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Crime
Golden Dawn Ditches MP
Greece’s ultra right-wing Golden Dawn party is down to 16 Members of Parliament after ejecting one of its lawmakers, only days after another quit because he said he didn't know of its "criminal activities" as the government tries to...
Economy
Greece, Troika Finally Strike Deal
Seven months after they started negotiations on a long series of unresolved reforms, Greece and its international lenders have reportedly reached a draft agreement after more than a week of non-stop talks.
The deal came too late to be considered...
Economy
OECD's Ramos: Greece Is More Than Just Balance Sheet
As Chief of Staff for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its official representative to the G20, Mexican Gabriela Ramos is perhaps among the world's most powerful women, and in a recent interview in Paris with Greek...
Greece
EU Elections: Voting Process for Greeks Residing in Other EU Countries
The Greek Interior Ministry has already commenced its preparations for organizing the Greek vote in the upcoming European parliament elections for Greek citizens who reside in other EU countries and wish to exercise their electoral rights there.
According to an...
Greece
Troika Wants Union Powers Cut
Greece’s international lenders say the country's state-financed labor unions are too powerful and want their powers reduced, including the right to strike.
The government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, which has been subject to a series of strikes and protests...
Economy
Deadline Missed, Troika Talks Push On
Having missed a self-imposed deadline to reach an agreement with international lenders, Greek government officials were meeting with them again on March 17 trying to find a resolution over unresolved reform, although too late to get approval of a...
Crime
Charges Greece Protected Tax Cheats
The former head of the Finance Ministry’s tax inspection department who quit her post in late 2012 said she did so because the new government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras passed on an investigation into high-level tax cheats to...
Economy
Greece Races To Finish Troika Deal
Greek officials on March 16 were pushing to meet a self-imposed deadline by the end of the day to conclude a long-sought deal with envoys from official lenders before a next-day session of Eurozone finance ministers in hopes of...
Crime
Golden Dawn MP Quits, Cites "Criminal" Acts
Chrysovalantis Alexopoulos, one of 18 Members of Parliament for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party whose leaders have been arrested on charges of running a criminal organization, has resigned after saying he was not aware of its activities.
Alexopoulos, who represents...
Crime
UAthens Wants Special Police Details
After clashes between police and and illegal immigrants selling counterfeit goods spilled over into the campus and led to the school's closing, University of Athens officials are asking for special police details to protect the institution from further violence.
Officials...