Greece
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Athens disapproves of contentious Skopje arch
The Greek Foreign Ministry has lodged an official complaint to authorities in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) following the inauguration last Friday in Skopje of
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RTL exits Greek broadcasting
Europe’s biggest commercial broadcaster RTL Group is giving up on the Greek broadcasting market as the country’s debt-induced economic crisis crushes advertising revenue.
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Exports drop in November
Despite the 3.93 per cent increase in food (including olive oil) and livestock exports in November on a yearly basis, the total value of Greek products heading abroad continued to
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‘A total fabrication’
Athens charity accuses BBC of misrepresentation in ‘Greek parents abandoning their children’ story.
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A bottlomless crisis for 2012
Budget revenues lagged in 2011 while the EU expects GDP to shrink by a further seven per cent.
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Minister admits civil service scheme failure
The labor reserve scheme, which is designed to place 30,000 civil servants on reduced salaries for a year was described this week by Administrative Reform Minister Dimitris Reppas
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Jobless rate climbs to 18.2 per cent
More than 300,000 jobs were lost in Greece from October 2010 to October 2011.
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Acropolis could soon be leased
Conservative MP Gerasimos Giakoumatos says acient sites can bring revenue.
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Progress on key legislation ahead of troika’s visit
Progress was made on a couple of key pieces of reform legislation on Thursday as it was announced that representatives of the European Commission, commonly known as the troika, are
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Volos launches drive to help homeless
In a bid to ease the fallout from the financial crisis, the municipality of Volos, in Greece’s Thessaly region, wants to use vacant buildings to house the city’s homeless populatio