Greece
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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.
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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.