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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.

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Bakoyannis set to be investigated

The Supreme Court prosecutor’s office asked parliament to lift the parliamentary immunity of Democratic Alliance president MP Dora Bakoyannis, in order to be investigated after it

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Four airlines share routes

After a considerable delay – given that the tourism season started in late March – the airlines to fly the country’s 24 subsidized air routes were finally announced last week, with

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Deficit contained as spending is cut

Reduced tax refunds, the curtailing of the Public Investment Program and the containment of expenditure by about one billion euros have led to the budget deficit being 1.3 billion

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Unemployment reaches 21.8 per cent

The jobless rate rose to a fresh record of 21.8 per cent in January from a revised 21.2 per cent in December, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (Elstat) said on Thursday.

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Antiquities suffer at hands of crisis

Greece’s antiquities and historical past is suffering at the hands of the national financial crisis with digs being postponed, illegal ones proliferating, museum staff trimmed and

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Drug users to inject under supervision

An Athens municipality project plans to set up Greece’s first consumption rooms to allow users to inject drugs under medical supervision.

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Ex-minister arrested over felony

Former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos will spend Easter in a security police holding cell in Athens after being charged with money laundering, a development that the PASOK v

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