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Greek police arrest Roma couple over abduction of minor
Greek police arrest Roma couple over abduction of minorShanghai Daily (subscription)ATHENS, March 8 (Xinhua) -- A Roma couple was arrested in a northern Greece city over the abduction of a minor and forgery of birth registration documents, Greek police said on Saturday in a replay of the "Maria affair" which shocked the country last year.and more »
Threats from Moscow, ignored by Kiev: what next for the Ukrainian soldiers in Crimea?
Crimea's vote to join Russia leaves thousands of military personnel stranded in a no-man's-land, forgotten by their government and fearful that they might soon belong to another country, whose own troops urge them to defect
The two Ural trucks, full of troops, arrived under cover of darkness and a pea-souper fog at the Ukrainian missile defence base outside Sevastopol late on Friday night, and rammed their way through the gates. Once inside, the Russian troops fanned out and screamed that they would shoot to kill if the Ukrainians did not surrender.
After some brief tussles the situation was calmed and the Russians eventually left, their trucks racing out of the base.
Outside, members of a local "self-defence" volunteer unit harassed journalists, and the deputy commander of the base briefly appeared to give comments. "We ignored their orders and eventually they left," he said, as one of the masked volunteers shone a light in his face and tried to stop him speaking. "I guess they will be back soon."
There are several thousand Ukrainian military personnel on more than a dozen bases across the Crimea, creating what could be the most explosive problem facing the Russians in their operation to annex the peninsula.
Uncertain of their status since the Crimean parliament announced that it wants the territory to join with Russia, the soldiers feel threatened by Moscow and abandoned by Kiev. Having sworn an oath to Ukraine, they could now, within a week, find themselves in one country and their homes and families in another.
Last Thursday, Crimea's parliament voted to join Russia, and said a referendum would take place on 16 March to "confirm" the decision. Rustam Temirgaliev, deputy prime minister of Crimea's de facto authorities, said on Thursday that, as of that day, the only legal troops on Crimean soil were Russian troops, and "any troops of a third country will be treated as illegal band formations, with all the consequences that entails".
For those inside the bases, the psychological effects are hard to take. At Bakhchisarai, where last week Russian soldiers surrounded the base, there is now an uneasy calm. The Russians, who told the Ukrainians they should defect either to serve "the people of Crimea" or better still the Russian army, have now left. Last Tuesday at 10pm, the Russian soldiers drove off from the base, and have not been back. The men inside have been watching the news, talking to friends in other bases and waiting to see if the Russians come back and attempt to storm the base.
Yesterday music was blaring out in the courtyard as a tattered Ukrainian flag fluttered in the breeze. A small number of the men were allowed out of the base to spend some time with their families, given that it was International Women's Day.
"It's written in all the textbooks that during a time of military action, the first three or four days are the hardest, and after that you adapt," said Vladimir Dokuchayev, deputy commander of the base. "That is more or less what has happened. We are getting used to the situation."
At the beginning, he said, some of the rank and file left the base, begged to do so by friends and family. In the past few days, however, nobody had left.
There is frustration at the bases at Kiev's failure to take more decisive action. A Ukrainian military source in Sevastopol said: "There's a feeling that in Kiev they are paralysed: they don't want to believe that this is happening, and they just don't know what to do. They are hoping they will wake up and find this will all have gone away – that there will be a miracle. They are not doing anything."
He added: "Can you imagine if there was just one American soldier stranded somewhere and being assaulted by enemies? The US government would mount a massive campaign to save him. We have thousands of soldiers stranded and they have been abandoned by our government, completely abandoned."
Although the upper house of Russia's parliament has given President Vladimir Putin the green light to use troops in Ukraine, Putin and other top Russian officials insist that this prerogative has not yet been used, and say any troops on the ground belong to self-declared Crimean defence units. However, international observers have been barred from entering the territory, and an overwhelming amount of evidence on the ground suggests that the formations of armed men wearing no insignia are indeed Russian troops.
At numerous Ukrainian bases across Crimea, commanders report that the well-organised troops that have surrounded them are Russian. The troops themselves have admitted as much in private conversations, and high-ranking officers from the Russian army have been inside the bases, telling Ukrainians that they are there on the orders of Putin himself.
