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Economy
Greek Tax Agents Meet Hostile Crowds
Restaurant and tavern owners and customers are increasingly harassing tax inspectors at a time when Greece has intensified a long-overdue crackdown on tax evasion, but officials are determined to enforce the tax laws.
Residents in a village in Peloponnese barred...
Crime
Ignoring EU, Greece Won’t Ban Golden Dawn
Although Greece’s government has said it will not ban the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights said there is enough evidence of the party’s support for violence to outlaw the group.
Nils Muiznieks said...
Economy
Greece Eyes Repeal of Immigrant Citizenship
As Greece continues a sweep of illegal aliens, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is proposing to eliminate a law that grants citizenship to immigrants, many of them minors who were born in Greece, attend Greek schools and speak Greek.
With his...
Economy
Greece’s Golden Dawn Embracing Extremist Role
ATHENS - Although Greece country suffers through a crushing economic crisis, most citizens are not desperate enough to embrace the hate rhetoric and immigrant-bashing of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party.
“They have a bad history and violence breeds violence,” Athens...