Greece
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Investments Greek government’s key goal
PM prepares for China trip as Finance Minister Stournaras says much work still to do despite IMF’s adjustment praise
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Greeks moving to Germany in droves
34,100 Greeks moved to Germany in 2012 with a 43 per cent jump
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More than 230,000 euros in fines for food checks in build-up to Easter
Greek food stores and traders at meat markets were fined for selling sub-standard products
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Constitutional review may lead to Golden Dawn being outlawed
Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias is considering measures that could lead to far-right Golden Dawn being outlawed
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Council of State questions scheme for Greek illegal properties
The schemes allowing the owners of properties that breached building regulations to protect their homes from demolition are illegal says the Council of State
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Greece adopts bill to cut 15,000 civil servant jobs
The new law overturns what had been a guarantee of a job for life for workers in Greece’s notoriously bloated civil service.
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Greece found guilty of violating immigrants’ human rights
Greece violated the human rights of two immigrants, one of them a minor and the other a woman
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Police arrest fugitive over armed robberies on banks, cash transfers
The suspect and three others, who are already in custody, are alleged to have carried out 29 armed robberies in Attica and other parts of the country
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Five held for suspected links to guerrilla group
Urban guerrilla group Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire and a string of armed robberies remain in custody
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Drug rehabilitation center warns of methadone shortage
Nine units in Athens and Thessaloniki only have adequate methadone for program members for another week