Greece
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Athens plans for revamp
The project aims at the redevelopment and pedestrianisation of a stretch of the city heart centred around Panepistimiou street.
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Call to lift GD MPs immunity
Magistrates investigating the activities of Golden Dawn to determine whether it constitutes a criminal organisation requested Parliament to lift the immunity of nine more MPs.
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Urgency on FYROM name
Venizelos says something must be done soon to resolve the name dispute with Greece.
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Police break huge fuel smuggling racket
A fuel-smuggling ring – allegedly led by a Greek businessman – deprived the state of some 3.5 million euros.
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Greek scholarships to foreign students
On offer are undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as summer language courses, for students from 22 countries
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Government prepares new bill to appease voters
As troika returns, government seeks to win back voters ahead of May elections.
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Registration express for new businesses
Initiative aims at cutting red tape and corruption in company licensing.
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Stalled negotiations to resume
European officials meeting in Brussels agreed that troika officials would return to Athens this week to resume stalled negotiations
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Study tackles hospital staffing
There is no significant shortage of doctors and that patients can get the kind of attention they need through a shakeup of the system, says study.