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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Hundreds of thousands of Greeks apply for 'social dividends'

Scramble for share of budget surplus highlights desperation of Greeks hit by spending cuts since start of debt crisis

Hundreds of thousands of Greeks have applied for so-called "social dividends" that the government has vowed to hand out after recording a primary budget surplus counted before interest payments.

The conservative-dominated coalition has predicted it will register a surplus of about 2.5bn, in figures due to be confirmed by the EU statistics office on Wednesday.

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