Greece
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Greek set for key EC post
PASOK MP Maria Damanaki nominated European Union commissioner for maritime affairs and fisheries
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Religious icons might go
Greece will have no choice but to remove religious icons from school classrooms and other public buildings if the European Court of Human Rights stands by a ruling it made earlier
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Agency to probe police offenses
Greece is setting up an agency to investigate alleged cases of abusive or violent treatment of citizens by police.
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College licenses revoked
The Greek Education Minister has revoked the operating licenses for the thirty three private educational providers who teach overseas University courses in Greece.
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‘Free’ satellite TV trio caught
Three people have been arrested for breaking the encryption codes used by the Greek digital satellite pay-TV platform Nova and offering free viewing to people around Greece.
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Papandreou: 2010 to be year of major change
The tabling in Parliament of the Greek budget saw the Greek Prime Minister say that 2010 will see major changes in several sectors of the economy, society and Greek institutions, w
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Greece slips down graft scale
The annual Transparency International report on corruption has found that there has been a substantial deterioration in the degree of corruption in Greece.
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Damanaki wins post as Greek EU Commissioner
One of Greece’s leading female politicians was named as a European Commissioner last week.
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Visitors down, predictions bleak
The number of visitors to Greece is down and the prediction for the number of tourists to Greece over the next 12 months are bleak.
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36th anniversary of Polytechnic protests
Greece last week commemorated the 36th anniversary of the Polytechnic uprising of 1974 with a series of events in Athens.