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  • Greek Red Tape Blocks Investors

    With Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras vowing to roll out the red carpet for foreign investors to help the country get out of a crushing economic crisis, bureaucratic red tape that has vexed every government is keeping them away. As the government said it would cut through the labyrinthine of forms and go after civil servants demanding bribes to do their jobs, ministries are continuing to ...

  • OECD Says Prices High In Greece

    Already pummeled by big pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions that have cut their disposable income as much as 46 percent, Greeks are being hammered by some of the highest prices for products in the European Union, a study by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has shown. Into a sixth year of a deep recession with no end in sights, Greeks aren’t ...

  • Greece changes term of gas privatization to accomodate Gazprom source says

    Greece agreed to change some terms in the planned privatisation of natural gas distributor DEPA, opening the way for Russian energy giant Gazprom to bid for the firm, a senior official directly involved in the sale talks said on Saturday.Privatisation agency HRADF finalised the terms of the sale contract late on Friday, lowering the amount that DEPA's buyer will have to deposit as a ...

  • Verhofstadt urges Greece to take reforms

    Guy Verhofstadt, President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Group in the European Parliament, on Saturday urged Greece to ...

  • Two arrested one sought in Mani for growing cannabis plants

    Twho people have been arrested in Mani in the Peloponnese for allegedly growing cannabis plants.Police on Saturday arrested a 73-year-old American woman and a 48-year-old man from Poland after searching a house in the coastal village of Nyfi, in eastern Mani. They were also seeking another Polish man, aged 46.During the raid on the property, police found 57 cannabis plants, 32 grams of hashish ...


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Headhunters (Hodejegerne)

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  • Hydra blaze under control

    A forest fire in the Aghia Triada area on the island of Hydra has been brought under control with firefighting planes, authorities said on Saturday.The fire, which broke out on Friday, spread quickly as it was stoked by strong winds. It is not known what caused the blaze.Reports on Saturday said the firefighters remained stationed in the area to prevent the blaze from ...

  • EU leaders to focus on tackling youth unemployment at next summit

    European leaders have decided youth unemployment and the risk of social breakdown are among the toughest challenges they face and finding solutions will be a top priority for the coming months.In a letter released late on Friday, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said youth unemployment was one of the most pressing issues for the 27-member European Union."The June European ...

  • Vrachati gas station robbed

    Police over the weekend were looking for three armed men who robbed a gas station in Vrachati, in the Peloponnese, late on Friday. The incident happened about 11 p.m., when the unidentified men entered the gas station on the Corinth-Patra highway, and demanded money from the two clerks. The suspects got approximately 1,300 euros in cash before fleeing, police said. The clerks, and one ...

  • Another Defection As PASOK Unravels

    Former Education Minister Anna Diamantopoulou is giving up on PASOK and breaking away, mulling formation of a rival party, more bad news for the Socialists. ATHENS - After winning the 2009 elections under George Papandreou with 44 percent of the vote, the once-dominant PASOK Socialists are down to 5-7 percent and fraying at the edges with one of its stalwarts, former Education Minister Anna ...

  • Greek government in bid to mend rift over anti-racism bill

    In a bid to mend a widening rift in his fragile government regarding the fate of a contentious anti-racism bill, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is to meet with his coalition partners on Monday afternoon for talks that are expected to be heated amid reports that the smaller parties feel sidelined by conservative New Democracy.The meeting, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at the Maximos Mansion, was ...

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