The usual scenario, played out at bases across Crimea, is that Russian troops without insignia surround a base before two high-ranking officers drive up in a car, often a Volkswagen Passat. The officers will then speak with the ranking officers inside the base and set out a list of demands, including that weapons be surrendered and the troops defect. The head of the Ukrainian navy defected recently, but Ukrainian officials insist that apart from him there have been no officer defections.
While few high-ranking military personnel from Kiev have paid visits to the peninsula, the Observer has heard unconfirmed reports that one such visit ended in a kidnapping.
According to local sources in Sevastopol, three Ukrainian officers, including General Nikolai Zentsev, believed to be a high-ranking Ukrainian counterintelligence officer based in Kiev, were seized on 2 March by irregulars at one of the informal border checkpoints that has sprung up between Crimea and the rest of Ukraine.
"We managed to contact the riot police there, and they told us they had transferred the three of them to 'allies'," said an acquaintance of Zentsev's. "Since then, we have heard not a word at all from them. Through unofficial channels we heard that they are in an FSB prison in Sevastopol and could be transferred to Russia soon."
Neither the Russian nor Ukrainian military has made any comment on the case, and a spokesperson for the Ukrainian ministry of defence did not respond to a request for comment.
During the sieges of bases, the Russian troops have so far behaved with discipline and have been reluctant to fire shots, even when they have threatened to do so and their ultimatums have been ignored. But what happens if the irregular self-defence units begin to take action against the bases is another matter.
Outside the base at Sevastopol, a group of about a dozen hooded irregulars arrived shortly after the Russians and began harassing journalists waiting outside. At least two journalists – a Russian photographer and a Ukrainian cameraman – were assaulted.
Later, when a group of one Greek and four Ukrainian journalists left the scene by car to take the injured cameraman for medical treatment, they were again assaulted.
"We were in the car going to the hospital when we could see that a jeep was following us," said Kostas Onisenko from the Greek newspaper Kathimerini. "A group of people wearing masks got out of the car: two of them had guns, and they started beating us."
The men took telephones, wallets and documents from the group and left them bruised and bloodied. "They could have killed us, but they obviously did not want to," said Onisenko. "It was meant as a scare tactic. It was very clear that they were not randoms; they were well organised and carrying out some kind of order."
For the people inside the bases, the threat that Russian troops could come back with orders to shoot, or that the self-defence units could mount an attack, is very real. And many are even more worried about what will happen after the confrontation is over.
Deputy commander Dokuchayev said that around 70% of the men on his base are local people from Crimea. They all have families and homes in the region, to which they hope to return, and have been placed in an unenviable situation.
"They have taken an oath and they want to remain loyal to their oath, but of course it's hard, of course they are wondering what will happen next and what sort of country they will be living in," he said. "It would be nice if there was some more decisive news or orders from Kiev. We are waiting for orders, but we are not receiving any."
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United bounce back from Greek debacle with 3-0 win at West Brom
United bounce back from Greek debacle with 3-0 win at West BromSouth China Morning PostManchester United kept their fading hopes of Champions League qualification flickering with a breezy 3-0 victory at West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League yesterday. The Red Devils reignited their old swagger with goals from Phil Jones, Wayne ...and more »
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South Africa: Mandela comrade stays in the game
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — One of Nelson Mandela's closest confidants is still challenging the powers that be, with plenty of guidance from his ancestors, the ancient Greeks.
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Ieronymos Won’t Go To Russia
Archbishop Ieronymos has put off a visit to Russia because of tension with the Russian church over Russia's invasion of the Crimean region of Ukraine.
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Manolis Glezos: “Germany Owes Greece 162 Billion Euros”
“Germany owes Greece 162 billion euros in total, without calculating the accumulated interest. This amount is precisely calculated, based on the data
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Taxmen Sentenced to Life in Prison
The criminal court of Thessaloniki, Greece, has sentenced a huge number of excise officers to life in prison for being involved in
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Another “Little Maria” case in Katerini, North Greece
A Roma couple in Katerini, Greece, have been arrested for presenting as their own a female infant who, DNA testing proved, has no biological
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Turkish container ship runs aground off Myconos; crew safe
The crew of a Turkish container ship that ran into rocks off the island of Myconos were forced to abandon their vessel after it began to take on water on Saturday, the Greek Coast Guard said.
Eleven of the Turkish crew were rescued by a coast guard patrol... ...
