Greece
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Church to curb debt
The Church of Greece is drawing up a three-year financial plan in an effort to determine the size of its debt and to exploit its assets Archbishop Ieronymos said
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Indebted households turn to courts
The number of people trying to restructure their debts has increased dramatically lately
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Hellenic Foreign Trade Board to be dissolved
HEPO will be absorbed by Invest in Greece to create Enterprise Greece SA, according to a new draft law
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Parliament votes to list immunity of Golden Dawn MPs
Greece’s Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority, to lift the immunity of six Golden Dawn MP, opening the way of a criminal investigation into the ultra-right party
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Police find guns, Nazi relics at businessman’s home
Nazi uniforms and banners, 20 rifles, 10 handguns, numerous knives and a WWII anti-aircraft gun were found by police after searching the home of Anastasios Pallis
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Parties seek bill to cut GD’s funding
The govt and leftist SYRIZA were to continue talks aimed at reaching a common proposal for a bill that would suspend state funding for parties, such as Golden Dawn
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Samaras pleads for solidarity in Brussels
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras travelled to Brussels yesterday to plead for greater solidarity from its lenders
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Greek foreign ministry says emails hacked
Greece’s foreign ministry said its internal email system had been penetrated by hackers and that an investigation was under way to determine the extent of the damage
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Eurogroup dashes Greek hopes for funding gap fix
Top-ranking European officials meeting in Luxembourg suggested on Monday that no decision regarding Greece’s bailout program would be made before the end of the year
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Poverty risk in Greece
Thirty-one per cent of Greeks are at risk of living in poverty and social exclusion, according to statistics published last week and based on data from 2011.