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Mount Athos abbot to appear in court

A Mount Athos abbot has been summoned to give evidence concerning the land swaps between the monastery and the state. Abbot Ephraim of Vatopedi is due to appear before magistrate I

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People abusing benefits

A number of people with up to 15 million euros in deposits have also been abusing OAED by claiming unemployment benefits, according to data collected by the Finance Ministry’s IT D

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Illegal migrants blamed for Greece’s woes

Migrants who have swamped Greece’s borders illegally are costing Greece up to six billion euros annually, and are now being blamed for adding to the financial crisis that has envel

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Karatzaferis storms out of meeting

Right wing Popular Orthodox Rally (Laos) leader Yiorgos Karatzaferis has stormed out of the presidential mansion, before a scheduled meeting of party leaders Thursday night, becaus

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Jobless nears 20 per cent

The rate of unemployment has risen drastically and is at 18.4 per cent as of August this year, up 12.2 per cent from the same time last year.

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Greece sets a date

Greece’s two main political parties have set an early election date.

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As local business dries up, firms tap Chinese market

As a businessman, there are three ways to make money from China’s economic upswing. You can attract investment so as to secure capital, you can look for cheap suppliers or you can

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Samaras at odds with PM

A day that started with the possibility of New Democracy having a considerable say in the formation of an interim government ended with conservative leader Antonis Samaras calling

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Thessaloniki suburbs still crawling with rubbish

Fifteen days since POE-OTA, the federation of municipal workers’ unions, ended its strike action, many neighbourhoods across Thessaloniki are still choked with trash.

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Crisis forces boutique owner to turn robber

The ever-deepening economic crisis and the increasing dire financial straits of his own business prompted a 44-year-old Glyfada boutique owner to turn robber and start terrorising

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