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Head of Church of Greece puts off visit to Russia
The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Cyril, who visited Athens last May, has cancelled plans to attend an event at the Greek Embassy in Moscow after the head of the Church of Greece, Ieronymos (photo), put off a visit to the Russian capital, sources to... ...
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EC President Barroso speaks in Athens, says he is optimistic of growth
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, who was in Athens on Saturday, said he is confident Greece is on the path to growth.
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‘Maria’ link in new case of baby found at Roma camp
A Roma man and woman, aged 59 and 58, from northern Greece are facing charges of kidnapping a minor after police found that their DNA does not match that of a baby they claimed was their own.
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Troika calls for more transparency in Greek politics
The troika has written to the Greek government asking for changes to laws governing the funding of political parties and the introduction of a code of ethics for ministers and lawmakers, sources have told Kathimerini.
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Founding congress of ‘Olive Tree’ alliance causes rift in PASOK
A gathering of Greek center-left parties participating in a newly-launched alliance ahead of May’s European Parliament elections has created a major rift in PASOK, the leading force behind the initiative.
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Use of generic drugs by state hospitals fails to take off
Greek public hospitals barely increased the proportion of generic drugs they used between 2012 and 2013, falling well behind the government’s target for only 40 percent of medicines to be brands, new financial data has revealed.
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Mixed Reaction From UCA Students And Greek Members On Hazing Case
KARKMixed Reaction From UCA Students And Greek Members On Hazing CaseKARKMixed Reaction From UCA Students And Greek Members On Hazing Case. 03/07/2014 09:50 PM. 03/08/2014 10:30 AM. Hazing incident sparking conversation among students and Greek members on campus. CONWAY, AR- University of Central Arkansas ...
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Orestes Declared Not Guilty at Retrial
CHICAGO, IL – After reexamining the trial of Socrates last year, the National Hellenic Museum continued its court series, this time revisiting the mythological trial of Orestes before a crowd of about 600 at the UIC Forum. The verdict: not guilty. But coming to that conclusion was not simple. The case, taken from Ancient playwright […]
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Alexi Giannoulias Ties the Knot
CHICAGO – It’s official. Bank of New York Mellon Wealth Management Senior Director Alexi Giannoulias has wed. Sorry ladies, but the 37 year-old former State Treasurer has taken the elegant 27 year-old Italian-American Josephine “Jo” Terlato as his bride. The couple, which had been dating for well over a year, tied the knot in the […]
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Daniel Gros: What Makes Greece Special?
The euro crisis seems to be largely over. Risk premiums continue to fall across the board, and two countries – Ireland and Portugal – have already exited their adjustment programs. They can now finance themselves in the market, and their economies seem ...
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Greek tragedy forgotten by focused Reds – Moyes
United were favourites to leave Greece with a lead from the first leg of their Champions League game with Olympiacos, but nothing went to plan. The Greeks ran out 2-0 winners, leaving United's hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals hanging by a thread.
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Greek Communities in Italy Support “Medecins du Monde”
The Greek communities of Italy have started a travelogue of solidarity, in order to boost the efforts of “Medecins du Monde” to support Greek families who have been hit by the economic recession. The first event is the presentation of the ...
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Guided by ancient Greeks, old lawyer for Nelson Mandela resists retirement
One of Nelson Mandela's closest confidants is still challenging the powers that be, with plenty of guidance from his ancestors, the ancient Greeks.
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Bail For Wiretap Scandal Minister
Former PASOK minister Michalis Karchimakis was freed on one million euros bail after being charged in a wiretapping scandal.
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Car Sales Jump 16.6% in Greece
New car sales in Greece jumped 16.6 percent in February, the second straight month of what auto dealers hope is a comeback from a deep recession.
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Troika Demands New Pay Cuts
With talks over unfinished reforms stalled, Greece's international lenders now have demanded more pay cuts for civil servants and no raises in the minimum wage.
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Panathinaikos Loses Stunner, 68-61
Greek basketball power Panathinaikos, playing at home, was shocked in Euroleague play on March 7, beaten 68-61 by the Spanish team Laboral Kutxa,
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Greek Island of Santorini Volcano Erupted in 16th Century
According to a recent international study, the volcano of the island Santorini, Greece, erupted in the 16 th century BC and not earlier. The survey characterized a number of research studies that took place in the past and have indicated that ...
