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Monday, November 25, 2013
Flooding in Greece: Missing 63-Year-Old in Rhodes Found Dead
Shortly after 2 pm, the body of 63-year-old missing person, Giannis Bairamis was found by rescuers. He is the third person to lose his life in the deadly natural disaster that struck the island of Rhodes, Greece. The island is currently counting its wounds, while relatives and friends mourn the loss of their loved ones […]
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Concern for Greek Golden Dawn’s Rise in Poll Numbers
The Metron Analysis poll for this Sunday’s newspaper “TO ETHNOS” caused quite a stir, seeing as it records a strong growth of Golden Dawn after the double murder of the organization members in Neo Iraklion, Greece. Specifically, Golden Dawn went from 7.6 % to 10% in just one month. As it was written in the […]
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Greek Parliament Speaker Says No MP Salary Cuts
With some Members of Greek Parliament embarrassed they are making big euros while the body has imposed harsh austerity measures on the populace, Parliamentary speaker Evangelos Meimarakis has rejected calls from several lawmakers that the salary for all of them be cut, apart from a previous small reduction. Meimarakis said the structure for paying MPs […]
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Greek banks well capitalized, central banker says
Greek banks have enough bailout funds on hand to cope with any additional capital needs from bad loans, the country's central banker George Provopoulos told a news website on Monday. The European Union and the International Monetary Fund have so far spent about 40 billion euros (33.32 billion pounds) to bail out the country's banks as part of its 240 billion euro international rescue. Money ...
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Greece may climb out of recession next year
Greece's battered economy is expected to emerge from its deep recession and grow slightly next year, its deputy finance minister said, moments after the 2014 draft budget was submitted to Parliament. Greece's economy is contracting for a sixth year and the ...
Greek Peak tentatively opening day after Thanksgiving
With cold temperatures in the forecast through this week, Greek Peak Mountain Resort plans to fire up snow-making equipment and tentatively hopes to open for skiing and snowboarding the day after Thanksgiving. While plans are subject to change ...
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