Greece
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Coalition MPs oppose plan to lift restrictions on home auctions
Plans for the government to remove restrictions on the auctioning of repossessed homes, including main residences, suffered another blow this week
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Gerontopoulos inspects camps used by the diaspora
Thousands of children from the Greek diaspora enjoyed a Greek summer over the past thirty years at Epanomi’s camping with the govt promising to bring them back
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Man dies trying to avoid fine
Man, 19, dies after jumping from trolley bus in Athens to avoid fare dodging fine
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Businesses face risk of closure
Four in ten businesses in Greece are at risk of closure, according to a new survey by the National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce (NCHC).
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Spending deprived Greece of primary surplus
Had social expenditure reverted to 2005 level – as GDP had – the Greek government would have met targets
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KKE sell tv and radio station
Greece’s Communist Party(KKE) sold its 902 TV and radio station to a Cypriot company on the understanding that the broadcaster will not be transferred to another political grouping
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Samaras asks Putin to help lower gas prices
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has written to Russian President Vladimir Putin to ask for gas giant Gazprom to reduce the price at which it supplies Greece
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EU needs balance, says Habermas
A balance is needed between politics and the market for the EU to return to its stability