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Troika Wants More Salary Slashes
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ vow not to administer more austerity measures has run headlong into demands by international lenders for lower
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Javier Aguirre favourite for Greece national team job
Inside Spanish FootballJavier Aguirre favourite for Greece national team jobInside Spanish FootballEspanyol manager, Javier Aguirre is out of contract at the end of the season and while the two sides have yet to come to an agreement on a contract extension, rumours have begun to circulate that the Mexican is in line to take on the Greece national ...
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Brand New Greek P.A.S.S. Allows Fans to Create Their Own Concert Series at the Iconic Venue
Under the Streetlamp, kicks off the 2014 Greek season on May 2 bringing their early rock & roll, doo wop and Motown classics to the venue with special guest Gentleman's Rule, followed by the 3 rd Annual Cinco de Mayo Festival featuring Los Lobos ...
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UK weather: Britain will be hotter than Turkey or Greece with Saturday the ...
Mirror.co.ukUK weather: Britain will be hotter than Turkey or Greece with Saturday the ...Mirror.co.ukBritain will be hotter than Turkey and Greece this weekend, with tomorrow on track to be the warmest day of the year so far. Some areas are set to reach a balmy 18C (64.4F) and the mild temperatures are forecast to continue into next week for the ...Britain's weather will outshine Greece this weekend as spring temperatures are ...Express.co.ukUK Weather: Parts Of England To Be Hotter Than Greece And Turkey This ...Huffington Post UKall 36 news articles »
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Lagarde List Probe Finds Rampant Tax Cheating
More than 3 1/2 years after first receiving it, Greece is speeding the pace of looking into a list of 2,062 citizens
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German President visits Jewish synagogue in Greece
German President visits Jewish synagogue in GreeceeuronewsGerman President Joachim Gauck has visited a synagogue and Holocaust survivors in the north-western city of Ioannina as part of a three-day visit to Greece. Ioannina had a large Jewish community during World War II, numbering thousands, most of whom ...and more »
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Samaras in Dublin: Greece has succeeded despite the predictions
Samaras: Greece is recovering, will soon emerge from the crisis - Barroso: Greece achieved a primary surplus thanks to Samaras’ leadership - Juncker is officially the EPP candidate for the European Commission presidency The Greek Government is satisfied ...
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Startup Weekend Takes Athens by Storm
The Athens Startup Weekend is taking place for the 7th time in Greece at The Cube Athens, a state of the art startup cluster and
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Halcyon Days: Ancient Greek Theater Helps Scientists Reconstruct Past Climate
Sci-News.comHalcyon Days: Ancient Greek Theater Helps Scientists Reconstruct Past ClimateSci-News.comMar 7, 2014 by Sci-News.com · « PREVIOUS. |. According to a new study led by Dr Christina Chronopoulou from the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, the open air plays of the ancient Greeks offer insights into the past Mediterranean climate.
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German president apologises for Greek massacre
A visibly emotional German president apologised profoundly Friday for a massacre by German soldiers in a north western Greek village during World War II, at the end of a three day visit that combined political talks with efforts to bring closure to wounds ...
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German Pres. Joachim Gauck Profoundly Apologizes for Nazi Massacres in Greece
LIGIADES, Greece — A visibly emotional German president apologized profoundly Friday for a massacre by German soldiers in a northwestern Greek village during World War II, at the end of a three-day visit that combined political talks with efforts to bring closure to wounds from the wartime German occupation. Speaking at a hillside monument in […]
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In Greece, visibly moved German president apologizes for Nazi massacre
LIGIADES, Greece (AP) — A visibly emotional German president apologized profoundly Friday for a massacre by German soldiers in a northwestern Greek village during World War II, at the end of a three-day visit that combined political talks with efforts to ...
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German president offers apology for Nazi crimes during visit to Greece
German President Joachim Gauck offered apology for the atrocities committed by Nazi troops in Greece on Friday at the end of a three-day visit to the country aiming to ease the anti-German sentiment over the handling of the economic crisis.
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Greek Antiquities and Dimitris Yeros’ Photos at Mexico’s Museo Nacional de AntropologÃa
Since last month the Museo Nacional de AntropologÃa (MNA) in Mexico City is hosting the gala exhibition “Keramiká. Materia divina de la Antigua Grecia”. The one hundred or so art pieces, all of them older than two thousand years , come ...
