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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Greece Struggles to Outlaw Its Golden Dawn Fascist Party

That night at 3 a.m., a gang approached a house occupied by Egyptian fishermen. "Come out and let us show you what Golden Dawn means," one man shouted, according to Egyptian brothers Ahmed and Saad Abou Hamed, occupants of the house who have ...

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Witness The Brutality And Awe Of Greek Mythology In Apotheon

Indie StatikWitness The Brutality And Awe Of Greek Mythology In ApotheonIndie StatikA lientrap Games made one of my favorite 2D action games of recent years; it's called Capsized. I loved it for how it gave you a set of tools with which to make your way across the hostile alien environments. You had so many options right from the very ...and more »

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Greece's million unpaid workers

Greece's million unpaid workersBBC NewsThe employees of the Penelope are some of the one million private sector workers in Greece who go unpaid. The Labour Institute of the Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) found this week that one in every two companies was not paying its staff on time.

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Greek Shipowner Enters a "New Era" with Eco-Bulker Orders

Greek shipping company Euroseas Ltd. [NASDAQ:ESEA] (Euroseas) has entered a "new era," ordering two eco-design Ultramax drybulk vessels, its chairman and CEO, Aristides Pittas, said in a statement. "This deal underlines our continued commitment to the ...

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Greece still gripped by cold snap

No major disruptions have been reported in flights, but rural roads in mountainous areas in northern Greece, the Peloponnese peninsula and Crete Island require snow chains and a dozen remote villages have been cut off. The thermometer has dropped to minus ...

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Can Portugal survive without financial support or is it another Greece?

FirstpostCan Portugal survive without financial support or is it another Greece?FirstpostLisbon, Portugal: Portugal wants to look like Ireland, but it can't disguise its resemblance to Greece. Inspectors from Portugal's bailout creditors arrive in Lisbon on Wednesday for a regular check of the country's fiscal health and its compliance ...and more »

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Pope Francis calls for prayer for dozen nuns kidnapped in Syria

MAALOULA, Syria, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Pope Francis Wednesday called on everyone to pray for the release of a dozen nuns forcibly removed from a Greek Orthodox monastery in Syria.

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