Greece
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Greek salaries far below EU average
Just over 44 percent of unemployed Greeks live in poverty
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Uninsured to receive healthcare under new scheme
The government will next year grant 100,000 people passes that will allow them to be treated at public hospitals without any charge.
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Minister warns IMF may opt out
Stournaras says that if the bond buyback program fails, the burden of the bailout will fall on the EU
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Minister gets tough on civil servants’ redundancy scheme
Mayors across Greece continue to resist government plans to put thousands of civil servants into a redundancy scheme demanded by the troika
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Coalition seeks to heal splits over new tax bill
Income tax proposal splits coalition, likely forcing Stournaras to find alternative
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Ex-minister’s ‘party’ rocks weak PASOK
One of PASOK’s most high-profile members, former Health and Labor Minister Andreas Loverdos, launched a new center-left political movement on Monday
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Merkel does not rule out Greek ‘haircut’ in coming years
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she has not ruled out a so-called “haircut”, or write-down, on Greek debt in the next few years.
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Greece, FYROM take offence at Albanian rhetoric
Greece’s foreign minister boycotted festivities marking 100 years of Albania’s independence after its prime minister hailed a town over the border as part of “Albanian lands”.
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Buy property in Greece to obtain residence
No citizenship, no residence permit, no visa for stay in Greece you can still obtain the right to reside in Greece by purchasing real estate property in the country