Greece
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Athens 38th most expensive city
Athens is the 38th most expensive city in the world according to a report by UBS Wealth Management Research.
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Crematorium gets green light
The Municipality of Thessaloniki has announced the go ahead for Greece’s first crematorium.
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Academics to take action if bill passes
Parliament is preparing to vote on the Greek Government’s contentious university reform bill.
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Billions transferred from Greece to Albania
More than 2 billion euro was transferred from Greece by Albanian, Pakistani and Aghani immigrants between 2003 – 2011.
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Bank deposits rebound in August
Bank deposits in Greece are showing signs of a rebound this month for the first time in the last couple of years.
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Great interest in new taxi licences
More than 8,500 applications for taxi licenses have been submitted to the country’s 13 regional authorities.
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Kouri returned to Corinth
The archaeological museum of Ancient Corinth welcomed two ancient ‘Kouros’ statues to its collection during a special ceremony this week.
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Social security fraud targeted
About 1,400 people could face legal action for continuing to collect the monthly pension payments of relatives who have died
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Budget deficit up to 15.513 billion euro
The Greek state budget deficit widened to 15.513 billion euro in the seven months from January-July 2011
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Greek stocks rocked
After seventeen consecutive days of losses on the Greek stock exchange, Neos Kosmos talks to Nikolaos Porfiris – Deputy Director of HELEX