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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Greek police arrest 2 Athens men for attacking 3 Bangladeshis; 2 of the migrants in hospital

ATHENS, Greece - Greek police say they have arrested two Athens men who attacked three Bangladeshi migrants in separate incidents.

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2 Greek men arrested for attacks on 3 migrants


2 Greek men arrested for attacks on 3 migrants
Macon Telegraph (blog)
Attacks on migrants have been on the rise in Greece. A formerly marginal extreme-right party, Golden Dawn, entered Greece's parliament for the first time in June, running on an anti-immigrant platform and winning nearly 7 percent of the vote. Copyright ...

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Greek police arrest 2 Athens men for attacking 3 Bangladeshis; 2 of the ...


Greek police arrest 2 Athens men for attacking 3 Bangladeshis; 2 of the ...
Fox News
ATHENS, Greece – Greek police say they have arrested two Athens men who attacked three Bangladeshi migrants in separate incidents. Police say the two 22-year-olds were riding in a car in Athens' southern suburbs and accosted the migrants Tuesday ...

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Greek Novelist Ersi Sotiropoulos: 'The Crisis Empties the Wallets as Well as ...


PBS (blog)

Greek Novelist Ersi Sotiropoulos: 'The Crisis Empties the Wallets as Well as ...
PBS (blog)
Ersi Sotiropoulos is a Greek poet, novelist and short story writer. Her novel "Zigzag Through the Bitter-Orange Trees," published in English In 2007, was awarded the Greek National Literature Prize and Book Critics' Award. Recently, Sotiropoulos ...


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Christmas Service Held in Fener Greek Patriarchate in Istanbul


Christmas Service Held in Fener Greek Patriarchate in Istanbul
Journal of Turkish Weekly
ISTANBUL -- Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew officiated the service which took place in Hagia George Church in the garden of Patriarchate. Greeks living in Turkey, Christians from Greece and other countries showed great interest in the service, ...


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Greece's Tourism Revenues Fall 4%


Kathimerini

Greece's Tourism Revenues Fall 4%
Greek Reporter
Despite on-again, off-again pronouncements from the government that it's serious about improving the tourism infrastructure and devising new campaigns to lure visitors, Greece's tourism receipts fell 4 percent in the first 10 months of 2012, hurt by ...
Greece's 10-Month Tourism Receipts Fall 4% on Fewer EU VisitorsBloomberg
Crisis: Greece; tourism set to see arrivals rise next yearANSAmed
Greece Hopes To Lure More Chinese Tourists In 2013EconomyWatch.com
Nzweek
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No Ho Ho, Bleak Greek Christmas


No Ho Ho, Bleak Greek Christmas
Greek Reporter
ANDYphoto With a pay cut 40 percent and the end of a temporary contract as a computer teacher, Fivos Karalis, 32, said he was carefully watching what he spent this Christmas, but said he was still luckier than many Greeks. “At least I have a job,” he ...


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EU, IMF urge Greece to improve tax collection


Press TV

EU, IMF urge Greece to improve tax collection
Press TV
A new survey compiled by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund says Greece is not doing enough against tax dodgers and has only been able to collect half the tax debts. "The mission expresses concern that authorities are falling idle ...
Greece Urged to Get Tough on TaxWall Street Journal
A bleak Christmas in GreeceDeutsche Welle
Greece not doing enough against tax dodgers, say EU/IMFGlobe and Mail
The Voice of Russia -Bloomberg -New York Times
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Tax evasion cost Greece 15% of GDP


The Voice of Russia

Tax evasion cost Greece 15% of GDP
The Voice of Russia
In its report the Wall Street Journal cites the troika of international creditors of Greece which are the European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The troika recommended Athens to write off part of the overdue ...


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Memories of Christmases in Greece


Memories of Christmases in Greece
Muncie Star Press
My own “romantic” memories hark back many years in my native land of Greece. One of my earliest is of a Christmas in an air-raid shelter at the height of the German Blitz during the Second World War when I must have been very young indeed. I woke up in ...


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Greece Will Miss 2012 Tax Reform Targets — EU/IMF Report


Greece Will Miss 2012 Tax Reform Targets — EU/IMF Report
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Greece will miss tax reform goals set for this year and needs to do more to chase down wealthier tax cheats, a report by the country's international creditors said Monday. Greece isn't seen achieving five out of ten goals set for December in relation ...


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Greece Will Miss 2012 Tax Reform Targets


Greece Will Miss 2012 Tax Reform Targets
NASDAQ
ATHENS--Greece's international creditors have called on the country to do more to tackle tax evasion, particularly among wealthier residents, as Athens scrambles to check on thousands of taxpayers suspected of having illegally sent money abroad.


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