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Bid to Attract Undeclared Cash Abroad
Athens.- Greece is planning to hold talks with representatives from the troika, who will be in Athens on Monday for the latest review of the country’s fiscal adjustments program, on the idea of offering incentives to Greeks to bring their...
Greece
Gov’t Spokesman Blasts SYRIZA
Athens.- "SYRIZA insists on the mistakes of the past. The government lays the foundations for a better future," government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said on Friday commenting on statements made by main opposition Radical Left Coalition officials...
Greece
Ionian Islands Promoted through International Trade Fairs
Athens.- Products and hotel services from the Ionian Islands are being showcased at two trade fairs in Belgrade and Moscow, in two countries that annually send a considerable number of tourists to Greece's popular western holiday spots. A...
Greece
Public Prosecutor Employee Arrested for Drug Possession
Igoumenitsa.- An employee of the Athens Public Prosecutor's office was arrested by the Igoumenitsa police in northwestern Greece on Saturday on drug charges. The man was under surveillance from the time he loaded four sacks of marijuana in his...
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Surgeon Dies of Smoke Inhalation
Iraklio.- A surgeon at the Venizelio Hospital of Iraklio, the Cretan island capital, died of smoke inhalation at his house in Marathitis on Saturday. The 59-year-old man had put out a fire in his kitchen but could not pry open the power-operated...
Greece
Kamenos Calls for Resistance to Austerity
Lamia.- Independent Greeks party leader Panos Kammenos on Saturday charged the government and Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras in particular with leading the Greek people to poverty. In the second memorandum "they are talking about the end of...
Greece
Tsipras Calls for Write-Off of Household Debts
Athens.- The only way Europe can promote growth is to cancel the austerity policy and change the role of the European Central Bank and the European Investment Bank, Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras said on Saturday. The main...
Greece
SYRIZA Says “Double Crime” Committed in Gold Mining Site
Athens.- The main opposition party Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) on Friday issued a statement condemning the “double crime” committed in Skouries gold mining site in Halkidiki, northern Greece, stressing that the crime is “environmental and...
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