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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Greece sells 3-month T-bills at cheapest cost since early 2010

Greece on Tuesday sold 3-month treasury paper at the cheapest borrowing cost since its debt crisis escalated in early 2010, with foreign investors buying up half of the issue. The country's debt agency, PDMA, sold 1.3 billion euros ($1.81 billion) of thre... ...

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PM assures no new measures will be needed after deal is reached with troika [Update]

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Tuesday insisted that no new austerity measures will be required as part of a deal reached earlier in the day between the Greek government and troika inspectors following seven months of tough negotiations. "Today a long ... ...

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Two children among seven dead in Lesvos sea tragedy

Two children, a girl and a boy, and three women were among seven migrants who drowned off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos in the early hours of Tuesday when the plastic boat that was carrying them from Turkey to Greece took on water, the ... ...

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Police find trove of antiquities in central Greece shed

The Larissa branch of the Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities in central Greece is trying to identify a large cache of relics found by police in a shed in a rural part of Elassonas on Tuesday. During a raid on the property at the foot of Mou... ...

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Greece to keep main museums and sites open 7 days a week

Tourists will be able to visit Greece’s most famous heritage sites seven days a week starting in April, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said today. The country’s 33 biggest museums and monuments, which account for 95 percent of visits and receipts, will be... ...

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Bourse builds on Monday's gains

The deal with the troika with the distribution of the primary surplus to bolster growth and assist sensitive social groups, the successful bond issue by Piraeus Bank and the growing prospect of Greece’s return to the money markets this spring in the words... ...

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Greece: Right-Wing Golden Dawn Expels Lawmaker

swissinfo.chGreece: Right-Wing Golden Dawn Expels LawmakerABC NewsATHENS, Greece March 18, 2014 (AP). Associated Press. Greece's extremist right-wing Golden Dawn party has expelled one of its lawmakers from its parliamentary ranks, calling on him to resign his seat and allow it to be taken over by another party member.Golden Dawn expels lawmaker as Greece tightens net on far-rightReutersall 28 news articles »

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