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Saturday, March 16, 2013

Greece Didn't Collect 99.86% Of Big Tax Debts


Greece Didn't Collect 99.86% Of Big Tax Debts
Greek Reporter
money Greece has collected only $19 million of $13 billion owed by the country's biggest tax debtors, a rate of only 0.0014 percent, Deputy Finance Minister Giorgos Mavraganis has admitted, although he said it's because many companies have gone out of ...


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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Recession-hit Greece needs hope to fight 'extremism': Antonis Samaras


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Recession-hit Greece needs hope to fight 'extremism': Antonis Samaras
Economic Times
ATHENS: Recession-hit Greece needs hope -- and a shot of EU-IMF loans -- to fight "extremism and populism" that threaten the fabric of its society, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Monday. "No economic development plan can succeed if society ...
Expert Opinion On Greece's Illusions And Euro Prospects«Market Leader» - news and previews making you rich.
Malaysia, Which Refused IMF Aid, Says Greece Needs TimeCNBC.com
IMF backs request for more time from Greece despite it not actually being ...Scrape TV
Europolitics.info -World Socialist Web Site
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Greece to Toughen Hate Crime Sentencing


Greece to Toughen Hate Crime Sentencing
ABC News
Greece will toughen sentencing for hate crimes, following a surge in attacks against immigrants and violence involving members of a far-right political party, the country's justice minister said Wednesday. Antonis Roupakiotis said racially motivated ...

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Greece revs up privatisation drive to sway troika


Business Recorder

Greece revs up privatisation drive to sway troika
Reuters
ATHENS, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Greece outlined a plan to sell one of its most profitable state-controlled companies, gambling monopoly OPAP, reviving a stalled privatisation drive to appease international lenders. Inspectors from the troika of European ...
Greece faces more anti-austerity strikes, protestsThe Associated Press
Greece Aid Decision May Be Delayed to November - EU SourcesWall Street Journal

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Greece to toughen hate crime sentencing, after surge in attacks against immigrants

ATHENS, Greece - Greece's Justice Minister says the country will toughen sentencing for hate crimes, following a surge in attacks against immigrants and violence involving members of a far-right political party.

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Greece Faces More Anti-Austerity Strikes, Protests


Deutsche Welle

Greece Faces More Anti-Austerity Strikes, Protests
ABC News
A fresh wave of anti-austerity strikes hit Greece Wednesday as the leaders of the governing coalition struggled to finalize further spending cuts for the coming two years — without which the country will lose its vital rescue loans. State hospital ...
Is the US election keeping Greece in the euro?CNN
Greece's Samaras meets with ECB's DraghiMarketWatch

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Greek Agencies Won't Die, But Property Abandoned


Daily Mail

Greek Agencies Won't Die, But Property Abandoned
Greek Reporter
It appears to have been a sham as employees and government officials who spoke to Reuters have revealed that ODDY still exists in all but name, for as DDDY – no longer an Organisation, but now a Directorate – it has simply become an office of the Greek ...
In a Greek junkyard, signs red tape defeating cutsReuters
Greek car lot leaves vehicles to rot after economic snafuCatholic Online
Greek Government Agencies Almost Impossible To KillReason

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Monday, September 10, 2012

Greece Wrestles With Cuts to Unlock Bailout Funds

Greece had tough talks with its European lenders over an 11 billion euro package of budget cuts needed for the country to receive its next allotment of bailout money.

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Greece: Police Deployed Outside Far-Right Party HQ


ABC News

Greece: Police Deployed Outside Far-Right Party HQ
ABC News
The police move came after Golden Dawn party members last week smashed stalls at a church fair in Rafina near Athens and at a farmers' market in the central Greek town of Messolonghi. Videos of the attacks posted by the media on the Internet showed ...
Greece scraps police protection for far-right lawmakersReuters

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Press Watch, September 10

The troika is back and it is lashing out with a vengeance against Greek senior citizens and civil servants, demanding sackings and an extra 2.5 billion euros in budget cuts. They had already made sure to decimate the income of pensioners – both public and private sector - thus transforming Greeks’ golden years into rust.

