Greece
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Venizelos bids for more time
PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos said that he would push for the European Union and International Monetary Fund to grant the country an extra year to meet its fiscal targets, in hi
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Mitropanos laid to rest
Legendary Greek singer and the artist responsible for the revival of Greek rembetika Dimitris Mitropanos, was laid to rest on Thursday.
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Salary cut talks proceed
The process of negotiating salary cuts in the trade and banking sectors began this week between employer associations and union representatives, with reductions ranging from 8 to 1
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Bartering system to Volos citizens’ aid
A city full of resources but short on Euros, Volos tapped into an old-school bartering system to survive in a time of crisis.
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Funding for migrants to return home
The Citizens’ Protection Ministry announced a new program aimed at returning 7,000 undocumented immigrants to their homelands as part of a voluntary repatriation scheme being finan
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Major banks count losses
Alpha Bank, Eurobank EFG, National Bank and Piraeus Bank, the country’s four major commercial lenders, are expected to announce combined losses of more than 22 billion euros for 20
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Tsochadzopoulos taken to Korydallos prison
Former Pasok minister Akis Tsohadzopoulos was remanded in custody pending trial at Korydallos prison on Tuesday, on foot of an order issued the previous by an examining magistrate
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Speed up growth plan, Venizelos insists
Pasok leader Evangelos Venizelos has written to the European Commission, urging it to speed up a programme aimed at providing some relief to the recession-plagued economy.
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Zografou blocks NTUA funding
The rector of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Simos Simopoulos, is due to meet the mayor of Zografou, Costas Kalliris, on Wednesday in a bid to settle a financi
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Revenue drop for Athens hotels
The average revenue per room per night at three-, four- and five-star hotels in Athens dropped by 19.1 per cent in February compared with the same month last year.