Greece
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Property tax fetches 650 million euros to top up state coffers
The government looks set to exceed its revenue targets from the unpopular property tax.
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Deposits down adding strain to Greek banks
Business and household bank deposits fell 3.7 percent in October, continuing their steady decline this year.
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IMF calls for public sector layoffs
Greece needs to break the taboo of dismissing civil servants, the representative of the International Monetary Fund to Greece, Poul Thomsen, warned in Athens.
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Record high jobless rate continues to soar
Over a quarter of a million people have lost their jobs within the last year as the unemployment rate climbed to 17.7 per cent in the third quarter of the year from 12.4 per cent i
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Horrifying and heartbreaking
The ritual continues: a general strike, a mass demonstration turns violent, tear gas shrouds Syntagma Square; and more tears are shed for Greece as much as for the effects of the a
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Greece top target for anarchist violence
Greece is the top target in Europe for left wing or anarchist violence, according to the European Union counter-terrorism coordinator, Gilles de Kerchove.
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Demands for pay back rejected
Greece’s main political parties this week, came out in opposition of an attempt by former MPs to claim back pay and pension benefits even though most of the ex-deputies represented
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Aus ambassador awards Cretan students in Greece
Jenny Bloomfield, Australia’s Ambassador to Greece recognised the achievements of four high school students from Crete who excelled in their schooling for the year.
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PM hopes for EU lifeline
Greece was going into Friday’s European Union leaders’ summit looking for a unanimous decision on fiscal governance.
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Dead whales found washed up in Corfu
At least ten dead whales have been found washed up on Corfu beaches in recent days.