Greece
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Spending cuts to hit drug firms
Pharmaceutical companies will be put under more pressure to reduce their profit margins if the government does not meet its target for slashing public spending on drugs this year.
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Clashes blight austerity protest
Isolated violence, including an attack on photographers by police, mar otherwise peaceful day.
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Inquiry blames president for Cyprus blast
Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias bears direct personal responsibility for a blast at a navy munitions plant on the island that killed 13 people in July.
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Suspect nets a million in holdup
An armed robber dressed as an employee of a contracting firm netted around 1 million euros.
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Latest poll reveals growing disapproval
PASOK has slipped further behind New Democracy, according to the latest poll for the newspaper Kathimerini and Skai by Public Issue, but elections would not yield an outright winne
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July pact hangs in balance
Prime Minister George Papandreou and Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos failed to offer concrete answers to other members of the Cabinet on what a planned revision of the terms o
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Retail trade down
The volume of Greek retail turnover declined by another 4.3 per cent in July.
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Crime rate soars in Attica
The crime rate in crisis-hit Greece is continuing to rise, with police recording more than 10 robberies from Sunday evening to Monday morning in Attica alone.
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Mining deal is sealed with Qatar
Prime Minister George Papandreou hailed this week an agreement for investment in Greece’s mining sector from Qatar, following talks with visiting Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-T
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PASOK MPs disagree with taxi deregulation plan
The ruling PASOK Parliamentary deputies sent a letter to Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Minister Yiannis Ragoussis expressing their disagreement with the proposed plan for