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ATHENS (REUTERS) - A makeshift bomb exploded outside a GREEK court in Athens early on Friday (Dec 22) shattering windows and damaging the facade of the building. Shots were also fired at a person guarding the Athens Appeal Court building, Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis told state television.
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All the day’s economic and financial news, including the final estimate of UK growth in the third quarter of 2017 * Latest: UK annual growth revised to 1.7% * But households borrow more, and dip into their savings * Savings ratio falls, as inflation eats into wages Earlier: * Spanish stock market falls after Catalan election * Analyst: Spanish PM Rajoy is weakened 11.41am GMT MEANWHILE, THERE HAS BEEN MAJOR BOMB BLAST OUTSIDE GREECE’S APPEALS COURT JUST DAYS AFTER PARLIAMENT PASSED TOUGH MEASURES PENALISING ANTI-BAILOUT PROTESTORS WHO REGULARLY GATHER AT COURT HEARINGS. 11.26am GMT THE RISE IN HOUSEHOLD BORROWING WILL FUEL CONCERNS THAT SOME UK FAMILIES ARE DANGEROUSLY IN DEBT. City fund manager Toby Nangle yesterday tweeted this chart, showing where the debt burden is falling: Each dot is a UK household in the NMG/ @bankofengland Survey pic.twitter.com/VofrrGiqf2 Feudaland’s wealth inequality might eventually prove politically unsustainable, but it would be hard to call it financially unsustainable, even in an environment where interest rates doubled. Despite exactly the same aggregate debt-metrics, Debtzania looks much more financially fragile than Feudaland. Continue reading...
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The Greek government is making a concerted effort to take refugees out of overcrowded camps on the Aegean islands before the deep winter sets in. Those camps were built to receive 5,500 people but they currently host twice that number. Al Jazeera's John ...
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The agreement for the sale of 67 percent of Thessaloniki port to South Europe Gateway Thessaloniki (SEGT) Limited was signed at the offices of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) on Thursday afternoon. The agreement was scheduled to be signed last week, however, it was postponed as the Russian bank guarantor Promsvyazbank was nationalized … The post Port of Thessaloniki privatization agreement finally signed appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Convicted leader of urban guerilla group Revolutionary Struggle, Nikos Maziotis, was beaten and stabbed inside his prion cell in Korydallos Prison in Athens. According to a news item uploaded on the website of anti-authoritarian movement, a group of ten other inmates attacked Maziotis on Thursday night. “Three of them were beating him while the rest … The post Convicted urban guerilla leader Maziotis beaten and stabbed in prison cell appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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As the British director's latest film hits cinemas in Italy and Greece, DW looks back at his illustrious filmography full of cult titles and controversies.
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THESSALONIKI – A team of hooded people – the trademark of Greek anarchists – stormed on Thursday through the offices of the Union of Newspaper […] The post Greek Anarchists Rampage, Tear Up Journalists Union, Media Station appeared first on The National Herald.
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