Greece
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Olympic Air cuts domestic services
Athens-Thessaloniki and Athens-Iraklio services to be cut from October.
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Four new metro stations opened in Athens
Extension of red line will involve extensive changes to bus routes.
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Public Power (DEI) facing three-way privatisation carveup
New company will help boost competition, government says.
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Celebrations for 39th anniversary of restoration of democracy
President of Democracy Papoulias and all political parties – with an exemption of Golden Dawn – honour victims of Junta.
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Samaras says ‘no’ to Gruevski
Greek Prime Minister rejects a proposal by his FYROM counterpart, regarding the ongoing name negotiations between the two states.
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‘No’ to the composite name for FYROM
Expatriate Macedonians want a referendum on the name issue.
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Schaeuble happy with Greece’s progress
Germany’s finance minister told Greeks to stop lobbying for more debt forgiveness, as it’s not in their interest.
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Samaras: VAT in the catering sector to drop to 13% from August
The implementation of this measure would bring in higher revenues to both business and the state, says Samaras.
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Greek Prime Minister “caught” swearing at himself
Antonis Samaras has been caught swearing on camera during a long-awaited announcement on tax relief.