Greece
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Drugs shortages prompt online monitoring scheme
Online system to monitor the sale of drugs following numerous complaints about shortages in basic medicines.
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Bond buy back among proposals being discussed at Eurogroup
Eurozone finance ministers are considering allowing Athens to buy back up to 40 billion euros of its own bonds.
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Tsipras seeks to charm EU ambassadors
The leader of the main leftwing opposition SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, is set to meet with the ambassadors representing all 27 European Union members.
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Greek protesters storm German partnership meeting
Greek workers stormed a meeting of Greek and German officials in the northern city of Thessaloniki.
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Sitins continue amid rumors of more layoffs
Government sources on Monday refuted reports that the country’s troika of foreign lenders had called for an additional 22,000 layoffs in the public sector.
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Coalition confers as SYRIZA ups ante
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met his coalition partners on Monday for talks that reportedly focused on an anticipated reshuffle.
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Plans for new tourism strategy
Tourism Minister Olga Kefaloyianni presented a new strategy plan for 2013.
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Thousands at rallies for N17 uprising
Thousands marked the anniversary of a bloodily-suppressed student uprising against Greece’s military dictatorship in 1973.