Greece
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Race to turn up 11.6 bln euros
FinMin to start flurry of meetings with peers before coalition ‘summit’ on Wednesday.
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EU to probe racist attacks
The Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner is to visit Athens soon for talks with government officials about a sharp increase in racially-motivated attacks on immigrants.
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Bar explosion rocks Kaminia neighborhood
A powerful blast rocked the Kaminia area of Piraeus at around 3 in the afternoon on Sunday.
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Unemployment hits new record in April
Greece’s jobless rate scaled a new record high of 22.5 percent in April from a revised 22 percent in March.
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Greece hits target, says EU commissioner
European Regional Development Commissioner Johannes Hahn said that Greece for the first time had hit its target with regard to the absorption of funds.
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New deputy labor minister to take oath
Nikos Panagiotopoulos is set to be appointed Deputy Labor Minister in a swearing-in ceremony taking place on Thursday morning.
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Coalition leaders agree to bring forward bailout renegotiation
The leaders of the three parties that form Greece’s coalition government agreed to speed up the process by which Athens will ask its lenders for changes to the bailout.
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Tax evaders to answer for dues of 9 mln euros
Police in Attica arrested another three people for tax arrears amounting to just over nine million euros.
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Mayor unveils 10-year plan for Athens
Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis on Wednesday unveiled a number of social welfare policies combined with a development program for Greece’s troubled capital.