Greece
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Crisis sinks Greeks into gloom
Fiscal woes are sinking the traditionally sunny Mediterranean nation into glooom, pushing the suicide rate up sharply
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Editing the crisis
How much does the coverage of the crisis in Greece by the global TV News networks reflect what’s really going on?
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Free Wi-Fi at all Athens Metro Stations
All metro stations in Athens, as well as some bus stops, will have wireless internet access by next year said the Greek government
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Cyprus leaders agree to boost talks
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that community leaders in Cyprus had agreed to intensify talks aimed at reunifying the divided island
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Bankers search for right role in aid
The managing director of the Institute of International Finance met representatives from the European Central Bank, the Greek government and the eurozone to try to break a deadlock
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PM wants reform soon
Prime Minister George Papandreou is pressing his ministers to redouble their efforts over the summer so the new raft of austerity measures and reforms can be implemented by Septemb
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Facelift for National Garden
All the proposals and permits are inked and sealed for the long overdue revamp of the much-neglected National Garden of Athens
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Layoffs in public sector ‘last resort’
The minister in charge of overseeing an overhaul of the bloated public sector avoided this week stating outright that mass layoffs are on the cards
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Property crisis to linger
The crisis in the Greek property market looks set to continue for another two to three years
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Protesters in Crete ransack PASOK office
Anti-austerity protesters in the Cretan city of Hania took out their wrath at the reform measures being voted through Parliament on the local office of PASOK