Greece
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Fears of far-right rise in crisis-hit Greece
They descended by the hundreds – black-shirted, bat-wielding youths chasing down dark-skinned immigrants through the streets of Athens and beating them senseless in an unprecedente
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Lesvos, Corfu and Laconia up in flames
A wildfire that broke out on Thursday in the region of Ano Tompra, west of Gythio in Laconia prefecture, located in the southern province of Peloponnese, has burned its way through
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Parliament passes key law before EU/IMF visit
Instead of taking their usual long summer recess, Greek lawmakers are working full-time
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Olympic stadium becomes prayer space for muslims
Athens’s Muslim population will be able to celebrate the Islamic holy month of Ramadan on the grounds of the Olympic Stadium of Athens
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Tax cheats face jail
From August 1, a new law passed by the Greek Government empowering police to arrest anyone who owes more than 5,000 euro in back tax
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Tsochatzopoulos files lawsuit at the Human Rights Court
Tsochatzopoulos is cliaming his right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty has been violated following allegedly incriminating statements by two conservative MPs
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PM steps into row with cabbies
Prime Minister George Papandreou made his first public attempt on Thursday to diffuse the government’s dispute with taxi drivers
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Greek default almost certain
Standard & Poor’s (S&) is the last of the three major rating agencies to warn of a default
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Greece’s population shrinking
Greece’s population has shrunk by more than 1 per cent over the last 10 years
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Cabbies to extend action indefinitely
Protesting taxi drivers, who last Monday launched a 48-hour strike to protest plans to liberalise their sector, decided the day after to extend their action indefinitely