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Greece, Lenders Will Miss March 10 Rescue Loan Deal Deadline: Report
Greece and its international lenders will miss a self-imposed March 10 deadline to clinch a deal that will release the next tranche of the country's rescue loans, three senior Greek government sources said late on Friday.
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The Deadliest Fraternity In The US Just Banned Its Secret Initiation Rituals
Sigma Alpha Epsilon — one of the largest fraternities in the United States — has banned pledging and initiation rituals for its chapters nationwide, Bloomberg News reports.
SAE has recently gained an unwelcome reputation as the "deadliest fraternity" in the country. There have been at least 10 deaths since 2006 linked to SAE events, according to Bloomberg — the most of any Greek organization.
These changes imposed by the fraternity's national organization hopes to change that. As Bloomberg reports:
Under the new plan, SAE chapters will still recruit new members and extend them a "bid," or invitation to join. Students accepting the bid will become full members almost immediately. All SAE members will be required to complete additional training, including alcohol education, during their college years.
The fraternity's national organization announced the changes in a statement on their website, as well as in a series of Q & A's. You can read both in full here >>
One of the most telling responses came to a potential question about chapters that don't want to change. In response, SAE wrote, "If we find that the chapter is treating its newest members as second-class citizens, the chapter will be closed."
SAE also had an interesting answer as to their motivations for making what amounts to fairly drastic changes to the national organization. Posing the question "Are you making this change as a result of bad publicity?" they write:
The bad publicity Sigma Alpha Epsilon has received is challenging and regretful because we know that some of our groups have great new-member (pledge) programs and do the right thing. At the same time, we have experienced a number of incidents and deaths, events with consequences that have never been consistent with our membership experience. Furthermore, we have endured a painful number of chapter closings as a result of hazing. Research shows that hazing, which hides in the dark, causes members to lie. At the recent Eminent Archon Institute, our chapter leaders voiced their chief complaint: damage to our national reputation is making it difficult for them to operate.
But the attack on our image is not the sole motivating factor behind the changes. The Supreme Council believes the time is now to embrace change in the way our groups operate in order to ensure our future success. And now is the time to lead the way among Greek-letter organizations. As a result, we may very well turn bad publicity into a positive, proactive image. We are making this change because it's the right thing to do and because we firmly believe in returning to what our Founding Fathers envisioned.
Read the full statement and Q & A at Sigma Alpha Epsilon »
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Greece, lenders will miss March 10 deadline for rescue loan deal: sources
Greece, lenders will miss March 10 deadline for rescue loan deal: sourcesChicago TribuneATHENS (Reuters) - Greece and its international lenders will miss a self-imposed March 10 deadline to clinch a deal that will release the next tranche of the country's rescue loans, three senior Greek government sources said late on Friday. Greece and ...and more »
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Twenty One Immigrants off the Coast of Lesvos
On Friday, March 7, a Greek Coast Guard patrol boat rescued twenty-one illegal immigrants in the sea area of Sikamia in Lesvos
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A Greek bank is to issue bonds for the first time since 2009
THE GREEK BANK Piraeus Bank SA’s is planning to issue bonds in the first public debt sale from a Greek lender since 2009 when the country experienced a financial crisis, according to financial services company UBS AG. The nation’s banks need to boost ...
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Chillbox Greek Frozen Yogurt Arrives in the USA
PALISADES PARK, N.J., March 7, 2014 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Chillbox Greek frozen yogurt chain of stores is expanding its presence outside Europe, with a strategic partnership with LYMEL HOLDINGS LLC that has acquired the exclusive master franchise for ...
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Troika pushing for lower salaries
The troika has asked Greece to lower wages for new civil servants and to remove automatic pay rises for Greeks earning the minimum wage in the private sector, Kathimerini understands.
Talks between the Greek government and its lenders continued last night... ...
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New cars on the road rise by 16.6 pct
The rise in the number of new cars on Greece’s roads continued for a second straight month in February, confirming the market’s forecast based on orders made since January.
Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) data showed on Friday that 6,644 cars came... ...
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Greece's Alpha plans $1.66 billion capital increase, underwritten by bookrunners
"Alpha Bank will consider favorably any participation of existing shareholders and warrant holders in the equity offering", the bank said. Alpha Bank must plug a 262 million euro capital gap, as revealed by a stress test of Greek lenders ...
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