Greece
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900 police to fight rising crime in Athens
900 policemen who are currently doing desk jobs will be put on active duty in the latest attempt to fight rising crime in Athens.
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Greek leaders celebrate easter
Greece’s state and political leaders celebrated Easter Sunday in various parts of Greece, making statements which address the current political and economic situation in Greece
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Greece’s reputation on the line
Visiting Greek MPs highlight Greece’s financial woes but express cautious optimism
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Greek employees protest against austerity measures
Greek employees in the public and private sector staged demonstration on Tuesday against government’s austerity measures in Athens.
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IMF: What is our role?
The International Monetary Fund is grappling with questions about what role it will play in a European-led rescue of Greece.
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Eurogroup agrees on rescue plan
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has expressed satisfaction at the financial plan approved by his 15 eurozone counterparts in Brussels on Thursday, which offers Greece a fina
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Church of Greece agrees to pay tax
The Church of Greece has announced that it would not fight the Government’s attempt to tax some of its operations after certain provisions in the recently tabled bill were water
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Red Arrows in collision over Crete
Two jets from the British Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows aerobatics team collided over the island of Crete in the southern Aegean during a training exercise last week, resulting in t
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Greece rubbish on rubbish and recycling
Official data compiled by Eurostat has found that 77 percent of Greek garbage ends up in landfill.
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Europe to the rescue
The 16 countries of the Eurozone agreed on Thursday night to support the French-German rescue plan for the Greek economy.