Greece
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Hopes fade for sailors missing after fatal collision off Peloponnese coast
The Cook Island-flagged Pirireis sank with 17 crew members on board
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Venizelos, Papandreou in dispute over PASOK finances
PASOK’s borrowing between 2003 and 2011 reached 116.5 million euros
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Unions mark May Day with disruptions in public transport
Ferries will remain docked across the country, while public hospitals will be operating with skeleton staff throughout the day
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Stiff sentences for 2007 police ambush in Zoniana
Sentences between 25 and six years were given to 16 men found guilty of involvement in an ambush against police officers in Zoniana
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Hospital waste found in trash on beach in Peloponnese
Piles of rubbish and medical waste that had been dumped illegally near Valimitika beach in Aigio, in the Peloponnese,
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Greece pulls statues from Qatar Olympic show over nudity
Greece has pulled two ancient statues from an ongoing Olympic Games exhibition in Qatar in a dispute over nudity,
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Low-birth Greece takes a further hit from crisis
Sunk in recession for the past six years and struggling to steer its economy through painful austerity cuts, Greece now faces a fertility crisis as well.
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Greek PM Antonis Samaras to travel to China
The visit will aim to boost bilateral ties, promote Greece as a tourism destination to the huge Chinese market and seek investment
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Civil service row pushes PM to speed up cabinet reshuffle
Administrative Reform Minister Antonis Manitakis wants to pass a law that would mean the contract workers would stop receiving their salaries once their employment ended