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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Greece 'past danger' but risks remain: PM


Greek Reporter

Greece 'past danger' but risks remain: PM
Channel News Asia
ATHENS: Greece has overcome the danger of an ignominious euro exit, but it must stay the course of tough reforms to avoid a "relapse", Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Sunday. "I believe the great danger (of a euro exit) has passed," Samaras said ...
Samaras Says Danger Over But Risks LingerGreek Reporter

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Experts come to help Greece collect taxes


Kathimerini

Experts come to help Greece collect taxes
Kathimerini
Greece's European Union partners are sending in reinforcements to help in the battle to reorganize the country's tax collection mechanism, aimed at improving state revenues and combating tax evasion. Tax experts from Spain, France, the Netherlands, ...


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Greek native donates books to UNCW


Greek native donates books to UNCW
Burlington Times News
Papadeas donated more than 100 books — some in various forms on the Greek language, others in English — to the university's Randall Library. He was inspired to make the donation by a lecture at the university given by Nicholas Gage, a Greek-American ...


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Greece's leftwing leader to meet Schäuble


Greek Reporter

Greece's leftwing leader to meet Schäuble
Financial Times
Alexis Tsipras, Greece's radical leftwing leader, will meet the German finance minister in Berlin on Monday in a move aimed at boosting the Syriza party's credibility with the EU as it settles into the role of official parliamentary opposition. Syriza ...
Tsipras Wants Bailout Terms RevisedGreek Reporter
Greece's Tsipras To Meet Germany's Schaeuble Monday4-traders

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Greece raises electricity prices by up to 15 pct


Greece raises electricity prices by up to 15 pct
Reuters
ATHENS Jan 13 (Reuters) - Greece raised electricity prices for households by up to 15 percent this year to help state-controlled power company PPC cover costs for transmission rights, the government said on Sunday. The debt-laden country increased its ...

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Greek opposition against austerity measures


The Voice of Russia

Greek opposition against austerity measures
The Voice of Russia
The leader of the official parliamentary opposition represented by the Syriza left-wing radical party Alexis Tsipras insists on reconsideration of the programme of granting loans to Athens. He announced this in his interview with the Deutsche Welle on ...


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U.S. has the power to help Greece dig out


U.S. has the power to help Greece dig out
Herald and News
U.S. has the power to help Greece dig out By George Papandreou Foreign Policy Magazine Herald and News | 0 comments. During a different era of American leadership on the European continent, U.S. diplomats and dollars midwifed an audacious political ...

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Greece passes controversial new tax hikes


Greece passes controversial new tax hikes
GlobalPost
Greece's parliament has approved new tax hikes to keep on track with its repayments to international creditors, despite violent protests and continued opposition to austerity measures. The increases introduce a new top tax rate of 42 percent for ...


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Greece 2nd biggest defence spender among the 27 NATO countries


DigitalJournal.com

Greece 2nd biggest defence spender among the 27 NATO countries
DigitalJournal.com
Athens - In spite of crippling austerity measures, a shrinking economy and reliance on bail-out loans, Greece remains the second-biggest defence spender among the 27 NATO countries. Although Greece's overall expenditure on defence has fallen over the ...


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Greek parliament approves key tax legislation


Greek parliament approves key tax legislation
Times of India
Critics accused the government of heaping unbearable burdens on ordinary Greeks while giving the rich an easy ride, with the main opposition Radical Left Coalition saying austerity has "demolished the country's middle classes." "I'm not a miser, I'm ...


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Greek lawmakers approve a new tax bill intended to raise 2.3 billion euros


Economic Times

Greek lawmakers approve a new tax bill intended to raise 2.3 billion euros
CNN International
Athens (CNN) -- Greece's parliament approved a tax increase Saturday that should add to the government's revenue, but is likely to anger citizens opposed to the country's austerity measures. The new tax bill, passed in the early hours, is needed to help the ...
Journalists in Greece Are Becoming TargetsNew York Times
Greek Lawmakers Pass Tax Bill Required for EU, IMF Bailout FundsBloomberg
Greek Parliament Approves New "Mini" Tax BillWall Street Journal
Reuters -Telegraph.co.uk -Financial Times
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New tax pain ahead for Greeks

Greece's parliament approved a tax increase Saturday that should add to the government's revenue, but is likely to anger citizens opposed to the country's austerity measures.

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Arsonists attack throw firebomb at house of Greek government spokesman's ...


Washington Post

Arsonists attack throw firebomb at house of Greek government spokesman's ...
Washington Post
Arsonists attack throw firebomb at house of Greek government spokesman's brother. Smaller Text Larger Text Text Size; Print · E-mail · Reprints. By Associated Press,. Jan 13, 2013 12:05 AM EST. AP. ATHENS, Greece — Police say arsonists have attacked ...

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Arsonists attack throw firebomb at house of Greek government spokesman's brother

ATHENS, Greece - Police say arsonists have attacked the home of the brother of government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou with a firebomb.

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Greece passes key tax increases


Telegraph.co.uk

Greece passes key tax increases
Telegraph.co.uk
A clear majority of lawmakers in the Greek parliament voted for the tax hikes that are hoped will boost revenues by €2.5bn (£2.1bn) in 2013 and 2014. The tax rises were approved by the parliament in a session that finished in the early hours of this morning.
Journalists in Greece Are Becoming TargetsNew York Times
Greek Lawmakers Pass Tax Bill Required for EU, IMF Bailout FundsBloomberg
Greek Parliament Approves New "Mini" Tax BillWall Street Journal
Reuters -BBC News -CNN International
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Middle-class Greeks to fork out over 40% of annual salary in tax


RT

Middle-class Greeks to fork out over 40% of annual salary in tax
RT
Athens passed new tax increases to boost revenue by US$3 billion to keep in line with previous commitments to creditors. The new measures limit family benefits and force the middle class to pay over 40 per cent of their annual salary in taxes.


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