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Greece: Police deployed outside far-right party HQ

FILE - In this Friday, June 29, 2012 file photo shows lawmakers of the Golden Dawn extreme far-right party during a vote for deputy speakers at the Greek Parliament, in Athens. Greece's public order ministry on Monday, Sept 10, 2012 is withdrawing police guards who have been protecting the lawmakers of an extreme far-right party that has vowed violent intimidation against immigrant street vendors. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)Police in Athens stopped and searched motorists and pedestrians on Monday outside the headquarters of an extreme right political party after its members attacked immigrant street vendors.



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Greece scraps police protection for far-right lawmakers


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Greece scraps police protection for far-right lawmakers
Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece scrapped police protection for lawmakers from the far-right Golden Dawn party on Monday after the bodyguards did nothing while the deputies went on a rampage destroying street stands run by migrant vendors. Led by three ...
Greece: Police deployed outside far-right party HQBoston.com
Greece removes police guards from extreme right lawmakers, citing party's ...Washington Post

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UN rights chief cites problems in Syria, Bahrain

Kassym-Zhomart Kemelevich Tokaev, left, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, talks to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Ban Ki-moon is urging the world’s foremost human rights body to keep up the pressure on major powers to end the civil war in Syria and outbreak of human abuses there. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)The U.N.'s top right official laid out the world's most significant human rights issues Monday, criticizing Syria and Bahrain but also mentioning problems in Western countries like France and Greece.



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UN rights chief cites problems in Syria, Bahrain





Pillay, who has argued that human rights are key to peace, development and humanitarian efforts, began by citing Syria's civil war as an area of grave concern with devastating consequences for civilians.

The government also abolished a tax that employers must pay to employ people from the two countries instead of hiring French workers.

"Equally troubling are violent xenophobic attacks against migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in recent months, for example, in Greece," Pillay said.


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Greek PM seeks to convince creditors of austerity plan

The head of Greece’s government holds crucial talks in Athens with representatives of the international lenders that are funding the country’s financial bailout packages.

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UN rights chief singles out France, Greece among list of worrisome areas


UN rights chief singles out France, Greece among list of worrisome areas
Washington Post
GENEVA — The U.N.'s top human rights official has, in an usual move, singled out France and Greece as worrisome areas while raising concerns about suspected abuses in dozens of other nations, with Syria topping the list. U.N. High Commissioner for ...

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Greek university professors on strike to protest pay cuts under new austerity ...


AFP

Greek university professors on strike to protest pay cuts under new austerity ...
Washington Post
ATHENS, Greece — Greek university professors have joined a string of protests against pay cuts included in a new austerity program being finalized by Athens. Striking academics say the €11.5 billion ($14.6 billion) cuts for 2013-14 that Greece needs ...
Greek Party Chiefs to Meet on Budget Cuts, No Decision ReachedWall Street Journal
Greek gov't fails to agree on spending cutsUSA TODAY
Inspectors Reject Parts of Greek Austerity PlanFox Business

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Greek professors join anti-austerity protests

Greek university professors have joined a string of protests against pay cuts included in a new austerity program being finalized by Athens.

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Friday, July 20, 2012

Online campaign winds down for bullied NY woman


Cleveland News - Fox 8

Online campaign winds down for bullied NY woman
Lexington Herald Leader
GREECE, N.Y. — The online campaign that aimed to raise $5000 to send bullied a New York bus monitor on vacation is winding down - after tallying more than $683000. As the monthlong campaign neared its end Friday, a spokeswoman for the fundraising ...
Bus monitor fundraiser ends soonGreece Post
Fundraiser for taunted bus monitor surpasses $680000 as it nears endCNN International

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Outgoing Greek Privatizations Head: New Govt Failed To Support Agency


Greek Reporter

Outgoing Greek Privatizations Head: New Govt Failed To Support Agency
Wall Street Journal
ATHENS--The outgoing chief executive of Greece's privatizations agency accused the country's recently appointed coalition government Friday of failing to actively support it and predicted that revenues from state asset sales this year will fall ...
Greek privatisation agency chief resigns -officialsReuters
Greek Privatisation Agency Chief ResignsGreek Reporter
Head of Greek privatisation fund resigns: sourceDAWN.com
CanadianBusiness.com -ANSAmed
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