Amid Cutbacks, Greek Doctors Offer Message to Poor: You Are Not Alone

New York Times

Amid Cutbacks, Greek Doctors Offer Message to Poor: You Are Not Alone New York Times ATHENS — As the head of Greece's largest oncology department, Dr. Kostas Syrigos thought he had seen everything. But nothing prepared him for Elena, an unemployed woman whose breast cancer had been diagnosed a year before she came to him.

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Greek Unemployed Cut Off From Medical Treatment

Until recently, Greece had a typical European health system offering universal care, but the unemployed are now often left on their own if they get sick.

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Tax-Evasion Allegations Dog Greece

A former Greek finance minister on Wednesday accused financial-crime investigators of failing to pursue leads against Greeks who salted away more than €1 billion in Swiss bank accounts, fueling a new round of finger-pointing over Athens' alleged failure to move against wealthy tax dodgers.

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Now Germany gets sucked deeper into eurozone crisis as new business results show worst figures for more than three years

The slump that began in Greece has spread to the core – with the region’s two biggest economies now heading for recession.

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West Nile virus still popping up, 219 deaths this year

The U.S. outbreak of West Nile virus has killed 219 people this year, after another 36 deaths from the mosquito-borne disease were reported last week, the government says.

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Greece to get bailout extension, says finance minister

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Greece to get bailout extension, says finance minister BBC News Greece's Finance Minister, Yiannis Stournaras, says the country has been given more time to hit bailout targets. Greece had been asking for two more years to meet the spending cuts demanded by international creditors. Despite Mr Stournaras' comments, ...

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Wrapping up Greek Week of Service

Wrapping up Greek Week of Service InsideVandy Four hundred and sixty-seven members of the Greek community completed a total of 1,237 hours of community service between Monday, Oct. 15, and Saturday, Oct. 20, in honor of the second annual Greek Week of Service. “Service is such a great bonding ... All Greek Assembly announces winnersMurray State News all 4 news articles »

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