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Local bourse has a world record

With 17 sessions left until the end of the year, the Athens bourse is by far the stock market with the biggest losses in the world during the first 11 months of the year.

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Border fence coming soon

Turkey talkes a “Taiwanese-style” diplomatic step to help drive Cypriot reunification talks resuming on Monday.

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Downer blames pollies for Greek debt crisis

Occupy movement mistaken in targeting banks says former minister

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Longer military service under consideration

Deputy Defence Minister Costas Spiliopoulos left open this week the likelihood of a decision for a lengthier mandatory military service by conscripts.

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Eurozone approves 8 billion euro loan

Less than 24 hours after Greece secured a further 8 billion euros in loans from the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Lucas Papademos issued a stern warn

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Eurobank, Alpha Bank take large hit on bonds

Leading Greek lenders Eurobank and Alpha Bank, which are merging later this year, this week announced heavy nine-month losses brought about by write-downs on their Greek government

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ND adopts more offensive stance

New Democracy, which joined the interim government led by Prime Minister Lucas Papademos despite serious reservations, appears to have begun distancing itself from the administrati

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Riot-free rally sees smaller turnout

Thousands of Greek workers joined the seventh general strike of the year on Thursday to protest the government’s plans to continue with an austerity drive that has cut salaries, pe

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Veteran BBC journalist’s family takes on pharmaceutical titan

Veteran BBC journalist Malcolm Brabant is fighting for his life.

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ELSTAT chief to testify in probe

The head of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), Andreas Georgiou, is to testify on December 12 in a criminal investigation into claims that his office falsely inflated Gre

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