Greece
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Golden Dawn sues Dendias
Golden Dawn’s Christos Pappas filed a civil suit against Citizen Protection Minister and the chief of the Greek Police Lt Gen Nikos Papagiannopoulos for slander.
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Eurobank to help improve small companies’ cash flow
The program will allow small companies to be granted letters of guarantee from ETEAN and enable them to bolster their cash flow.
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Stournaras and troika look for medium
The Finance Minister appeared upbeat after a meeting with troika officials, although the two sides have yet to reach an agreement on some 11.5 billion euros of cuts.
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Drug bust in Evia
Police announced the arrest of two suspects, a 31-year-old Belgian national and a 36-year-old Greek, for setting up an organised hydroponics farm.
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Deadline for declaring illegal homes extended to January
The Environment Ministry said that it is extending the deadline for Greeks who own illegally built or illegally altered homes to declare their properties.
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Officer took part in market attack
A police officer has been suspended from work after it emerged that he played an active role in Golden Dawn’s raid on an open-air market Mesolongi.
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Strike stops school year before it begins
The new school year for Greece will be disrupted tomorrow by a strike by primary school teachers and a 3 hr strike by secondary teachers.
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Golden Dawn, police at loggerheads
The Public Order Ministry was locked in a dispute with Golden Dawn following a decision to revoke the party’s right for state-appointed body guards.
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Troika sends coalition back to drawing board
Coalition looking for new savings after troika rejects some cuts.
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Tsipras: ‘I wish we had become Argentina’
Alexis Tsipras made the remarks when asking a parliamentary question during the PMs question time about the proposed government sell off of Hellenic Postbank.