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Russian boy stabbed during family vacation in Greece given treatment at German hospital
BERLIN - A Russian boy who suffered extensive injuries when he was stabbed during a vacation on the Greek island of Crete is being treated at a hospital in Germany. Berlin's Charite hospital said Thursday that the 12-year-old arrived overnight and is being treated in its children's clinic. It said it could give no further information because of patient confidentiality rules. The ...
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Greek Prostitution Soars By 150 As Youth Unempoyment Hits 75 In Some Areas
NYT reports , in just the past two years, the numbers of Greeks engaging in prostitution as a last course source of income has more than doubled: according to the National Center for Social Research, the number of people selling sex has surged 150 percent in the last two ...
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EU may give Greece more time to meet fiscal targets-Dijsselbloem
ATHENS | Thu May 23, 2013 3:16am EDT ATHENS May 23 (Reuters) - The euro zone may give Greece more time to meet fiscal targets agreed under its international bailout, the chairman of the euro zone finance ministers said in an interview published on Thursday. "The Commission's approach regarding fiscal consolidation is more flexible, giving certain countries more time to meet ...
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Taoiseach to meet Greek PM in Athens
Taoiseach Enda Kenny will travel to Athens today to meet Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. The two men are expected to discuss the economic situation in the eurozone, as well as negotiations on the EU's seven-year budget. Greece will take over the rotating EU presidency at the beginning of next year. Mr Kenny will also meet representatives of the Greek business community during his ...
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Panathinaikos Face Appeal Over Licence to Play in Greece
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The opening shot of Mabrouk El Mechris JCVD is an astonishing long take in which the camera tracks the eponymous action star Jean-Claude Van Damme as he does what we expect him to be doing: taking out bad guys with round-house kicks, rescuing a hostage, and leaving a lot of fiery explosions and ... ...
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Greeces current account deficit contracts to USD1.65b in March CB
(MENAFN) The Bank of Greece announced that the country's current account balance posted a deficit of USD1.65 billion in March from a deficit of USD2.88 billion in 2012's same period, reported Reuters.The central bank added that the figure represents a plunge of 43 percent from a year before.It attributed the declining deficit to deep economic reduction and cost-competitiveness ...
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Is Greek yogurt hurting the environment
growth in sales over the past half decade — but it may be taking an unexpected toll on the environment. While it takes one cup of milk to produce one cup of traditional yogurt, it ...
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The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession Spain France Italy Finland Netherlands Portugal Cyprus Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German govern
The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession: Spain, France, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German government of Angela Merkel is sinking Europe. Eurostat data was released on Wednesday (15th) and are relative to GDP in the euro area in the first ...
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People on the move Greek police beat a tortured Turkish woman
I understood that they were swearing at me. The female police officer was holding my hair.One of the male officers punched me in my face.My beating went on for approximately five minutes. Then the guard from the Exarheia police station heard my screams, entered the room and tried to take me away from [them]..I was then transferred again to the Exarheia police station where I spent ...
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Aldar selects Greek contractor for Bani Yas infra project
Abu Dhabi-based Aldar Properties has awarded Athena, a subsidiary of Greek firm J&P-AVAX, a €125m contract for the construction, operation and maintenance of marine works, along with roadworks, infrastructure and soft landscaping on Yas Island. The infrastructure works include excavations and earth-moving, roadworks, sanitary and storm water networks, pumping stations, tap water, ...
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