Greece
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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.
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Merkel ‘vetoes quick aid’ for Greece
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has blocked a bid by her powerful finance minister to offer fresh aid to Greece ahead of European elections in May.
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Golden Dawn sets up new party
Fearing a ban, neo-Nazis prepare to fight elections under a new name.
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Italian Institute in Thessaloniki closes
Established in 1963, it ensured that ties between the northern port city and Italy remained vibrant.
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Press Freedom in Greece plummets
The annual World Press Freedom Index survey of Reporters Without Borders puts Greece in 99th place.
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Full checks on all spending
Finance Ministry to obtain all electronic data on taxpayers’ transactions.
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Minister slammed over ‘thank you’ to Clooney
PASOK criticized Culture Minister Panos Panayiotopoulos for writing to George Clooney after he spoke in favor of the Parthenon Marbles being returned to Greece.