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Cancer patients deprived of drugs

Hundreds of cancer patients in Greece are having trouble finding lifesaving drugs as hospital dispensaries are limiting their purchases of expensive medicines and state doctors are

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Suicide in Syntagma Square

A man has committed suicide in the heart of Syntagma Square, central Athens.

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Small investors go to court over debt restructuring

A group representing some 15,000 small-scale private investors, who held Greek government bonds that were subjected to a 53.5 per cent nominal haircut as part of Greece’s recent de

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Small investors go to court over debt restructuring

A group representing some 15,000 small-scale private investors, who held Greek government bonds that were subjected to a 53.5 per cent nominal haircut as part of Greece’s recent de

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Delay on generic drugs scheme

A system requiring doctors to write the active ingredient in drugs they prescribe to patients so they can be issued with cheaper generic medicines as part of a drive to reduce publ

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Pasok making up lost ground

Support for Greece’s co-ruling socialists is ticking up ahead of an election expected in May, though backing for the country’s biggest parties remains low, an opinion poll showed o

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Election date to be set in Holy Week

The precise date of the general elections will be confirmed in Holy Week, announced the Greek government.

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Greece puts pressure on Berlin for war damages

Three ministers briefed MPs on what steps Greece is taking to reclaim Second World War damages from Germany, as 38 deputies asked for a committee to be formed to demand reparations

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Reduced train tickets for passengers

TrainOSE, the operational arm of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE), is to start offering thousands of cut-price tickets every month in a bid to boost passenger traffic and f

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Households set to suffer

Measures designed to ease the pressure on over-indebted households, included in article 49 of the labour ministry’s draft omnibus bill, were withdrawn by Labour Minister Yiorgos Ko

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