Greece
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Germans want Greece to return to the drachma
The majority of Germans feel the euro currency bloc would be better off if debt-crippled Greece left it, a poll published in mass-selling newspaper Bild am Sonntag showed on Sunday
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Prescription happy doctors targeted
Greece’s Health Minister Andreas Loverdos vowed to clamp down on doctors who issue suspiciously high amounts of medicine prescriptions, for which the taxpayer has to foot the bill,
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Storms kill three in Greece
Serious flooding caused by heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the Peloponnese and northern Greece has caused massive damage as well as claiming the lives of three people.
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Tsochatzopoulos’s property seized
Akis Tsochatzopoulos, the former PASOK defense minister indicted in connection with bribes for the purchase of submarines, was banned from leaving the country and told to post 150,
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Smith & Nephew to pay 22 million to settle Greek bribery case
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Ministry of Justice alleged the British company bribed Greek doctors for almost ten years to buy its products.
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Traffic dips in 2011 at Athens airport
Passenger traffic at Athens International Airport dropped 6.5 per cent last year as the economic crisis squeezed travel spending, especially by Greeks.
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Helios solar project in doubt
The German government poured cold water on Greek hopes of support for a mammoth photovoltaics project named Helios that would see the installation of a solar panel system in Greece
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Last round of talks set
Greece’s Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is working with troika to finalise the cuts and reforms for Greece.
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Dump Euro shackles
The board chairman of Commerzbank believes the only solution for the economic salvation of Greece is to exit the euro.
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Help for homeless: public responds to call
Municipal authorities and non-governmental organisations in Athens have praised the public’s response to calls for clothing and blankets for the city’s growing homeless population.