Greece
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Ex-minister’s wife on hunger strike
Viki Stamati, the wife of former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos who has been in custody since last Friday after defending herself on money-laundering charges.
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Quiet rallies mark May Day
Several thousand protesters joined May Day marches in central Athens, as organisers said they hoped action Europe would pressure the EU to change course.
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Police identify HIV positive sex workers in Athens
Medical tests conducted on dozens of prostitutes by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEEL) in the past two days have revealed that 12 of the sex workers are HIV posit
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Young Greeks hesitant about moving abroad
Seven out of ten young Greeks would like to leave the debt-wracked country and seek their fortune elsewhere, but less than one in five have taken steps to emigrate, according to ne
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We will join coalition, says Bakoyannis
The leader of Democratic Alliance, Dora Bakoyannis, says that she is willing to participate in a Pasok-New Democracy coalition after the elections but under specific conditions.
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Ex-PM backs Samaras
In his first public statement in two-and-half years, former conservative Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis appealed to center-right voters to back New Democracy leader Antonis Samar
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Greek anger keeps German tourists away
German tourists are in short supply in Greece these days, frightened away by reports of visceral anti-German sentiment in some places, fears of being stranded by strikes and televi
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Ex-minister linked to offshore firm by relative
The ex-minister’s daughter, Areti Tsochatzopoulou, joined her father in custody in Korydallos Prison after testifying before an investigating magistrate, also on money laundering c
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Greece condemns Turkish drilling in Cyprus
The Greek foreign ministry condemned the exploratory drilling launched by a Turkish firm in the region of Sygkrasi (Sinirustu in Turkish) near the town Famagusta in the Turkish-occ
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Supermarket chain in hot water over tax scam
The financial crimes squad SDOE, following an investigation, is preparing to charge the Carrefour-Marinopoulos group of dodging VAT payments in Greece via a fake invoice scam with