader, became the first migrant to be elected in Greece as a Member of the European Parliament.
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ND clinches most regions but loses Attica
Conservative New Democracy prevailing in most of Greece’s 13 regions but leftist SYRIZA clinching the key governorship of Attica, home to about a third of Greeks
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Cabinet reshuffle on the cards
The Greek PM and his coalition partner are said to be planning a bold reshuffle to refresh the government following the European Parliament elections on Sunday.
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Partiarch, Pope sign landmark pledge
They signed a joint pledge to pursue dialogue which bolstered values shared by both their churches.
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SYRIZA scores first election win
SYRIZA gained the first electoral victory in its history on Sunday as it came first in the European Parliament vote but failed to establish a big enough gap over the coalition