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Friday, February 7, 2014

Rival Greek, Turkish Cypriots agree to start new round of talks to reunify ...

Rival Greek, Turkish Cypriots agree to start new round of talks to reunify ...U.S. News & World ReportNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Efforts to reunify the ethnically divided Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus will recommence next week after rival Greek and Turkish Cypriots agreed to a new round of talks. A statement from the breakaway Turkish Cypriots ...

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Greece’s Supreme Court Ruled Special Property Tax Unconstitutional

Greece’s Supreme Court of Civil and Penal Law ruled the special property tax levied through the electricity bills as unconstitutional and opposite to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The so-called “haratsi,” a scornful tag ...

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Greece recovers bodies of four migrants from sea floor

Greece recovers bodies of four migrants from sea floorReutersMigrant drownings are not uncommon in Greece, a gateway to the European Union, but the latest incident has drawn accusations that Greece breached EU law by trying to push the 28 migrants back to Turkey, where they had set to sea. The coastguard says ...and more »

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G.Provopoulos, Governor of the Bank of Greece: "From Grexit to Grecovery"

Speech by George Provopoulos, Governor of the Bank of Greece “The Greek financial crisis: From Grexit to Grecovery”"I want to thank David Marsh for inviting me to be here today. Since its establishment just 4 years ago, OMFIF.

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Moody's upgrades City of Athens

ANA-MPA/ Moody’s Investors Service announced it has upgraded the rating of the City of Athens to Caa3 from C. The rating was assigned a stable outlook in line with the outlook on Greece’s sovereign rating. The credit ratings house attributed.

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FinMin Stournaras: Germans recognize Greece has changed

ANA-MPA/ The Germans realize that much has changed in Greece, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said after his meetings in Frankfurt with Bundesbank head Jens Vaidman, Deutsche Bank CEO Juergen Fitschen and German entrepreneurs. "It was a visit aiming to convey.

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IKA revenues rise in Jan. for the first time since 2009

ANA-MPA -- Greece’s main social security fund IKA in January posted higher revenues for the first time since 2009. According to the fund’s management, revenues rose 4.4 percent year-on-year to 824.5 million euros. January’s revenues from arrears were up 43.3.

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